Transportation Sector
Quebec
Table 26: Freight Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Freight Truck Energy Use (PJ) 135.9   150.7 157.0 160.4 172.0 169.9 170.9 144.6 161.4

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 39.2   48.6 52.6 55.0 58.8 60.1 62.5 50.3 57.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 96.4   99.8 103.9 105.0 112.7 109.2 107.8 93.9 103.1
Ethanol n.a.   1.8 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 0.4   0.4 0.4 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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 28.8   32.2 33.5 34.3 34.2 35.4 36.6 34.8 35.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 70.9   66.3 66.2 65.5 65.6 64.3 63.1 64.9 63.9
Ethanol n.a.   1.2 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 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 47,991   58,715 66,482 75,498 77,194 67,043 69,638 60,923 66,853
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.83   2.57 2.36 2.12 2.23 2.53 2.45 2.37 2.41
Freight Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 9.6   10.5 11.0 11.2 12.0 11.9 11.9 10.2 11.4

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
Motor Gasoline 2.7   3.3 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.2 3.5 4.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 6.8   7.1 7.4 7.5 8.0 7.8 7.7 6.7 7.3
Ethanol n.a.   0.1 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 (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Motor Gasoline 28.4   31.0 32.3 33.0 32.9 34.1 35.3 34.6 35.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 71.4   67.6 67.5 66.8 66.9 65.6 64.4 65.2 64.2
Ethanol n.a.   1.2 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 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.5   69.8 69.9 69.8 69.8 69.8 69.7 70.8 70.8

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