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TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total:
67,773 km; notethere 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: 67,773 km 1.435-m gauge (183 km electrified)
(1996) |
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Highways:
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total:
912,200 km
paved: 246,400 km (including 16,600 km of expressways)
unpaved: 665,800 km (1996 est.) |
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Waterways:
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3,000 km, including Saint Lawrence Seaway |
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Pipelines:
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crude
and refined oil 23,564 km; natural gas 74,980 km |
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Ports
and Harbors:
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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 |
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Merchant
Marine:
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total:
109 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,489,110 GRT/2,205,274
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 56, cargo 11, chemical
tanker 5, combination bulk 2, oil tanker 16, passenger 3, passenger-cargo
1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger
4, specialized tanker 1
note: does not include ships used exclusively in the Great
Lakes (1998 est.) |
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Airports:
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1,395 (1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Paved Runways:
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total:
515
over 3,047 m: 16
2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
1,524 to 2,437 m: 154
914 to 1,523 m: 238
under 914 m: 91 (1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Unpaved Runways:
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total:
880
1,524 to 2,437 m: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 353
under 914 m: 454 (1998 est.) |
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Heliports:
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16 (1998 est.) |
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