Railway Diesel Fuel Consumption by Canadian Province

Statistics Canada provides data on diesel fuel consumption within the railway industry, segmented by geographic areas including Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. The dataset is available in XML, CSV, and HTML formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 12:58:37.095282.

Use Cases

• Model regional fuel demand and carbon emissions based on the geographic segmentation mentioned in the description
• Benchmark fuel efficiency across different railway operating areas based on the consumption data
• Analyze trends in railway industry energy use over time based on the temporal data likely present
• Support policy analysis for transportation decarbonization based on the fuel consumption statistics

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency
• Includes consumption data for multiple provinces, such as Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML
• Last updated on 2026-04-28 12:58:37.095282

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Likely collected through industry reporting or surveys

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 28; freshness should be verified

Geography

Canada, with data segmented by provinces/areas including Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario