Road motor vehicle registrations

There were 19.1 million road motor vehicles registered in Canada in 2004.

Of this total, 17.9 million (94%) were passenger cars and light vehicles such as pickup trucks and minivans. The remainder consisted of 77,450 buses, 408,700 motorcycles and mopeds, and 674,450 truck tractors and trucks (weighing at least 4 500 kg).

In addition to these road motor vehicles, 4.5 million trailers and 1.5 million off-road, construction and farm vehicles were also registered.

Provincial data are available on an annual and quarterly basis, enabling users to analyse seasonal variation.

Note: These data are not comparable with the motor vehicle registrations prior to 1999. Although the data still come from provincial and territorial governments, vehicle counts were tabulated from registration files used by the Canadian Vehicle Survey. A standardized methodology was applied to the files, providing more consistent results across jurisdictions.

Available on CANSIM: table 405-0004.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2747.

Annual data for 2004 are now available free in a table online from the Canadian Statistics module of our Web site. Quarterly data are available upon request.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Client Services (1-866-500-8400; transportationstatistics@statcan.gc.ca), Transportation Division.