Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 59: Heavy Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Region
  2000   2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Heavy Truck1 Energy Use (PJ) 408.2   483.3 483.5 483.4 454.5 425.5 453.6 472.0 470.4 408.5 448.2

Energy Use by Region (PJ)
Newfoundland and Labrador 6.9   6.4 6.4 7.5 8.3 7.5 7.4 8.5 8.5 6.1 5.6
Prince Edward Island 1.9   1.3 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4
Nova Scotia 12.5   11.2 12.0 11.9 11.5 10.3 11.1 11.7 11.2 9.9 10.9
New Brunswick 17.2   10.5 8.2 8.8 8.2 8.7 7.4 7.2 6.6 7.3 7.1
Quebec 83.3   94.6 87.5 84.2 87.8 88.9 93.8 90.7 90.1 77.6 85.3
Ontario 141.0   162.4 161.5 154.8 147.5 135.5 143.7 153.7 152.4 135.6 154.8
Manitoba 12.6   22.5 19.1 20.0 17.2 19.4 21.1 20.7 20.2 18.5 18.6
Saskatchewan 15.1   32.0 37.1 36.6 35.5 31.9 35.0 36.8 36.6 33.8 36.8
Alberta 78.0   109.0 113.8 121.3 101.3 85.1 89.5 96.4 97.7 77.1 81.3
British Columbia and Territories 39.8   33.2 36.8 37.1 35.7 36.9 43.1 44.7 45.7 41.3 46.4

Shares (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.7   1.3 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.3
Prince Edward Island 0.5   0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Nova Scotia 3.1   2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4
New Brunswick 4.2   2.2 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.6
Quebec 20.4   19.6 18.1 17.4 19.3 20.9 20.7 19.2 19.2 19.0 19.0
Ontario 34.5   33.6 33.4 32.0 32.5 31.9 31.7 32.6 32.4 33.2 34.5
Manitoba 3.1   4.7 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.1
Saskatchewan 3.7   6.6 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.8 8.3 8.2
Alberta 19.1   22.6 23.5 25.1 22.3 20.0 19.7 20.4 20.8 18.9 18.1
British Columbia and Territories 9.7   6.9 7.6 7.7 7.8 8.7 9.5 9.5 9.7 10.1 10.4

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 202,453   241,495 251,387 268,567 277,396 294,716 299,160 269,094 279,976 246,024 265,283
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.02   2.00 1.92 1.80 1.64 1.44 1.52 1.75 1.68 1.66 1.69
Heavy Truck1 GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 29.0   34.4 34.4 34.4 32.4 30.3 32.3 33.6 33.5 29.1 31.9

GHG Emissions by Region (Mt of CO2e)
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.5   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4
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
Nova Scotia 0.9   0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
New Brunswick 1.2   0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Quebec 5.9   6.7 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.5 6.1
Ontario 10.0   11.6 11.5 11.0 10.5 9.7 10.2 10.9 10.9 9.6 11.0
Manitoba 0.9   1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3
Saskatchewan 1.1   2.3 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.6
Alberta 5.5   7.8 8.1 8.6 7.2 6.1 6.4 6.9 7.0 5.5 5.8
British Columbia and Territories 2.8   2.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.3

Shares (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.7   1.3 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.3
Prince Edward Island 0.5   0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Nova Scotia 3.1   2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4
New Brunswick 4.2   2.2 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.6
Quebec 20.4   19.6 18.1 17.4 19.3 20.9 20.7 19.2 19.2 19.0 19.0
Ontario 34.5   33.6 33.4 32.0 32.5 31.9 31.7 32.6 32.4 33.2 34.5
Manitoba 3.1   4.7 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.1
Saskatchewan 3.7   6.6 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.8 8.3 8.2
Alberta 19.1   22.6 23.5 25.1 22.3 20.0 19.7 20.4 20.8 18.9 18.1
British Columbia and Territories 9.7   6.9 7.6 7.7 7.8 8.7 9.5 9.5 9.7 10.1 10.4
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.0   71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.1 71.1

Footnotes:

1) Heavy trucks consume only diesel fuel oil.