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1. The number of light vehicles (weighing up to 4.5 tonnes) registered increased by 2.5% from 2006. That was the second highest increase since 2002. Alberta led the provinces in registration growth, while Prince Edward Island was the province with the smallest increase.
2. Large passenger styles (vans, sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks) continued to be popular with Canadian drivers. For the first time since the survey began, larger styles were driven as much as smaller styles (cars and station wagons). Each now account for approximately half of all kilometres driven by light vehicles. In 2000, cars and station wagons drove 60% of all light vehicle kilometres.
3. Canadians also drove these vehicles more than ever recorded by the survey. Nationally, vehicles travelled more than 332 billion kilometres in 2007. Light vehicles travelled 1.1% more kilometres in 2007 than they had the year before. Despite rising gasoline prices, light vehicle kilometres have increased each year since 2004 at a rate averaging 1.2% per year.
4. Light vehicles in Canada traveled an average of 15,797 kilometres during 2007, the lowest annual average ever recorded by the survey. The average dropped, despite a slight increase in kilometres driven, due to the larger increase in the number of vehicles on the road compared to the previous year. Among the provinces, drivers in Nova Scotia were the busiest, while drivers in British Columbia drove their vehicles the least.
5. Light vehicles fuelled by gasoline have shown improved fuel efficiency over the last few years. They consumed 10.9L/100km in 2007, compared to 11.1L/100km in 2004. Newer vehicles tended to outperform older vehicles in terms of fuel efficiency. Vehicles two years old or newer at the time of the survey consumed 4% less fuel per 100 kilometres driven compared to vehicles three to five years old, and 9% less than vehicles fourteen years or older.
6. As with light vehicles, there were more registrations for trucks weighing 4.5 tonnes or more than had ever been recorded by the survey. The trucks travelled 10% more kilometres in 2007 than they had in 2006. This was the most kilometres ever recorded by the survey for the heaviest vehicles on the road.