National Private Vehicle Use Survey (NPVUS)

Detailed information for fourth quarter 1994

The purpose of this survey was to better understand how much fuel is consumed by private vehicles and how drivers in Canadian households use their vehicles.

• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

The National Private Vehicle Use Survey (NPVUS) was conducted by Statistics Canada between October 1994 and September 1996, with the co-operation and support of Natural Resources Canada. The purpose of this survey was to better understand how much fuel is consumed by private vehicles and how drivers in Canadian households use their vehicles.

Subjects

• Energy
• Energy consumption and disposition
• Transportation
• Transportation by road

Data sources and methodology

Sampling

This is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design.

Data sources

Responding to this survey is voluntary.

Data are collected directly from survey respondents.

The survey is designed to use rotates-out from the Labour Force Survey. Contact is made by telephone and questions are asked about the household and vehicles owned or leased by the household. Upon completion of the screening questions one vehicle is randomly selected and further questions are asked and a fuel purchase diary is sent to the household for the selected vehicle. This diary is to be kept for a one month period.