Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 8: GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 160.1   192.4 194.3 156.3 163.3
Passenger Transportation 89.4   100.9 102.0 74.7 76.3
Freight Transportation 64.8   82.8 83.5 72.4 77.6
Off-Road1 5.9   8.6 8.8 9.2 9.4

GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode (Mt of CO2e)
Cars 43.9   33.8 33.2 26.2 26.0
Passenger Light Trucks 25.6   40.2 41.5 35.4 36.7
Freight Light Trucks 10.2   15.7 16.2 13.9 14.4
Medium Trucks 10.8   20.2 19.8 16.8 18.2
Heavy Trucks 29.0   33.6 33.5 29.1 31.9
Motorcycles 0.2   0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
School Buses 1.0   0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5
Urban Transit 2.0   2.4 2.5 1.4 1.3
Inter-City Buses 0.5   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Passenger Air 16.0   23.1 23.2 10.7 11.1
Freight Air 0.6   0.5 0.5 0.7 1.1
Passenger Rail 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Freight Rail 6.4   7.4 7.5 7.0 6.9
Marine 7.9   5.3 6.0 5.0 5.2
Off-Road1 5.9   8.6 8.8 9.2 9.4

Shares (%)
Cars 27.4   17.6 17.1 16.8 15.9
Passenger Light Trucks 16.0   20.9 21.4 22.6 22.4
Freight Light Trucks 6.4   8.2 8.3 8.9 8.8
Medium Trucks 6.7   10.5 10.2 10.7 11.2
Heavy Trucks 18.1   17.5 17.2 18.6 19.5
Motorcycles 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
School Buses 0.6   0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Urban Transit 1.2   1.3 1.3 0.9 0.8
Inter-City Buses 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Passenger Air 10.0   12.0 12.0 6.8 6.8
Freight Air 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6
Passenger Rail 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Freight Rail 4.0   3.9 3.9 4.5 4.2
Marine 4.9   2.7 3.1 3.2 3.2
Off-Road1 3.7   4.5 4.5 5.9 5.8
Passenger Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.1   67.5 67.5 69.8 69.7
Freight Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.3   70.5 70.5 71.5 71.5
GHG Emissions Related to Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.2   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Footnotes:

1) “Off Road” includes vehicles not registered for on-road travel such as ATVs, snowmobiles, golf carts and some military vehicles.