Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 60: Truck Explanatory Variables
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sales (thousands)
Passenger Light Trucks 473   722 794 859 927 925 937 794 894
Freight Light Trucks 159   241 265 286 308 305 309 262 296
Medium Trucks 63   132 132 135 150 147 143 136 150
Heavy Trucks 29   30 30 24 27 34 33 27 29

Shares (%)
Passenger Light Trucks 65.3   64.1 65.0 65.9 65.7 65.5 65.9 65.2 65.3
Freight Light Trucks 22.0   21.4 21.7 21.9 21.8 21.6 21.7 21.5 21.6
Medium Trucks 8.8   11.8 10.8 10.3 10.6 10.4 10.0 11.1 11.0
Heavy Trucks 4.0   2.7 2.5 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1

Stock (thousands)
Passenger Light Trucks 4,514   8,034 8,554 9,167 9,715 10,286 10,587 10,849 10,778
Freight Light Trucks 1,518   2,684 2,859 3,052 3,223 3,397 3,492 3,574 3,569
Medium Trucks 672   1,551 1,597 1,624 1,615 1,651 1,656 1,656 1,671
Heavy Trucks 301   455 464 463 476 495 508 506 533

Shares (%)
Passenger Light Trucks 64.4   63.1 63.5 64.1 64.6 65.0 65.2 65.4 65.1
Freight Light Trucks 21.7   21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.5 21.6 21.6
Medium Trucks 9.6   12.2 11.9 11.3 10.7 10.4 10.2 10.0 10.1
Heavy Trucks 4.3   3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2

Average Distance Travelled per Year (km)
Passenger Light Trucks 18,633   15,893 15,820 15,983 15,809 15,721 15,968 13,385 14,070
Freight Light Trucks 21,659   18,279 18,082 18,342 18,226 18,137 18,434 15,524 16,308
Medium Trucks 24,978   24,657 23,294 22,733 23,063 23,805 23,639 20,274 22,235
Heavy Trucks 93,281   86,707 80,858 76,871 80,730 81,678 80,461 70,815 74,654

Passenger Light Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 12.3   11.3 10.9 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.3
Diesel Fuel Oil2 12.1   8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7

Freight Light Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 12.6   11.6 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.7 10.7 10.6
Diesel Fuel Oil2 12.3   9.2 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.9

Medium Truck On-Road Average Fuel Consumption (L/100 km)
Motor Gasoline1 25.6   22.1 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 37.9   32.0 31.6 31.2 30.8 30.5 30.0 29.7 29.3

Footnotes:

1) Includes Ethanol
2) Includes Biodiesel