Transportation Sector
Quebec
Table 22: Bus Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Bus Energy Use (PJ) 7.3   10.9 11.0 10.4 11.2 7.4 7.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 1.1   1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9
Natural Gas 0.0   1.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1
Motor Gasoline 0.5   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 5.7   7.7 7.6 7.4 7.8 4.2 4.3
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 14.7   15.7 15.5 16.6 17.1 26.1 25.1
Natural Gas 0.2   10.9 11.8 8.9 9.8 13.3 14.2
Motor Gasoline 6.7   3.0 3.3 3.4 3.9 3.7 4.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 78.3   70.3 69.3 71.1 69.2 56.9 56.2
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 6,746   11,047 14,019 11,496 11,922 7,074 7,479
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 1.09   0.99 0.79 0.90 0.94 1.05 1.03
Bus GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.4   0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity –   – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Motor Gasoline 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.4   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity –   – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.2   9.3 10.0 7.6 8.3 13.0 13.7
Motor Gasoline 7.5   3.6 3.9 4.0 4.7 5.4 6.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 92.3   87.1 86.1 88.4 87.0 81.7 80.0
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 60.2   57.4 57.4 57.2 56.7 49.5 50.0

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.