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Office of Energy Efficiency
Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 1: Secondary Energy Use by Energy Source
  1990   1999 2000 2001 2002
Total Energy Use (PJ) 1,877.9   2,252.8 2,282.1 2,277.4 2,306.1
Passenger Transportation 1,184.7   1,287.5 1,284.7 1,284.5 1,318.0
Freight Transportation 639.8   889.5 916.3 902.4 895.3
Off-Road1 53.3   75.9 81.1 90.4 92.8
 
Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 3.1   3.0 3.1 3.1 3.3
Natural Gas 1.7   2.2 2.4 2.0 1.7
Motor Gasoline 1,120.4   1,293.4 1,295.1 1,308.7 1,333.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 469.8   628.2 658.4 650.4 662.4
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 60.1   65.9 67.8 77.5 64.8
Aviation Gasoline 5.5   3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5
Aviation Turbo Fuel 181.9   233.9 235.9 215.1 224.6
Propane 35.4   22.6 15.9 17.0 12.4
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 
Shares (%)
Electricity 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 59.7   57.4 56.7 57.5 57.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 25.0   27.9 28.8 28.6 28.7
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 3.2   2.9 3.0 3.4 2.8
Aviation Gasoline 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aviation Turbo Fuel 9.7   10.4 10.3 9.4 9.7
Propane 1.9   1.0 0.7 0.7 0.5
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 
Activity
Passenger-kilometres2 (millions) 486,283   588,045 595,653 602,261 610,790
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 542,818   706,003 736,652 732,384 763,026
 
Passenger Transportation Energy Intensity2 (MJ/Pkm) 2.36   2.14 2.11 2.08 2.11
Freight Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 1.18   1.26 1.24 1.23 1.17
 
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.