Transportation in Canada

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1 Railways
2 Highways
3 Waterways
4 Canals
5 Pipelines
6 Ports and harbours
7 Merchant marine
8 Airports
- 8.1 Principal airports
- 8.2 Heliports
9 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 49,422 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.
standard gauge: 49,422 km 1.435-m gauge 4 feet 8½ inches (129 km electrified) (2002)

[edit] Cities with commuter train systems

[edit] Cities with subway/metro or light rail systems

Main article: Rapid transit in Canada

Calgary, Alberta (the C-Train)
Edmonton, Alberta (Edmonton Light Rail Transit)
Montreal, Quebec (the metro or métro)
Ottawa, Ontario (the O-Train)
Toronto, Ontario (operated by the TTC - Toronto Transit Commission)
Vancouver, British Columbia (SkyTrain)

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

United States - yes
Alaska - no - Proposed.

[edit] Highways

See also: List of Canadian highways by province, Trans-Canada Highway, Yellowhead Highway, and Alaska Highway

total: 1.408 million km
paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,494 km (2002)

[edit] Waterways

3,000 km, including Saint Lawrence Seaway

[edit] Canals

[edit] Pipelines

Crude and refined oil: 23,564 km
Natural gas: 74,980 km

[edit] Ports and harbours

Bécancour, Quebec; Churchill, Manitoba; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Hamilton, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; New Westminster, British Columbia; Prince Rupert, British Columbia; Quebec City, Quebec; Saint John, New Brunswick; St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; Sept-Îles, Quebec; Sydney, Nova Scotia; Trois-Rivières, Quebec; Thunder Bay, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Vancouver, British Columbia; Victoria, British Columbia; Windsor, Ontario

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 122 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,840,272 GRT or 2,740,864 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 61, cargo 11, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 2, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 18, rail car carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off 9, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1 (2002 est.)
note: does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes (1998 est.)

[edit] Airports

All figures as of January 2007

Further information: Category:Airports in Canada

Total airports - 1444
Land aerodromes - 1117
Water aerodromes - 327

An Airbus A330-300 of the national carrier Air Canada takes off

Category:Airports in Alberta - 187 (182 land, 5 water)
Category:Airports in British Columbia - 217 (130 land, 87 water)
Category:Airports in Manitoba - 136 (112 land, 24 water)
Category:Airports in New Brunswick - 31 (31 land, 0 water)
Category:Airports in Newfoundland and Labrador - 37 (30 land, 7 water)
Category:Airports in the Northwest Territories - 67 (42 land, 25 water)
Category:Airports in Nova Scotia - 29 (22 land, 7 water)
Category:Airports in Nunavut - 31 (29 land, 2 water)
Category:Airports in Ontario - 322 (220 land, 102 water)
Category:Airports in Prince Edward Island - 4 (4 land, 0 water)
Category:Airports in Quebec - 187 (139 land, 48 water)
Category:Airports in Saskatchewan - 162 (149 land, 13 water)
Category:Airports in the Yukon - 34 (27 land, 7 water)

[edit] Principal airports

Further information: National Airports System, Canada's busiest airport

[edit] Heliports

Further information: List of heliports in Canada

Total heliports - 296

[edit] See also

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