Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 22: Air Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Region
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Air Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 240.1   218.8 220.1 217.9 242.9 258.1 256.5 259.8 244.3 220.8 228.9 232.2 264.5
Passenger Air Transportation 232.0   211.9 212.8 211.1 235.6 250.2 249.2 253.9 239.4 216.4 223.7 226.7 258.4
Freight Air Transportation 8.1   6.9 7.3 6.8 7.2 7.9 7.2 5.9 4.9 4.5 5.3 5.5 6.1

Energy Use by Region (PJ)
Newfoundland and Labrador 9.9   9.3 8.1 9.6 11.6 12.1 8.4 10.8 12.6 11.6 11.2 12.4 3.2
Prince Edward Island 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0
Nova Scotia 7.0   6.0 5.9 6.4 9.4 10.6 8.5 7.0 6.7 8.4 6.1 5.0 3.8
New Brunswick 2.9   2.6 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.6
Quebec 41.5   45.6 58.9 53.0 53.0 40.8 66.8 65.1 38.8 31.3 35.2 40.7 77.5
Ontario 70.2   59.6 46.1 52.2 66.1 87.6 62.1 63.8 70.3 63.1 60.4 57.4 68.0
Manitoba 8.3   7.5 6.7 7.2 7.6 8.1 8.5 8.6 8.9 8.6 9.2 8.9 9.0
Saskatchewan 2.5   2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.7 4.2
Alberta 32.5   32.3 28.1 28.4 30.4 33.0 34.4 36.7 36.3 33.4 34.7 32.5 35.2
British Columbia and Territories 65.0   53.0 61.8 56.6 60.4 60.6 62.1 61.9 64.4 58.9 66.2 69.5 62.0

Shares (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.1   4.3 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.7 3.3 4.2 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.3 1.2
Prince Edward Island 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Nova Scotia 2.9   2.8 2.7 2.9 3.9 4.1 3.3 2.7 2.7 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.5
New Brunswick 1.2   1.2 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6
Quebec 17.3   20.8 26.7 24.3 21.8 15.8 26.0 25.0 15.9 14.2 15.4 17.5 29.3
Ontario 29.2   27.3 21.0 24.0 27.2 33.9 24.2 24.5 28.8 28.6 26.4 24.7 25.7
Manitoba 3.5   3.4 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.4
Saskatchewan 1.1   1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6
Alberta 13.5   14.8 12.7 13.1 12.5 12.8 13.4 14.1 14.8 15.1 15.2 14.0 13.3
British Columbia and Territories 27.1   24.2 28.1 26.0 24.9 23.5 24.2 23.8 26.3 26.7 28.9 29.9 23.4

Activity
Passenger-kilometres1 (millions) 104,882   102,535 95,094 90,326 101,965 109,975 118,729 126,334 129,600 122,683 136,286 147,107 156,023
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 2,327   2,172 2,151 1,855 2,013 2,236 2,227 1,997 1,809 1,628 2,085 2,212 2,283
Passenger Air Transportation Energy Intensity1 (MJ/Pkm) 1.95   1.79 1.95 2.08 2.02 1.97 1.84 1.68 1.55 1.54 1.45 1.39 1.53
Freight Air Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 3.48   3.16 3.40 3.67 3.60 3.52 3.24 2.96 2.73 2.73 2.54 2.47 2.68
Air Transportation GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 16.6   15.1 15.2 15.1 16.8 17.8 17.7 17.9 16.9 15.3 15.8 16.0 18.3
Passenger Air Transportation 16.0   14.6 14.7 14.6 16.3 17.3 17.2 17.5 16.5 14.9 15.4 15.7 17.8
Freight Air Transportation 0.6   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4

GHG Emissions by Region (Mt of CO2e)
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.7   0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.2
Prince Edward Island 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
Nova Scotia 0.5   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3
New Brunswick 0.2   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Quebec 2.9   3.1 4.1 3.7 3.7 2.8 4.6 4.5 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.8 5.3
Ontario 4.8   4.1 3.2 3.6 4.6 6.0 4.3 4.4 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.7
Manitoba 0.6   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Saskatchewan 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Alberta 2.2   2.2 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.4
British Columbia and Territories 4.5   3.7 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.8 4.3

Shares (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.1   4.3 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.7 3.3 4.2 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.3 1.2
Prince Edward Island 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Nova Scotia 2.9   2.8 2.7 2.9 3.8 4.1 3.3 2.7 2.7 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.5
New Brunswick 1.2   1.2 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6
Quebec 17.3   20.8 26.7 24.3 21.8 15.8 26.0 25.0 15.9 14.2 15.4 17.5 29.3
Ontario 29.2   27.2 20.9 23.9 27.2 33.9 24.2 24.5 28.8 28.6 26.4 24.7 25.7
Manitoba 3.5   3.4 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.4
Saskatchewan 1.1   1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6
Alberta 13.6   14.8 12.8 13.1 12.5 12.8 13.4 14.1 14.8 15.1 15.2 14.0 13.3
British Columbia and Territories 27.1   24.2 28.1 26.0 24.9 23.5 24.2 23.8 26.3 26.6 28.9 29.9 23.4
Passenger Air Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 69.1   69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.1
Freight Air Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 69.0   69.1 69.1 69.1 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.1 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.0

Footnotes:

1) Excludes non-commercial aviation.