Transportation Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 7: Secondary Energy Use by Transportation Mode
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use (PJ) 80.6   77.4 75.9 63.5 65.1
Passenger Transportation 41.6   44.7 43.7 34.0 34.7
Freight Transportation 36.1   28.8 28.3 25.6 26.3
Off-Road1 2.8   3.8 4.0 4.0 4.1

Energy Use by Transportation Mode (PJ)
Cars 19.3   16.0 15.3 12.2 12.3
Passenger Light Trucks 14.0   20.4 20.4 17.2 18.2
Freight Light Trucks 4.1   5.8 5.8 4.9 5.3
Medium Trucks 3.7   5.2 5.0 4.2 4.6
Heavy Trucks 12.5   11.7 11.2 9.9 10.9
Motorcycles 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
School Buses 0.4   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Urban Transit 0.7   1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6
Inter-City Buses 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Passenger Air 6.8   6.6 6.4 3.4 2.9
Freight Air 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Passenger Rail 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Freight Rail 0.9   2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9
Marine 14.8   3.9 4.1 4.3 3.4
Off-Road1 2.8   3.8 4.0 4.0 4.1

Shares (%)
Cars 24.0   20.7 20.1 19.2 18.9
Passenger Light Trucks 17.4   26.3 26.9 27.0 27.9
Freight Light Trucks 5.0   7.5 7.7 7.8 8.1
Medium Trucks 4.6   6.7 6.6 6.7 7.0
Heavy Trucks 15.5   15.1 14.8 15.6 16.8
Motorcycles 0.1   0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
School Buses 0.5   0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Urban Transit 0.9   1.3 1.2 1.0 1.0
Inter-City Buses 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Passenger Air 8.4   8.6 8.4 5.3 4.5
Freight Air 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
Passenger Rail 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Freight Rail 1.1   2.6 2.6 3.2 3.0
Marine 18.3   5.1 5.4 6.8 5.3
Off-Road1 3.5   5.0 5.2 6.3 6.3

Footnotes:

1) “Off Road” includes vehicles not registered for on-road travel such as ATVs, snowmobiles, golf carts and some military vehicles.