Transportation Secondary Energy Use by Energy Source and Transportation Mode
  2000   2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Total Energy Use (PJ)a 2,265.9   2,641.3 2,723.3 2,828.8 2,861.3 2,365.7
Passenger Transportationb 1,275.4   1,423.8 1,445.6 1,497.0 1,514.3 1,134.1
Freight Transportationb 908.9   1,099.6 1,158.2 1,209.6 1,223.0 1,106.8
Off-Road1,b 81.5   117.8 119.5 122.2 124.0 124.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)a
Electricity 3.1   4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5
Natural Gas 2.4   4.1 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.6
Motor Gasoline 1,282.5   1,553.1 1,567.9 1,591.6 1,616.5 1,369.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 660.4   753.2 792.2 835.3 834.9 775.2
Ethanol 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.
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 61.4   31.3 36.7 38.8 44.7 35.2
Aviation Gasoline 3.6   2.3 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.8
Aviation Turbo Fuel 236.5   280.8 303.3 340.6 342.0 164.4
Propane 16.1   12.1 12.0 11.7 11.6 10.5

Energy Use by Transportation Mode (PJ)b
Cars 625.5   531.7 517.0 503.8 495.7 394.9
Passenger Light Trucks 362.3   554.0 573.5 598.9 619.5 533.3
Freight Light Trucks 145.8   217.2 225.1 234.1 242.1 209.1
Medium Trucks 157.1   289.1 296.5 312.0 307.1 269.6
Heavy Trucks 408.2   441.3 466.7 488.1 487.7 454.1
Motorcycles 2.5   5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.0
School Buses 14.7   13.7 8.2 11.0 12.7 11.0
Urban Transit 28.5   35.2 37.6 38.5 39.4 30.1
Inter-City Buses 7.1   4.3 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.0
Passenger Air 232.0   277.1 298.5 334.5 336.5 156.7
Freight Air 8.1   6.0 7.1 8.0 7.7 9.5
Passenger Rail 3.0   2.0 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.1
Freight Rail 81.5   81.3 93.1 95.2 95.8 90.5
Marine 108.2   64.7 69.8 72.3 82.7 74.0
Off-Road1 81.5   117.8 119.5 122.2 124.0 124.8

Activity
Total Passenger-kilometres2 (millions)b 610,330   803,597 832,864 856,972 873,512 605,492
Total Tonne-kilometres (millions)b 775,466   975,944 1,013,531 1,014,827 1,031,667 974,404
Passenger Transportation Energy Intensity2 (MJ/Pkm)b 2.05   1.74 1.71 1.72 1.70 1.84
Freight Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm)b 1.17   1.13 1.14 1.19 1.19 1.14

Footnotes:

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

Sources:

a) Statistics Canada, Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada, 2000-2020, Ottawa, 2022.
b) Natural Resources Canada, Transportation End-Use Model, Ottawa, 2022.