Transportation Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 8: GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 5.7   5.3 5.2 4.5 4.6
Passenger Transportation 2.9   3.0 2.9 2.4 2.4
Freight Transportation 2.6   2.0 2.0 1.8 1.9
Off-Road2 0.2   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode (Mt of CO2e)
Cars 1.4   1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9
Passenger Light Trucks 1.0   1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3
Freight Light Trucks 0.3   0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
Medium Trucks 0.3   0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Heavy Trucks 0.9   0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
Motorcycles 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
School Buses 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Urban Transit 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Inter-City Buses 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Passenger Air 0.5   0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2
Freight Air 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Passenger Rail 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Freight Rail 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Marine 1.1   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Off-Road2 0.2   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Shares (%)
Cars 23.7   20.3 19.7 19.0 18.8
Passenger Light Trucks 17.3   25.7 26.3 26.8 27.7
Freight Light Trucks 5.0   7.3 7.5 7.7 8.0
Medium Trucks 4.4   6.8 6.6 6.6 7.0
Heavy Trucks 15.5   15.7 15.3 15.7 16.9
Motorcycles 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
School Buses 0.5   0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Urban Transit 0.9   1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0
Inter-City Buses 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Passenger Air 8.2   8.6 8.5 5.2 4.4
Freight Air 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
Passenger Rail 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Freight Rail 1.2   3.0 3.0 3.5 3.3
Marine 18.9   5.2 5.6 6.8 5.3
Off-Road2 3.6   5.1 5.4 6.6 6.6
Passenger Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   67.4 67.4 69.9 70.0
Freight Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.8   70.4 70.4 71.3 71.3

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.
2) “Off Road” includes vehicles not registered for on-road travel such as ATVs, snowmobiles, golf carts and some military vehicles.