Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 37: Truck Explanatory Variables
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sales (thousands)
Passenger Light Trucks 62   118 107 100 110 110 106 87 93
Freight Light Trucks 30   56 51 48 53 53 51 42 46
Medium Trucks 13   46 37 33 38 37 34 32 36
Heavy Trucks 5   8 5 3 4 5 5 3 3

Shares (%)
Passenger Light Trucks 56.0   51.6 53.2 54.3 53.5 53.6 54.2 52.9 52.5
Freight Light Trucks 27.6   24.8 25.6 26.1 25.8 25.8 26.2 25.6 25.6
Medium Trucks 12.2   20.1 18.7 18.0 18.6 18.2 17.3 19.6 20.2
Heavy Trucks 4.3   3.5 2.6 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.8

Stock (thousands)
Passenger Light Trucks 590   1,237 1,311 1,372 1,416 1,459 1,478 1,487 1,488
Freight Light Trucks 291   594 629 660 682 704 714 720 725
Medium Trucks 140   452 461 456 438 438 431 418 416
Heavy Trucks 52   112 112 107 114 117 118 112 114

Shares (%)
Passenger Light Trucks 55.0   51.6 52.1 52.9 53.5 53.7 53.9 54.3 54.2
Freight Light Trucks 27.1   24.8 25.0 25.4 25.7 25.9 26.0 26.3 26.4
Medium Trucks 13.1   18.9 18.3 17.6 16.5 16.1 15.7 15.3 15.2
Heavy Trucks 4.8   4.7 4.5 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.2

Average Distance Travelled per Year (km)
Passenger Light Trucks 17,307   12,358 11,497 11,901 12,221 12,416 13,043 10,712 10,750
Freight Light Trucks 20,773   14,430 13,460 13,901 14,233 14,443 15,159 12,469 12,509
Medium Trucks 19,410   28,181 25,150 24,142 24,664 26,197 27,045 22,311 24,230
Heavy Trucks 102,641   90,919 77,001 68,881 69,298 73,970 75,653 63,793 67,117

Passenger Light Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 14.3   12.9 12.5 12.5 12.4 12.3 12.2 12.1 12.1
Diesel Fuel Oil2 13.5   10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.3

Freight Light Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 14.4   13.1 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.3 12.3 12.2
Diesel Fuel Oil2 13.5   10.7 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.4

Medium Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 25.6   22.1 21.3 21.0 20.7 20.4 20.1 19.8 19.5
Diesel Fuel Oil2 26.3   21.7 21.4 21.0 20.6 20.3 19.9 19.6 19.2

Heavy Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Diesel Fuel Oil2 38.3   31.1 30.6 30.2 29.7 29.2 28.7 28.2 27.7

Footnotes:

1) Includes Ethanol
2) Includes Biodiesel