Transportation Sector
Ontario
Table 36: Medium and Heavy Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Medium Trucks
 
Medium Truck Energy Use (PJ) 57.6   63.3 60.4 70.7 65.9 56.4 57.8 62.9 61.8 68.4 72.8 71.2 64.4 63.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Motor Gasoline 36.2   37.9 35.4 40.5 36.9 30.3 32.5 33.8 33.6 35.3 35.8 33.5 29.4 30.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 21.0   24.8 24.6 29.7 28.5 25.7 25.3 27.8 26.7 31.0 35.0 35.5 33.0 31.1
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7
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. n.a. n.a.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 62.9   59.9 58.6 57.3 55.9 53.7 56.3 53.8 54.4 51.6 49.1 47.1 45.6 48.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 36.4   39.2 40.8 42.1 43.2 45.5 43.7 44.2 43.1 45.4 48.0 49.8 51.2 48.9
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2.0 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.7
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. n.a. n.a.

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 7,402   8,150 7,844 9,305 8,756 7,569 8,641 9,662 9,274 9,546 10,922 10,812 9,918 9,958
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 7.78   7.77 7.69 7.60 7.53 7.45 6.69 6.51 6.66 7.16 6.67 6.59 6.50 6.38
Medium Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 3.9   4.3 4.1 4.9 4.5 3.9 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.5 4.4

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Motor Gasoline 2.4   2.5 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 1.5   1.8 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
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. n.a. n.a.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 61.6   58.7 57.4 56.0 54.7 52.4 54.9 52.5 53.1 50.4 47.9 45.9 44.4 46.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 37.8   40.5 42.2 43.4 44.6 46.9 45.1 45.6 44.5 46.7 49.4 51.2 52.5 50.2
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.9 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.6
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. n.a. n.a.
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 68.4   68.6 68.7 68.8 68.9 69.0 69.0 69.1 69.0 69.1 69.2 69.3 69.4 69.3

Heavy Trucks
 
Heavy Truck Energy Use1 (PJ) 141.0   130.2 128.8 134.9 140.3 157.4 147.7 148.3 147.6 145.2 151.5 161.8 162.4 161.5

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 71,040   66,739 67,211 71,647 75,847 83,066 76,787 74,505 73,230 67,802 73,632 78,290 81,847 84,746
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 1.98   1.95 1.92 1.88 1.85 1.89 1.92 1.99 2.02 2.14 2.06 2.07 1.98 1.91
Heavy Truck GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 10.0   9.2 9.2 9.6 10.0 11.2 10.5 10.6 10.5 10.3 10.8 11.5 11.6 11.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.0   71.0 71.0 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2

Footnotes:

1) Heavy trucks consume only diesel fuel oil.

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