Text Table 3.14
Households that owned or leased a motor vehicle and distance travelled in an average year, by province, 2006

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  Owned or leased a motor vehicle for personal use1  Number of motor vehicles owned or leased by household members2 Distance travelled in an average year by all motor vehicles in the household
1 2 3 or more 20,000 kilometres or less  20,001 to 40,000 kilometres more than 40,000 kilometres
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 82 59 35 6 63 23 8
Prince Edward Island 89 46 40 14 57 23 12
Nova Scotia 83 54 36 10 59 24 10
New Brunswick 85 53 37 10 57 27 11
Quebec 81 57 36 8 56 27 12
Ontario 82 48 41 12 57 23 14
Manitoba 81 46 39 15 61 18 13
Saskatchewan 87 40 42 18 59 21 13
Alberta 87 41 42 18 54 25 14
British Columbia 83 48 38 14 64 18 8
Canada 83 49 39 12 58 23 12
Notes:
Some respondents specified "Do not know." This proportion is not included here so the row totals may not add to 100%.
The definition of a motor vehicle includes cars, trucks, vans, SUVs (sport utility vehicles) and street-legal motorcycles.
1. As a percentage of all households.
2. As a percentage of households owning or leasing at least one motor vehicle for personal use.
Source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.