Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 38: Freight Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Freight Truck Energy Use (PJ) 711.1   969.1 989.4 981.0 947.0 925.3 960.4 998.4 998.3 843.3 911.2

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.1   0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7
Motor Gasoline 229.4   304.2 322.0 320.8 344.4 362.4 368.0 377.3 385.9 303.4 324.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 473.1   641.5 646.6 638.7 596.7 556.4 586.1 614.5 605.6 534.0 580.5
Ethanol n.a.   15.6 14.4 15.7 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 8.5   7.6 6.2 5.4 5.5 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.1 5.6

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 32.3   31.4 32.5 32.7 36.4 39.2 38.3 37.8 38.7 36.0 35.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 66.5   66.2 65.3 65.1 63.0 60.1 61.0 61.5 60.7 63.3 63.7
Ethanol n.a.   1.6 1.5 1.6 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.2   0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 240,128   313,396 327,271 344,069 353,047 372,384 378,802 352,921 365,125 319,206 344,510
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.96   3.09 3.02 2.85 2.68 2.48 2.54 2.83 2.73 2.64 2.65
Freight Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 50.0   67.7 69.1 68.5 66.0 64.4 66.9 69.5 69.5 59.7 64.5

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 15.9   20.5 21.7 21.6 23.2 24.4 24.8 25.4 26.0 21.4 22.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 33.6   45.7 46.0 45.5 42.5 39.6 41.7 43.8 43.1 38.0 41.3
Ethanol n.a.   1.0 1.0 1.0 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.5   0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Motor Gasoline 31.8   30.3 31.4 31.5 35.1 37.9 37.0 36.5 37.4 35.8 35.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 67.2   67.4 66.6 66.4 64.4 61.5 62.4 62.9 62.1 63.6 64.0
Ethanol n.a.   1.5 1.4 1.5 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.0   0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.3   69.9 69.8 69.8 69.7 69.6 69.6 69.7 69.6 70.8 70.8

n.a. - Denotes data that is not applicable.
n.a. - Denotes data that is not available.