Railways:
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)
Highways:
total:
912,200 km
paved:
246,400 km (including 16,600 km of expressways)
unpaved:
665,800 km (1996 est.)
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:
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.)
Airports:
1,395 (1998 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
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.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
880
1,524 to 2,437 m:
73
914 to 1,523 m:
353
under 914 m:
454 (1998 est.)
Heliports:
16 (1998 est.)