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Vehicles registered in Canada travelled an estimated 87.7 billion kilometres during the third quarter of 2007, down 3.9% compared with the same quarter of 2006. This was the lowest third quarter total kilometres since the third quarter of 2004, when Canadians drove 82.7 billion kilometres.
Nationally, light vehicles (weighing up to 4.5 tonnes) travelled an average of 4,118 kilometers during the quarter. The heaviest vehicles in the survey (trucks weighing 15 tonnes or more) were driven, on average, 17,855 kilometres for Canada as a whole.
Among the provinces, drivers in Manitoba were the heaviest users of their light vehicles during the quarter, with an average of 5,385 kilometres per vehicle. As has often been the case, drivers in British Columbia drove the least, at 3,340 kilometres per vehicle.
As has been the case for the past three quarters, Canadians continued to experience improved fuel efficiency with their light vehicles in the third quarter of 2007 than they did a year earlier. Light vehicle fuel consumption was measured at 10.3 L/100 km in the third quarter of 2007, and 10.6 L/100 km in the third quarter of 2006. This represented an improvement of 3.0%.
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.
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 July to September 2007 issue of The Canadian Vehicle Survey (53F0004XWE, free) is now available from the Publications module of our website.
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