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Transportation in Canada 2000 |
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PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
Automobile Transportation
In 1999, Transport Canada commissioned the Canadian Vehicle
Survey to provide the first national estimates of the characteristics
and use of motor vehicles. The survey sample is drawn from provincial
and territorial motor vehicle registration files and encompasses
all major types of on-road motor vehicles, including cars, light
and heavy trucks, and buses. The survey got under way in 1999
and the first comprehensive numbers for all provinces and territories
were produced for the fourth quarter of 1999. Annual estimates
for 1999 were produced based on incomplete records from the first
year. Table 13-6 presents the results of the car and light truck
population (all vehicles less than 4,500 kilograms) and associated
vehicle- and passenger-kilometres.
In 2000, 16.8 million cars and light trucks were registered,
a slight increase over 1999. The distribution by province/territory
falls more or less by population, with Ontario having the most
light vehicles at 6.3 million, followed by Quebec with 3.8 million,
British Columbia with 2.2 million and Alberta with nearly 2 million.
Registrations per capita averaged about 540 light vehicles for
every 1,000 persons, with little variation by province. The highest
per capita ownership was found in the Yukon, Alberta and Saskatchewan,
with rates in excess of 600 vehicles per 1,000 people. The
lowest per capita ownership was found in Nunavut, the Northwest
Territories and Newfoundland, with rates below 500 vehicles
per 1,000 people.
Annual vehicle-kilometres for 1999 were estimated at about
285 billion. Ontario was the single largest jurisdiction, with
over 100 billion vehicle-kilometres, or 37 per cent of the
total. Quebec had about 60 billion vehicle-kilometres, or 21 per
cent of the total, followed by Alberta and British Columbia each
with about 13 per cent of the total. Average kilometres driven
per registered car or light truck was about 17,000 nationally,
with most jurisdictions clustered around this figure. Newfoundland
and Alberta had the highest per-vehicle travel, each exceeding
20,000 per year, followed by New Brunswick at 19,000. With the
exception of the territories, the rest of the provinces had per-vehicle
travel between 14,000 and 18,000 kilometres per year.
Passenger-kilometres for light vehicles were estimated at 460
billion for 1999, with provincial/territorial breakdowns matching
the vehicle-kilometres distribution. Average vehicle occupancy
(the ratio of passenger-kilometres to vehicle-kilometres) varied
between 1.6 and 2.0 persons per registered car or light truck.
Automobile Transportation
- Apendix 13-1 Amended Framework
for Canada's International Air Policy as at December 21, 1999
- Apendix 13-2 International
Air Services as of December 31, 2000 (Excluding Canada-US Transborder
Services)
- Apendix 13-3 Scheduled Transborder
Services as of December 31, 2000
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