Transportation Sector
Quebec
Table 24: Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Truck Energy Use (PJ) 199.4   234.4 245.5 254.8 274.5 275.6 281.5 236.7 263.0
Passenger Truck Transportation 63.5   83.7 88.5 94.4 102.6 105.7 110.6 92.1 101.6
Freight Truck Transportation 135.9   150.7 157.0 160.4 172.0 169.9 170.9 144.6 161.4

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 101.6   128.6 140.2 148.1 159.9 164.5 171.7 140.9 157.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 97.4   100.5 104.8 106.1 114.1 110.5 109.1 95.3 104.6
Ethanol n.a.   4.9 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.
Propane 0.4   0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Motor Gasoline 50.9   54.8 57.1 58.1 58.3 59.7 61.0 59.5 60.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 48.9   42.9 42.7 41.7 41.6 40.1 38.8 40.3 39.8
Ethanol n.a.   2.1 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.
Propane 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 25,368   37,672 39,952 43,092 47,297 49,298 52,165 45,999 51,303
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 47,991   58,715 66,482 75,498 77,194 67,043 69,638 60,923 66,853
Passenger Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.50   2.22 2.21 2.19 2.17 2.14 2.12 2.00 1.98
Freight Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.83   2.57 2.36 2.12 2.23 2.53 2.45 2.37 2.41
Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 14.1   16.1 16.9 17.5 18.9 18.9 19.3 16.7 18.6
Passenger Truck Transportation 4.5   5.6 5.9 6.3 6.9 7.1 7.4 6.5 7.1
Freight Truck Transportation 9.6   10.5 11.0 11.2 12.0 11.9 11.9 10.2 11.4

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 7.1   8.6 9.4 9.9 10.7 11.0 11.5 9.9 11.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 6.9   7.2 7.5 7.6 8.1 7.9 7.8 6.8 7.4
Ethanol n.a.   0.3 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 50.7   53.5 55.7 56.7 56.8 58.3 59.6 59.2 59.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 49.1   44.3 44.2 43.1 43.0 41.5 40.2 40.6 40.1
Ethanol n.a.   2.0 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.
Propane 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Passenger Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.7   67.0 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 70.2 70.2
Freight Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.5   69.8 69.9 69.8 69.8 69.8 69.7 70.8 70.8

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