Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 19: Air Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Air Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 240.1   275.3 269.8 275.4 283.1 305.5 342.5 344.2 164.1 176.5
Passenger Air Transportation 232.0   269.0 263.6 269.8 277.1 298.5 334.5 336.5 154.7 161.2
Freight Air Transportation 8.1   6.3 6.2 5.6 6.0 7.1 8.0 7.7 9.5 15.4

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Aviation Gasoline 3.6   2.2 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.8 2.1
Aviation Turbo Fuel 236.5   273.1 267.9 273.2 280.8 303.3 340.6 342.0 162.4 174.5

Shares (%)
Aviation Gasoline 1.5   0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.2
Aviation Turbo Fuel 98.5   99.2 99.3 99.2 99.2 99.3 99.5 99.4 98.9 98.8

Activity
Passenger-kilometres1 (millions) 104,882   155,927 166,704 175,657 192,644 210,500 228,169 233,218 62,624 52,364
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 2,327   2,273 2,376 2,284 2,546 3,090 3,352 3,257 2,517 3,298
Passenger Air Transportation Energy Intensity1 (MJ/Pkm) 1.95   1.58 1.46 1.41 1.32 1.31 1.36 1.34 2.14 2.64
Freight Air Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 3.48   2.78 2.63 2.45 2.34 2.29 2.37 2.35 3.76 4.66
Air Transportation GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 16.6   19.0 18.6 19.0 19.5 21.1 23.6 23.8 11.3 12.2
Passenger Air Transportation 16.0   18.6 18.2 18.6 19.1 20.6 23.1 23.2 10.7 11.1
Freight Air Transportation 0.6   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.1

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Aviation Gasoline 0.3   0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Aviation Turbo Fuel 16.3   18.9 18.5 18.9 19.4 20.9 23.5 23.6 11.2 12.0

Shares (%)
Aviation Gasoline 1.6   0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.2
Aviation Turbo Fuel 98.4   99.2 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.2 99.4 99.3 98.9 98.8
Passenger Air Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 69.1   69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.0 69.0 69.1 69.1
Freight Air Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 69.0   69.0 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.1 69.1

Footnotes:

1) Excludes non-commercial aviation.