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Transportation in Canada 2002
Table of Contents
Report Highlights
1. Introduction
2. Transportation and the Economy
3. Government Spending on Transportation
4. Transportation Safety and Security
5. Transportation and the Environment
6. Rail Transportation
7. Road Transportation
8. Marine Transportation
9. Air Transportation
Minister of Transport
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TABLE A2-49: ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY TYPE AND MODE, 1990 – 2001
(Petajoules)
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Annual
Growth
(per cent)
2000-01
Gasoline
   Road1 1,111 1,079 1,105 1,135 1,171 1,166 1,180 1,209 1,243 1,275 1,276 1,289 1.0
   Aviation 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 (1.7)
   Marine - 2 - 1 1 1 1 1 - - - -  
   Total 1,116 1,084 1,108 1,140 1,175 1,171 1,184 1,213 1,246 1,279 1,280 1,293 1.0
Diesel
   Road1 331 316 318 340 381 420 434 476 488 507 536 530 (1.1)
   Rail 89 83 87 86 89 81 79 80 77 82 84 82 (1.7)
   Marine 47 46 44 41 45 45 45 44 45 46 47 46 (1.2)
   Pipelines 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 (41.4)
   Total 468 446 449 468 516 548 561 600 611 636 667 659 (1.2)
Jet Fuel
   Aviation 154 135 145 141 153 165 187 194 200 212 215 195 (9.4)
Light & Heavy Fuel Oil
   Marine 60 66 65 56 60 56 55 57 73 69 67 76 14.4
Natural Gas
   Pipelines 133 148 192 202 212 233 241 245 244 245 219 200 (8.6)
   Retail pump sales (road) 3 3 3 3 5 8 8 4 3 3 2 2 0.0
   Total 136 150 195 205 217 241 249 249 247 247 221 202 (8.5)
Gas Plant NGL’S2
   Road transport and urban transit 26 29 29 32 34 33 34 29 27 23 16 17 3.8
Primary Electricity
   Pipelines 9 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 16 15 13 12 (5.6)
   Road transport and urban transit 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0.0
   Total 12 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 19 18 16 16 (4.5)
Total Energy by Mode
   Road1 1,474 1,430 1,458 1,513 1,594 1,630 1,659 1,721 1,763 1,810 1,833 1,841 0.4
   Aviation 158 139 148 145 156 169 190 197 203 216 218 198 (9.2)
   Pipelines 142 157 202 213 223 245 254 258 261 261 233 213 (8.6)
   Marine 107 114 109 99 106 102 101 101 118 115 113 122 7.9
   Rail 89 83 87 86 89 81 79 80 77 82 84 82 (1.7)
Total Transportation Energy 1,971 1,922 2,003 2,055 2,168 2,227 2,284 2,357 2,423 2,484 2,482 2,457 (1.0)



 

  1. Diesel and gasoline purchased by the manufacturing and commercial sectors are attributed to road transportation in an attempt to include all private (own-account) road transportation.
  2. NGL: Natural gas liquids.

Source: Transport Canada, adapted from Statistics Canada’s Quarterly Report on Energy Supply-Demand in Canada, Cat. 57-003
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