Canada: Transportation
Dominion of 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: CIA World Factbook 2001
(In general, information available as of 1 January 2001 was used in the preparation of this edition.)

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