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

See also: Rail transport 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

Further information: :Category:Airports in Canada

All figures as of January 2006

Total airports - 1429
Land aerodromes - 1097
Water aerodromes - 326

Category:Airports in Alberta - 183 (178 land, 5 water)
Category:Airports in British Columbia - 217 (128 land, 89 water)
Category:Airports in Manitoba - 134 (110 land, 24 water)
Category:Airports in New Brunswick - 31 (31 land, 0 water)
Category:Airports in Newfoundland and Labrador - 36 (30 land, 6 water)
Category:Airports in the Northwest Territories - 65 (40 land, 25 water)
Category:Airports in Nova Scotia - 30 (21 land, 9 water)
Category:Airports in Nunavut - 32 (30 land, 2 water)
Category:Airports in Ontario - 319 (215 land, 104 water)
Category:Airports in Prince Edward Island - 4 (4 land, 0 water)
Category:Airports in Quebec - 183 (135 land, 48 water)
Category:Airports in Saskatchewan - 161 (148 land, 13 water)
Category:Airports in the Yukon - 34 (27 land, 7 water)

[edit] Principal airports

[edit] Heliports

Further information: List of heliports in Canada

All figures as of January 2006

Total heliports - 295

Somewhere it should be mentioned how the Canadian railway linking east and west Canada paralleled the transcontinental railroad in the United States. Both of these were extremely important to the development of each country.