Transportation Sector
Quebec
Table 10: Passenger Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 223.2   245.9 245.1 231.8 237.8 240.9 250.9 247.9 252.5 199.6 213.1

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 1.1   1.4 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9
Natural Gas 0.0   0.1 0.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1
Motor Gasoline 214.1   225.9 223.5 210.7 224.0 227.0 236.7 234.6 238.8 189.9 203.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 7.8   10.3 11.5 9.6 10.3 10.4 10.8 10.2 10.3 6.5 6.5
Ethanol n.a.   7.9 7.8 8.0 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.
Propane 0.2   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.5   0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.9
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Motor Gasoline 95.9   91.9 91.2 90.9 94.2 94.2 94.3 94.6 94.6 95.1 95.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 3.5   4.2 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.2 3.1
Ethanol n.a.   3.2 3.2 3.5 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.
Propane 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 105,468   128,296 128,612 121,226 125,037 127,269 135,619 132,441 135,827 111,176 119,620
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.12   1.92 1.91 1.91 1.90 1.89 1.85 1.87 1.86 1.80 1.78
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 15.6   16.5 16.4 15.4 15.8 16.1 16.7 16.5 16.8 13.9 14.8

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Motor Gasoline 15.1   15.2 15.0 14.1 15.0 15.2 15.9 15.7 16.0 13.3 14.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.6   0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5
Ethanol n.a.   0.5 0.5 0.5 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Motor Gasoline 96.4   92.2 91.6 91.6 94.8 94.8 94.9 95.2 95.2 96.2 96.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 3.5   4.4 5.0 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.1
Ethanol n.a.   3.2 3.2 3.4 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.
Propane 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.1   67.2 66.9 66.6 66.6 66.6 66.7 66.7 66.6 69.4 69.4

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.

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