Chapter 1 Canada's on-road vehicle fleet
1.1 Number and age of vehicles
1.2 Vehicle-kilometres
1.3 Fuel consumption
Chapter 2 Geographic analysis
2.1 Composition of the on-road vehicle fleet in Canada’s provinces and territories
2.2 Variation in distance travelled among regions
2.3 Provincial fuel consumption rates
Chapter 3 Light vehicles
3.1 Light vehicle body type
3.2 Passenger-kilometres
3.3 Vehicle-kilometres
3.4 Age of light vehicles
Chapter 4 Medium and heavy trucks
4.1 Medium and heavy truck configuration
4.2 Medium and heavy truck trip purpose
4.3 Medium and heavy truck activity
4.4 Age of medium and heavy trucks
Annex A Notes about data quality and the interpretation of results
Annex B Scope and methodology of the Canadian Vehicle Survey
General description
Survey design
Data collection
Data edit and imputation
Response rate
Estimates and quality indicators
Annex C Data tables of figures from the 2008 Canadian Vehicle Survey
Annex D Glossary
Figures
Figure 1
Age of vehicle fleet by vehicle type, 2008
Figure 2
Vehicle-kilometres travelled by vehicle type, 2000 to 2008
Figure 3
Fuel consumption rate by vehicle type and fuel type, 2005 and 2008
Figure 4
Vehicles in Canada by region, 2000 and 2008
Figure 5
Light vehicles per household by jurisdiction, 2008
Figure 6
Average annual distance travelled by light vehicles by jurisdiction, 2008
Figure 7
Average annual distance travelled by medium trucks by jurisdiction, 2008
Figure 8
Average annual distance travelled by heavy trucks by jurisdiction, 2008
Figure 9
Fuel consumption rate of gasoline-powered light vehicles by jurisdiction, 2008
Figure 10
Diesel consumption rate of medium trucks by jurisdiction, 2008
Figure 11
Diesel consumption rate of heavy trucks by jurisdiction, 2008
Figure 12
Light vehicles by vehicle body type, 2000 and 2008
Figure 13
Passenger-kilometres travelled in Canada by vehicle body type of light vehicles, 2000 to 2008
Figure 14
Average distance travelled and light vehicles per household, 2000 to 2008
Figure 15
Light vehicles by vehicle age, 2005 and 2008
Figure 16
Distance travelled by heavy trucks by configuration, 2008
Figure 17
Distance travelled by medium and heavy trucks by trip purpose, 2008
Figure 18
Distance travelled by medium and heavy trucks by activity type, 2008
Figure 19
Distribution of medium and heavy trucks by vehicle age, 2005 and 2008
Tables
Table 1
Vehicles in Canada by vehicle type, 2000 and 2008, and the growth rate
Table 2
Vehicles in Canada by vehicle type and fuel type, 2008