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Vehicles registered in Canada travelled an estimated 81.1 billion kilometres in the fourth quarter of 2006, up 9.6% over the same quarter of 2005.
Nationally, vehicles weighing less than 4 500 kilograms were driven an average of 3,950 kilometres. Among the provinces, drivers in New Brunswick were the busiest, recording an average of 4,724 kilometres, while drivers in Prince Edward Island drove the least with an average of 2,845 kilometres.
Cars and station wagons accounted for 53% of all kilometres driven during the quarter, while vans, sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks accounted for 39%.
The survey measures the activity of all on-road vehicles registered in Canada with the exception of some vehicles such as buses, motorcycles, construction equipment and road maintenance equipment.
Note: Recent updates to the vehicle registration files have now been incorporated into the Canadian Vehicle Survey counts and estimates for British Columbia. The revisions affect the last three quarters of 2003, all quarters in 2004 and 2005, and the first three quarters of 2006. On average, estimated vehicle kilometres in British Columbia have been revised up 0.8% for the affected quarters in 2003, 2.3% for 2004, 6.7 % for 2005, and 10.0% for the first three quarters of 2006. Note that these revisions, in turn, affect the national estimates for the same periods, although the magnitude is much smaller. The national estimates were revised up 0.2% for 2003, 0.4% for 2004, 0.7% for 2005, and 0.9% for 2006.
Revisions were also made to treat holidays consistently across the reference periods. This affected most variables for the four quarters of 2004. Impacts of the revisions vary depending on the variable, but are generally greatest for tables dealing with the day of week or time of day.
Available on CANSIM: tables 405-0005 to 405-0020, 405-0026 to 405-0036, 405-0039 to 405-0042, 405-0044 to 405-0046, 405-0053, 405-0054, 405-0099 and 405-0101 to 405-0110.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2749.
The October to December 2006 issue of The Canadian Vehicle Survey: Quarterly (53F0004XWE, free) is now available from the Publications module of our website.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Réjean Doiron (613-951-5680; rejean.doiron@statcan.gc.ca) or Client Services (toll-free 1-866-500-8400; transportationstatistics@statcan.gc.ca), Transportation Division.
