Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 37: Truck Explanatory Variables
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sales (thousands)
Passenger Light Trucks 53   72 78 89 102 97 95 84 100
Freight Light Trucks 21   28 30 34 40 37 36 32 39
Medium Trucks 9   22 22 25 29 26 25 24 25
Heavy Trucks 3   3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3

Shares (%)
Passenger Light Trucks 62.0   57.7 58.4 58.9 58.9 58.9 59.2 58.4 59.7
Freight Light Trucks 24.3   22.3 22.6 22.7 22.7 22.7 22.8 22.5 23.1
Medium Trucks 10.7   17.4 16.7 16.6 16.4 15.9 15.6 17.0 15.2
Heavy Trucks 2.9   2.6 2.3 1.7 1.9 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1

Stock (thousands)
Passenger Light Trucks 603   1,090 1,162 1,247 1,313 1,349 1,440 1,477 1,466
Freight Light Trucks 236   421 449 481 506 521 554 568 566
Medium Trucks 94   308 315 319 326 330 331 329 337
Heavy Trucks 25   44 45 45 54 56 57 57 62

Shares (%)
Passenger Light Trucks 63.0   58.5 59.0 59.6 59.7 59.8 60.4 60.8 60.3
Freight Light Trucks 24.7   22.6 22.8 23.0 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.4 23.3
Medium Trucks 9.8   16.5 16.0 15.2 14.8 14.6 13.9 13.5 13.9
Heavy Trucks 2.6   2.4 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5

Average Distance Travelled per Year (km)
Passenger Light Trucks 19,823   13,049 13,051 13,903 13,745 13,991 13,412 12,215 12,802
Freight Light Trucks 20,602   13,280 13,261 13,951 13,808 14,327 13,688 12,381 13,005
Medium Trucks 29,865   26,383 25,255 25,883 25,303 26,455 25,311 23,272 25,255
Heavy Trucks 110,815   58,659 54,939 56,686 55,344 55,942 55,392 50,309 52,543

Passenger Light Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 12.4   11.6 11.3 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.7 10.5
Diesel Fuel Oil2 11.7   8.9 8.9 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.8

Freight Light Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 12.5   11.7 11.4 11.3 11.2 11.1 10.9 10.8 10.7
Diesel Fuel Oil2 11.7   9.0 9.1 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.9

Medium Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 25.6   22.0 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 38.2   37.7 37.6 37.6 37.6 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.4

Footnotes:

1) Includes Ethanol
2) Includes Biodiesel