Road Motor Vehicles - Registration

Detailed information for 1999

This annual release provides counts of vehicle registrations by vehicle type (light, heavy), buses, motorcycles, trailers and off-road vehicles such as construction or farm vehicles.

• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This annual release presents counts of light vehicles, heavy vehicles (trucks), buses, trailers and off-road vehicles registrations obtained from the provincial and territorial governments. These data are used by the federal Department of Finance for the calculation of fiscal equalization payments to the provinces pursuant to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, 1987. This information is also used by various levels of government for the planning and development of transportation infrastructure and by special interest groups for production and marketing strategies.

In 1999, Statistics Canada implemented a revised methodology for Motor Vehicle Registration Data in Canada. In previous years, data were obtained by a questionnaire sent to the provinces and territories. Starting in 1999, the sources are files obtained from the vehicles licensing bureau of the provinces and territories.

Statistical activity

This statistical activity is part of a set of surveys measuring various aspects of activities related to the movement of people and goods. These surveys are grouped as follows:

Transportation by air includes records related to the movement of aircraft, passengers and cargo by air for both Canadian and foreign air carriers operating in Canada as well as the financial and operating characteristics of Canadian air carriers. These data are produced by the Aviation Statistics Centre.

Transportation by rail includes records relating to rail transportation in Canada, and between the United States and Canada.

Transportation by road includes records relating to all road transport in Canada. In addition to surveying carriers and owners of registered motor vehicles, certain programs rely on aggregation of provincial and territorial administrative records.

Reference period: Calendar year

Collection period: Quarterly

Subjects

• Transportation
• Transportation by road

Data sources and methodology

Target population

Light road motor vehicles, medium and heavy duty trucks, buses, motorcycles and mopeds, trailers and off-road, construction and farm vehicles, registered by provinces and territories

Sampling

This survey is a census.

Data are collected for all units of the target population, therefore, no sampling is done.