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Office of Energy Efficiency
Transportation Sector
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Table 1: Secondary Energy Use by Energy Source
  1990   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Energy Use (PJ) 1,877.9   2,277.3 2,306.2 2,361.7 2,465.1 2,501.3 2,492.0
Passenger Transportation 1,187.6   1,290.5 1,323.1 1,330.6 1,367.7 1,375.9 1,373.7
Freight Transportation 636.9   897.6 891.5 937.9 1,002.0 1,028.0 1,018.5
Off-Road1 53.3   89.2 91.5 93.3 95.4 97.4 99.8
 
Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 3.1   3.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5
Natural Gas 1.7   2.0 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9
Motor Gasoline 1,120.4   1,308.7 1,333.4 1,354.5 1,384.3 1,377.5 1,379.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 469.8   650.4 662.4 697.5 744.7 781.8 782.9
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 60.1   77.5 64.8 67.1 69.1 67.5 56.9
Aviation Gasoline 5.5   3.5 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0
Aviation Turbo Fuel 181.9   215.1 224.6 222.5 246.2 255.8 252.8
Propane 35.4   17.0 12.4 11.9 12.7 10.3 11.6
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 
Shares (%)
Electricity 0.2   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
Motor Gasoline 59.7   57.5 57.8 57.4 56.2 55.1 55.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 25.0   28.6 28.7 29.5 30.2 31.3 31.4
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 3.2   3.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.3
Aviation Gasoline 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aviation Turbo Fuel 9.7   9.4 9.7 9.4 10.0 10.2 10.1
Propane 1.9   0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 
Activity
Passenger-kilometres2 (millions) 486,826   599,476 607,044 610,686 628,584 638,565 646,524
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 543,364   732,619 763,238 784,432 823,879 868,178 868,985
 
Passenger Transportation Energy Intensity2 (MJ/Pkm) 2.36   2.10 2.13 2.14 2.13 2.10 2.07
Freight Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 1.17   1.23 1.17 1.20 1.22 1.18 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.