Transportation Sector
Ontario
Table 26: Freight Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Freight Truck Energy Use (PJ) 243.2   282.7 275.8 266.7 277.5 294.7 296.0 250.4 275.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 78.2   89.8 98.1 102.5 103.4 107.6 111.8 84.5 88.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 162.4   184.8 175.2 160.7 170.7 184.5 181.5 163.3 184.2
Ethanol n.a.   5.5 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 2.5   2.5 2.4 3.4 3.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.9

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 32.2   31.8 35.6 38.5 37.2 36.5 37.8 33.7 32.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 66.8   65.4 63.5 60.3 61.5 62.6 61.3 65.2 66.8
Ethanol n.a.   1.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.0   0.9 0.9 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 84,375   106,720 111,053 115,545 117,079 111,308 114,990 102,092 113,403
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.88   2.65 2.48 2.31 2.37 2.65 2.57 2.45 2.43
Freight Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 17.1   19.7 19.2 18.5 19.3 20.5 20.6 17.7 19.5

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 5.4   6.0 6.6 6.9 6.9 7.2 7.5 5.9 6.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 11.5   13.2 12.5 11.4 12.2 13.1 12.9 11.6 13.1
Ethanol n.a.   0.4 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.2   0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 31.6   30.6 34.3 37.2 36.0 35.2 36.5 33.5 31.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 67.5   66.7 64.9 61.7 62.9 64.0 62.7 65.6 67.2
Ethanol n.a.   1.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.9   0.8 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   69.8 69.7 69.6 69.6 69.7 69.6 70.7 70.8

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