Road motor vehicle registrations, 2014
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Released: 2015-06-29
The number of vehicles registered in Canada reached 32.6 million in 2014, up 2.7% from the previous year. Together, Ontario and Quebec accounted for more than half of the registrations in 2014.
Almost three-quarters of all vehicle registrations were for road motor vehicles, which comprise light vehicles (less than 4 500 kilograms), medium vehicles (4 500 kilograms to 14 999 kilograms) and heavy vehicles (15 000 kilograms or more).
Within this group, light vehicles represented the largest component, accounting for 92.3% of all registered road motor vehicles. On a volume basis, Quebec saw the largest increase in light vehicle registrations, up 195,000 to 5.1 million, followed by Alberta, where registrations rose 103,000 to 3.0 million.
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This annual release presents a count of registered vehicles based on administrative files provided by each province and territory. Registered vehicles include road motor vehicles, such as light, medium and heavy vehicles; buses; motorcycles; other vehicles, such as trailers; and off-road, construction and farm equipment vehicles.
Data from the release are used by Finance Canada in the calculation of fiscal equalization payments pursuant to the 1987 Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. This information is also used by various levels of government for the planning and development of transportation infrastructure.
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