Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 13: Passenger Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 1,040.5   1,098.5 1,120.1 1,091.3 1,114.0 1,143.2 1,147.2 1,158.5 1,172.6 915.3 930.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 3.1   3.7 4.1 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.6
Natural Gas 2.3   1.4 1.2 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9
Motor Gasoline 971.5   975.0 997.8 968.9 1,040.0 1,072.9 1,080.4 1,089.2 1,103.2 866.5 882.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 56.0   62.7 66.1 61.8 60.9 56.3 52.1 55.3 55.1 35.2 33.3
Ethanol n.a.   48.7 45.2 47.5 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. n.a. n.a.
Propane 7.6   7.0 5.7 5.1 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.3 5.8

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.3   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Natural Gas 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Motor Gasoline 93.4   88.8 89.1 88.8 93.4 93.8 94.2 94.0 94.1 94.7 94.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 5.4   5.7 5.9 5.7 5.5 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.7 3.8 3.6
Ethanol n.a.   4.4 4.0 4.4 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. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.7   0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 503,900   584,656 595,610 578,292 592,566 608,123 621,579 625,245 635,755 511,002 522,162
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.06   1.88 1.88 1.89 1.88 1.88 1.85 1.85 1.84 1.79 1.78
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 73.2   74.2 75.4 73.2 74.7 76.7 76.9 77.7 78.6 63.9 65.0

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Motor Gasoline 68.4   65.8 67.1 65.0 69.7 71.9 72.4 73.0 74.0 60.8 62.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.0   4.5 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.9 2.5 2.4
Ethanol n.a.   3.3 3.0 3.1 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. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.5   0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Natural Gas 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Motor Gasoline 93.5   88.7 89.0 88.8 93.3 93.8 94.2 94.0 94.1 95.1 95.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 5.4   6.0 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.2 4.8 5.1 5.0 3.9 3.7
Ethanol n.a.   4.4 4.0 4.3 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. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.6   0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.3   67.5 67.3 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.0 67.0 67.0 69.9 69.9

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