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Canadian Vehicle Survey 2007 Summary Report

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Contents

Introduction

Highlights

Chapter 1 Canada's on-road vehicle fleet

1.1 Number of vehicles
1.2 Principal characteristics of vehicles: Age and fuel type
1.3 Vehicle use
1.4 Vehicle fuel consumption

Chapter 2 Geographic analysis

2.1 Composition of the on-road vehicle fleet in Canada’s provinces and territories
2.2 Vehicle use in Canada’s provinces and territories
2.3 Provincial fuel consumption rates

Chapter 3 Light vehicles

3.1 Light vehicles: Vehicle body type
3.2 Age of light vehicles

Chapter 4 Heavy vehicles: Medium and heavy trucks

4.1 Configuration: Heavy vehicles
4.2 Trip purpose for heavy vehicles
4.3 Heavy vehicle activity
4.4 Age of heavy vehicles

Chapter 5 Trip analysis

5.1 Road types used by vehicles
5.2 Rush hour and fuel consumption
5.3 Driver’s age and gender

Annex A Note on data quality and interpretation of results

Annex B Scope and methodology of the Canadian Vehicle Survey

Annex C Data tables of figures in this summary report

Annex D Glossary

List of figures and tables

Figures

Figure 1.1
Quarterly trends in the number of vehicles, 2000–2007

Figure 1.2
Age of vehicle fleet, 2007

Figure 1.3
Quarterly passenger- and vehicle-kilometres travelled by light vehicles, 2000–2007

Figure 1.4
Vehicle-kilometres travelled per light vehicle, 2000–2007

Figure 1.5
Quarterly trends in kilometres travelled by light vehicles in relation to gas prices,
2004–2007

Figure 1.6
Gasoline consumption rate by quarter for light vehicles, 2007

Figure 1.7
Quarterly diesel consumption rate for medium and heavy trucks, 2007

Figure 2.1a
Distribution of vehicle fleet among provinces and territories, 2007

Figure 2.1b
Distribution of population among provinces and territories, 2007

Figure 2.2
Number of vehicles per capita, 2007

Figure 2.3
Vehicle-kilometres by population in the provinces and territories, 2007

Figure 2.4a
Distance travelled in the Prairie provinces by vehicle type, 2007

Figure 2.4b
Distance travelled in Canada excluding the Prairie provinces by vehicle type, 2007

Figure 2.5
Average annual distance travelled by heavy trucks by jurisdiction, 2007

Figure 2.6
Gasoline consumption rate by province for light vehicles, 2007

Figure 2.7
Regional differences in the light vehicle fleet, 2007

Figure 2.8
Diesel consumption rate by province for medium and heavy trucks, 2007

Figure 3.1
Proportion of light trucks and cars in the light vehicle fleet, 2000–2007

Figure 3.2
Average light vehicle occupancy rate by vehicle body type, 2000–2007

Figure 3.3
Average distance travelled per light vehicle by body type, 2000–2007

Figure 3.4
Age distribution of light vehicles, 2007

Figure 3.5
Gasoline consumption rate of light vehicles according to vehicle age, 2007

Figure 3.6
Average vehicle-kilometres travelled per light vehicle by vehicle age, 2007

Figure 3.7
Age distribution of light vehicles by vehicle-kilometres travelled, 2007

Figure 4.1a
Distance travelled by medium trucks according to configuration, 2007

Figure 4.1b
Distance travelled by heavy trucks according to configuration, 2007

Figure 4.2
Diesel consumption rate by heavy vehicle configuration, 2005 and 2007

Figure 4.3
Share of distance travelled by medium and heavy trucks by activity type, 2007

Figure 4.4a
Distribution of medium trucks according to vehicle age, 2007

Figure 4.4b
Distribution of heavy trucks according to vehicle age, 2007

Figure 4.5a
Distribution of vehicle-kilometres travelled by medium trucks according to age, 2007

Figure 4.5b
Distribution of vehicle-kilometres travelled by heavy trucks according to age, 2007

Figure 4.6
Diesel consumption rate of medium and heavy trucks by age, 2007

Figure 5.1
Distribution of distance travelled by road type, 2007

Figure 5.2
Fuel consumption rate of vehicles by road type, 2007

Figure 5.3
Gasoline consumption rate of light vehicles by trip length, 2007

Figure 5.4
Diesel consumption rate of heavy vehicles by trip length, 2007

Figure 5.5
Gasoline consumption rate by driver’s gender, 2007

Figure 5.6
Gasoline consumption rate by driver’s age, 2007

Tables

Table 1.1
Number of vehicles in Canada by vehicle type, 2000–2007

Table 1.2
Number of vehicles in Canada by vehicle type and fuel type, 2007

Table 1.3
Vehicle-kilometres travelled in Canada by vehicle type, 2000–2007

Table 1.4
Passenger-kilometres travelled in Canada by vehicle type, 2000–2007

Table 1.5
Fuel consumption, 2007

Table 1.6
Fuel consumption rates by vehicle type and fuel type, 2000 and 2007

Table 2.1
Number of vehicles in Canada by vehicle type and jurisdiction, 2007

Table 2.2
Distance travelled and fuel consumption in the provinces and territories, 2007

Table 3.1
Light vehicles by vehicle body type, 2007

Table 3.2
Effect of light vehicle size on fuel consumption in Canada, 2007

Table 4.1
Trip purpose for medium and heavy trucks, 2000 and 2007

Table 4.2
Number of in-scope vehicles and vehicle-kilometres for medium and heavy trucks by activity type, 2007

Table 4.3
Diesel consumption rate and total fuel consumption for medium and heavy trucks by activity type, 2007

Table 5.1
Vehicle-kilometres travelled by light vehicles in Canada by origin and destination, 2007

Table 5.2
Use of gas-powered vehicles by driver’s gender, 2007

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