Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 45: Urban Transit Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Urban Transit Energy Use (PJ) 28.5   39.3 38.9 34.4 37.2 37.2 37.8 22.5 22.0

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 3.1   4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.6
Natural Gas 1.1   2.1 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.2 1.0
Motor Gasoline 0.0   0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 24.2   32.5 32.3 27.9 30.3 30.4 30.7 16.3 15.8
Ethanol n.a.   0.0 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 11.0   11.4 11.3 12.7 11.8 11.8 12.3 20.1 21.1
Natural Gas 3.7   5.4 5.0 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.7 5.4 4.6
Motor Gasoline 0.2   0.5 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 85.1   82.6 83.2 80.9 81.5 81.7 81.2 72.5 71.9
Ethanol n.a.   0.0 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 14,592   23,553 23,236 18,574 22,476 21,464 21,874 11,691 10,660
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 1.95   1.67 1.67 1.85 1.65 1.73 1.73 1.93 2.06
Urban Transit GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 2.0   2.6 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 1.4 1.3

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Motor Gasoline 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 1.7   2.3 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.2 1.1
Ethanol n.a.   0.0 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 9.5   6.5 6.8 7.2 6.5 6.0 6.1 9.6 10.0
Natural Gas 2.7   4.0 3.6 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.5 4.3 3.6
Motor Gasoline 0.2   0.5 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.7 1.8 2.3 2.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 87.6   88.9 89.0 87.8 88.2 88.8 88.6 83.9 83.6
Ethanol n.a.   0.0 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 68.9   66.2 66.6 65.6 65.8 65.5 65.3 61.5 61.2

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