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2008 Canadian Vehicle Survey Update Report

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Contents

Executive summary

Introduction

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

Annexes

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

List of figures and tables

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

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