Transportation in Canada

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Contents

1 Railways

1.1 Cities with commuter train systems
1.2 Cities with
1.3 Railway links with adjacent countries

2 Highways
3 Waterways
4 Canals
5 Pipelines
6 Ports and harbors
7 Merchant marine
8 Airports

8.1 Heliports

9 See also

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)

Cities with commuter train systems

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

Railway links with adjacent countries

United States - yes
Alaska - no - Proposed.

Highways

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

Waterways

3,000 km, including Saint Lawrence Seaway

Canals

St Lawrence Canal
Welland Canal
Soo Locks
Trent Severn Waterway
Rideau Canal

Pipelines

crude and refined oil 23,564 km; natural gas 74,980 km

Ports and harbors

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

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.)

Airports

All figures as of January 2006

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

- 183 (178 land, 5 water)
- 217 (128 land, 89 water)
- 134 (110 land, 24 water)
- 31 (31 land, 0 water)
- 36 (30 land, 6 water)
- 65 (40 land, 25 water)
- 30 (21 land, 9 water)
- 32 (30 land, 2 water)
- 319 (215 land, 104 water)
- 4 (4 land, 0 water)
- 183 (135 land, 48 water)
- 161 (148 land, 13 water)
- 34 (27 land, 7 water)

Heliports