Short facts about transportation in Canada
| Railways: |
total: 36,114 km; note - there are two major transcontinental freight railway
systems: Canadian National (privatized November 1995) and Canadian Pacific
Railway; passenger service provided by government-operated firm VIA, which has
no trackage of its own
standard gauge: 36,114 km 1.435-m gauge
(156 km electrified) (1998) |
| Highways: |
total: 901,902 km
paved: 318,371 km (including 16,571 km of
expressways)
unpaved: 583,531 km
(1999) |
| Waterways: |
3,000 km (including Saint Lawrence
Seaway) |
| Pipelines: |
crude and refined oil 23,564 km;
natural gas 74,980 km |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Becancour (Quebec), Churchill, Halifax,
Hamilton, Montreal, New Westminster, Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John (New
Brunswick), St. John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Sydney, Trois-Rivieres,
Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 121 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,767,259 GRT/2,633,290
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 67, cargo 13, chemical
tanker 5, combination bulk 1, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker
17, railcar carrier 2, roll on/roll off 7, short-sea passenger 3, specialized
tanker 1 (2000 est.) |
| Airports: |
1,417 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 517
over 3,047 m: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m:
15
1,524 to 2,437 m: 151
914 to 1,523 m:
244
under 914 m: 89 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 900
1,524 to 2,437 m: 74
914 to 1,523 m:
362
under 914 m: 464 (2000
est.) |
| Heliports: |
18 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
