Transportation GHG Emissions by Energy Source and Transportation Mode
  2000   2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e)a,b,c 160.1   176.5 182.0 181.8 183.2 186.5 183.2 182.2 181.9
Passenger Transportationb,c 89.4   90.4 91.7 91.1 92.3 94.2 91.6 93.6 96.1
Freight Transportationb,c 64.8   78.8 82.9 83.2 83.3 84.5 83.7 80.4 77.5
Off-Road1,b,c 5.9   7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.3

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)a,b,c
Electricity 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Motor Gasoline 90.2   95.6 96.6 93.8 93.6 96.3 94.1 101.0 104.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 47.5   55.7 59.0 61.9 60.9 61.5 61.1 58.1 54.2
Ethanol n.a.   2.5 3.1 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.5 n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. 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 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 4.6   6.5 6.5 4.6 4.7 4.5 3.8 3.1 2.3
Aviation Gasoline 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Aviation Turbo Fuel 16.3   15.0 15.6 15.9 18.1 18.9 18.5 18.9 19.4
Propane 1.0   0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7

GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode (Mt of CO2e)a,b,c
Cars 43.9   41.1 40.6 39.2 38.2 37.9 35.9 36.0 35.7
Passenger Light Trucks 25.6   29.9 30.9 31.2 31.7 33.0 33.0 34.6 37.2
Freight Light Trucks 10.2   11.8 12.2 12.2 12.5 13.0 13.0 13.5 14.5
Medium Trucks 10.8   19.4 21.8 21.4 21.1 22.1 21.5 20.6 20.0
Heavy Trucks 29.0   32.2 33.3 35.0 35.0 35.4 35.6 33.6 31.4
Motorcycles 0.2   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
School Buses 1.0   1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Urban Transit 2.0   2.5 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.3
Inter-City Buses 0.5   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Passenger Air 16.0   14.9 15.4 15.7 17.8 18.6 18.2 18.6 19.1
Freight Air 0.6   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Passenger Rail 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Freight Rail 6.4   6.4 6.3 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.3 6.9 6.3
Marine 7.9   8.7 9.0 7.2 6.9 6.5 5.9 5.4 4.7
Off-Road1 5.9   7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.3
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ)a,b,c 70.7   69.7 69.6 69.4 69.3 69.2 69.1 69.0 68.9
GHG Emissions Related to Electricity (Mt of CO2e)a,c 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Footnotes:

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

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.
c) Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report 2000-2020: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada, Ottawa, 2022.