Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 1: Secondary Energy Use by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total Energy Use (PJ) 2,265.9   2,255.1 2,282.2 2,349.8 2,437.5 2,485.4 2,465.5 2,568.0 2,552.8 2,532.9 2,607.1 2,607.7
Passenger Transportation 1,275.4   1,249.7 1,291.8 1,295.6 1,322.2 1,344.9 1,319.0 1,366.2 1,333.8 1,320.5 1,342.8 1,337.7
Freight Transportation 908.9   914.4 896.8 959.3 1,018.2 1,041.1 1,045.7 1,099.5 1,115.4 1,109.3 1,160.5 1,163.8
Off-Road1 81.5   91.1 93.5 94.8 97.2 99.5 100.8 102.3 103.5 103.1 103.8 106.2

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 3.1   3.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.7
Natural Gas 2.4   2.0 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.6
Motor Gasoline 1,282.5   1,296.3 1,332.3 1,352.4 1,381.8 1,370.5 1,372.0 1,395.5 1,377.2 1,396.9 1,416.4 1,379.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 660.4   647.5 646.5 686.9 716.1 750.1 744.7 778.5 793.3 773.7 812.3 848.9
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 6.5 6.6 30.8 33.0 36.8 45.2 66.4
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. 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 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 61.4   70.3 65.7 75.7 78.8 83.0 68.7 84.4 84.9 87.0 86.1 61.2
Aviation Gasoline 3.6   3.5 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.1
Aviation Turbo Fuel 236.5   215.3 216.7 214.8 240.0 254.7 253.5 256.7 241.3 218.0 226.4 230.1
Propane 16.1   17.2 12.4 11.9 12.6 11.9 11.6 13.8 14.4 12.4 12.7 13.8
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 56.6   57.5 58.4 57.6 56.7 55.1 55.6 54.3 53.9 55.2 54.3 52.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 29.1   28.7 28.3 29.2 29.4 30.2 30.2 30.3 31.1 30.5 31.2 32.6
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 2.5
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. 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 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 2.7   3.1 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.3 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 2.3
Aviation Gasoline 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aviation Turbo Fuel 10.4   9.5 9.5 9.1 9.8 10.2 10.3 10.0 9.5 8.6 8.7 8.8
Propane 0.7   0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres2 (millions) 610,330   609,100 628,588 632,683 643,770 662,698 668,996 691,694 691,543 698,101 724,665 737,213
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 775,466   760,576 786,128 821,278 856,415 896,000 896,470 897,749 870,314 783,961 850,874 852,462
Passenger Transportation Energy Intensity2 (MJ/Pkm) 2.05   2.01 2.01 2.01 2.01 1.98 1.92 1.92 1.87 1.85 1.82 1.78
Freight Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 1.17   1.20 1.14 1.17 1.19 1.16 1.17 1.22 1.28 1.41 1.36 1.37

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.

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