Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 7: Secondary Energy Use by Transportation Mode
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total Energy Use (PJ) 315.6   342.2 334.5 342.3 360.0 370.3 392.0 423.3 418.9 416.1 425.9 412.0 434.8 459.9 476.7 434.8 408.6 418.9
Passenger Transportation 150.6   157.1 156.6 146.9 143.9 151.8 149.9 161.6 157.7 152.2 151.0 139.8 148.7 158.8 165.6 160.1 161.6 166.0
Freight Transportation 157.4   176.5 169.0 186.4 206.6 208.5 231.5 250.6 249.9 252.7 263.4 260.2 273.8 288.4 298.1 261.6 234.0 239.8
Off-Road1 7.7   8.6 8.9 9.1 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.1 11.3 11.2 11.6 12.0 12.3 12.7 13.0 13.1 13.1 13.1

Energy Use by Transportation Mode (PJ)
Cars 58.5   60.6 60.1 54.9 52.7 53.7 53.6 56.3 53.9 51.5 48.9 43.3 45.2 46.1 45.6 41.8 41.7 41.4
Passenger Light Trucks 51.3   53.9 55.9 53.0 51.8 54.9 53.0 57.8 56.5 55.4 55.5 52.4 57.8 63.3 67.6 66.0 71.2 74.9
Freight Light Trucks 30.8   32.3 32.9 31.0 30.3 31.6 30.9 33.6 32.5 31.7 31.7 30.1 33.0 36.2 38.4 37.6 40.5 42.6
Medium Trucks 25.2   37.6 36.1 40.0 55.0 52.7 67.0 69.9 72.1 78.5 92.7 88.9 92.2 100.3 101.0 90.3 84.1 81.0
Heavy Trucks 78.0   77.7 71.9 82.6 87.7 88.8 93.5 101.7 100.2 106.2 111.2 108.0 109.0 113.8 121.3 101.3 85.1 89.5
Motorcycles 0.3   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9
School Buses 2.5   2.7 3.0 2.7 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.6
Urban Transit 4.5   5.7 7.0 5.8 5.3 6.0 4.8 5.9 5.9 6.6 7.1 7.0 6.3 6.9 7.4 6.5 5.3 5.6
Inter-City Buses 1.2   1.5 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.4
Passenger Air 31.5   31.4 27.2 27.6 29.6 32.1 33.5 35.9 35.5 32.7 33.9 31.8 34.4 37.6 39.9 41.2 39.0 40.6
Freight Air 1.0   0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9
Passenger Rail 0.8   1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.3 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
Freight Rail 22.3   28.0 27.3 31.9 32.8 34.5 39.3 44.7 44.4 35.5 26.9 32.5 38.7 37.3 36.4 31.6 23.6 25.8
Marine 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Off-Road1 7.7   8.6 8.9 9.1 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.1 11.3 11.2 11.6 12.0 12.3 12.7 13.0 13.1 13.1 13.1

Shares (%)
Cars 18.5   17.7 18.0 16.0 14.6 14.5 13.7 13.3 12.9 12.4 11.5 10.5 10.4 10.0 9.6 9.6 10.2 9.9
Passenger Light Trucks 16.2   15.7 16.7 15.5 14.4 14.8 13.5 13.7 13.5 13.3 13.0 12.7 13.3 13.8 14.2 15.2 17.4 17.9
Freight Light Trucks 9.8   9.4 9.8 9.1 8.4 8.5 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.7 9.9 10.2
Medium Trucks 8.0   11.0 10.8 11.7 15.3 14.2 17.1 16.5 17.2 18.9 21.8 21.6 21.2 21.8 21.2 20.8 20.6 19.3
Heavy Trucks 24.7   22.7 21.5 24.1 24.4 24.0 23.9 24.0 23.9 25.5 26.1 26.2 25.1 24.7 25.4 23.3 20.8 21.4
Motorcycles 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
School Buses 0.8   0.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4
Urban Transit 1.4   1.7 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.3
Inter-City Buses 0.4   0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Passenger Air 10.0   9.2 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.5 7.9 8.0 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.4 9.5 9.5 9.7
Freight Air 0.3   0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Passenger Rail 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Freight Rail 7.1   8.2 8.1 9.3 9.1 9.3 10.0 10.6 10.6 8.5 6.3 7.9 8.9 8.1 7.6 7.3 5.8 6.2
Marine 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Off-Road1 2.4   2.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.1

Footnotes:

1) “Off Road” includes vehicles not registered for on-road travel such as ATVs, snowmobiles, golf carts and some military vehicles.