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Canadians drove more during the second quarter compared with the same quarter in 2008. For the second quarter, Canadian vehicles were driven 88.4 billion kilometres, up 7.0% from the same quarter in 2008.
The number of vehicles on the road increased by 2.0% in the second quarter.
Canadians drove their vehicles, on average, 4,328 kilometres during the quarter. This was 4.9% more than in the same quarter in 2008.
Within the light vehicles (weighing less than 4.5 tonnes), the number of smaller styles such as cars and station wagons on the road increased by 6.1% while the number of larger styles such as vans, sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks decreased by 3.2% compared with the same quarter in 2008. This was the fourth time in five quarters in which the number of the larger style vehicles declined compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
Available on CANSIM: tables 405-0005 to 405-0020, 405-0026 to 405-0036, 405-0039 to 405-0042, 405-0044 to 405-0046, 405-0053, 405-0054, 405-0099 and 405-0101 to 405-0110.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2749.
The April to June 2009 issue of Canadian Vehicle Survey: Quarterly (53F0004X, free) is now available from Key resource module of our website under Publications.
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