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Licensed Drivers and Motor Vehicle Registrations
by Type of Vehicle 1981-2000
(in thousands)
|
Year |
Licensed Drivers 1 |
Passenger Automobiles
|
Commercial Vehicles 2 |
Motor-
cycles 3 |
|
1981 |
14,486 |
10,199 |
3,206 |
431
|
|
1982 |
15,081 |
10,530 |
3,307 |
473 |
|
1983 |
15,298 |
10,732 |
3,380 |
510 |
|
1984 |
15,540 |
10,781 |
3,119 |
507 |
|
1985 |
15,964 |
11,118 |
3,213 |
487 |
|
1986 |
16,226 |
11,586 |
3,285 |
465 |
|
1987 |
16,927 |
11,686 |
3,659 |
448 |
|
1988 |
17,155 |
12,086 |
3,850 |
400 |
|
1989 |
17,592 |
12,380 |
3,962 |
378 |
|
1990 |
17,718 |
12,622 |
4,000 |
359 |
|
1991 |
18,090 |
12,578 |
3,516 |
350 |
|
1992 |
18,465 |
12,781 |
3,461 |
339 |
|
1993 |
18,843 |
12,925 |
3,455 |
337 |
|
1994 |
19,243 |
13,131 |
3,510 |
330 |
|
1995 |
19,327 |
13,192 |
3,535 |
320 |
|
1996 |
19,964 |
13,251 |
3,620 |
312 |
|
1997 |
20,148 |
13,515 |
3,684 |
319 |
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1998 |
20,744e |
13,887 |
3,767 |
334 |
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1999 |
20,934 |
14,190 |
3,859 |
340
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2000 |
20,593 |
14,509 |
3,913 |
350
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1
Excludes temporary permits
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| 2
Includes trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles |
| 3
Includes mopeds |
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Estimated |
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Source: Statistics
Canada, Catalogue No. 53-219, Road Motor Vehicles - Registrations.
1999 and 2000 data are from provinces and territories.
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The decline in police reporting in
British Columbia in years 1996 through 2000 has affected the
British Columbia totals and, to a lesser extent, national totals
reported in this publication. |
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