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Licensed Drivers and Motor Vehicle Registrations
by Type of Vehicle 1983-2002
(in thousands)
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Licensed Drivers 1 |
Passenger Automobiles |
Commercial Vehicles 2 |
Motorcycles3 |
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1983 |
15,298 |
10,732 |
3,380 |
510 |
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1984 |
15,540 |
10,781 |
3,119 |
507 |
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1985 |
15,964 |
11,118 |
3,213 |
487 |
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1986 |
16,226 |
11,586 |
3,285 |
465 |
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1987 |
16,927 |
11,686 |
3,659 |
448 |
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1988 |
17,155 |
12,086 |
3,850 |
400 |
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1989 |
17,592 |
12,380 |
3,962 |
378 |
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1990 |
17,718 |
12,622 |
4,000 |
359 |
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1991 |
18,090 |
12,578 |
3,516 |
350 |
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1992 |
18,465 |
12,781 |
3,461 |
339 |
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1993 |
18,843 |
12,925 |
3,455 |
337 |
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1994 |
19,243 |
13,131 |
3,510 |
330 |
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1995 |
19,327 |
13,192 |
3,535 |
320 |
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1996 |
19,964 |
13,251 |
3,620 |
312 |
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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 |
16,538 |
722 |
274 |
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2000 |
20,593 |
16,832 |
739 |
311 |
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2001 |
20,879 |
17,055 |
729 |
318 |
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2002 |
21,163 |
17,543 |
724 |
350 |
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1 Excludes temporary permits prior to 1999. |
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2 Pre-1999, these registrations include trucks, buses and
other commercial vehicles, such as vans. From 1999, these registrations
include commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) greater than 4,500 kg. |
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3 Includes mopeds. |
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e Estimated.
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Source: 1983 to 1998: Statistics Canada, Catalogue No. 53-219,
"Road Motor Vehicles - Registrations". From 1999, the motor
vehicle registrations are from Statistics Canada, "Canadian Vehicle
Survey" Catalogue No. 53-223-XIE. From 1999 the licensed drivers
were provided by each jurisdiction.
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The decline in police reporting in British Columbia in years 1996
through 2002 has affected the the British Columbia totals and, to a
lesser extent, national totals reported in this publication. |
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