Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 3: Freight Transportation Secondary Energy Use by Energy Source
  2000   2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Freight Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 908.9   1,163.8 1,175.6 1,160.6 1,114.5 1,077.3 1,130.3 1,173.8 1,184.5 1,011.9 1,086.4

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.1   0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7
Motor Gasoline 229.4   304.2 322.0 320.8 344.4 362.4 368.0 377.3 385.9 303.4 324.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 601.4   767.2 767.0 761.2 718.0 671.1 712.2 743.2 739.4 662.2 710.9
Ethanol n.a.   15.6 14.4 15.7 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.
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 61.4   62.8 59.4 50.8 40.8 31.3 36.7 38.8 44.7 31.0 29.3
Aviation Gasoline 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
Aviation Turbo Fuel 8.1   6.1 6.3 6.2 5.6 5.9 7.0 7.9 7.6 9.4 15.2
Propane 8.5   7.6 6.2 5.4 5.5 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.1 5.6
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 25.2   26.1 27.4 27.6 30.9 33.6 32.6 32.1 32.6 30.0 29.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 66.2   65.9 65.2 65.6 64.4 62.3 63.0 63.3 62.4 65.4 65.4
Ethanol n.a.   1.3 1.2 1.4 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.
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 6.8   5.4 5.0 4.4 3.7 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.8 3.1 2.7
Aviation Gasoline 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aviation Turbo Fuel 0.9   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.4
Propane 0.9   0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 775,466   886,133 916,756 961,842 969,781 974,905 1,011,089 1,011,573 1,028,088 951,833 982,998
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 1.17   1.31 1.28 1.21 1.15 1.10 1.12 1.16 1.15 1.06 1.11

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