Vehicle registrations, 2015
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Released: 2016-06-28
33.2 million
2015
1.9% 
(annual change)
670,686
2015
3.0%
(annual change)
99,876
2015
-6.4% 
(annual change)
745,730
2015
-0.9%
(annual change)
734,236
2015
1.2%
(annual change)
8,227,294
2015
0.6%
(annual change)
11,685,875
2015
2.2%
(annual change)
1,114,162
2015
1.9%
(annual change)
1,133,272
2015
0.7%
(annual change)
5,098,281
2015
3.0%
(annual change)
3,563,505
2015
3.3%
(annual change)
54,632
2015
3.1%
(annual change)
34,155
2015
2.8%
(annual change)
7,101
2015
4.9%
(annual change)
The number of vehicles registered in Canada reached 33.2 million in 2015, up 1.9% from the previous year.
Registrations of light road motor vehicles (less than 4 500 kilograms), which include the vast majority of car models, sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and vans driven by individuals on the road, accounted for almost two-thirds of registered vehicles, or just over 22 million vehicles.
Ontario had the largest number of light road motor vehicle registrations with 7.9 million vehicles, or 36% of all registered vehicles of this type. However, Ontario (0.69) had one of the lowest ratios of light road motor vehicles in relation to the driving-age population. In comparison, Yukon had a ratio of 1.04 vehicles per person aged 16 and older, while this ratio was 0.91 in Alberta.
Chart 1
Registration ratio of light road motor vehicles by province and territory, 2015
Trailer registrations ranked second for total registrations in the country, with 7.1 million vehicles. Once again, Ontario had the most registrations of this vehicle type.
This was followed by registrations of off-road, construction and farm vehicles, at 2.2 million vehicles, and medium-duty truck (between 4 500 kilograms and 14 999 kilograms) registrations, at 592,000 vehicles. Quebec had the most off-road, construction and farm vehicles, while Alberta reported the largest number of medium-duty trucks.
Note to readers
This annual release presents a count of registered vehicles based on administrative files provided by each province and territory. Registered vehicles include road motor vehicles, such as light road motor vehicles, medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks; buses; motorcycles; other vehicles, such as trailers; and off-road, construction and farm vehicles.
Data from this release are used by Finance Canada in the calculation of fiscal equalization payments pursuant to the 1987 Federal–Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. This information is also used by various levels of government for the planning and development of transportation infrastructure.
Data aggregations are available for Canada and by province and territory.
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