Canada Transportation Profile 2003

Railways

total: 64,994 km
standard gauge: 64,994 km 1.435-m gauge (129 km electrified) (2002)

Roadways

total: 901,902 km
paved: 318,371 km (including 16,571 km of expressways)
unpaved: 583,531 km (1999)

Waterways

3,000 km (including Saint Lawrence Seaway)

Pipelines

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

Ports and terminals

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: 122 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,840,272 GRT/2,740,864 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 64, cargo 11, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 18, railcar carrier 2, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 3, Monaco 16, United Kingdom 1, United States 1 (2002 est.)

Airports

1,389 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 507
over 3,047 m: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
1,524 to 2,437 m: 149
914 to 1,523 m: 245
under 914 m: 80 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 882
1,524 to 2,437 m: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 363
under 914 m: 446 (2002)

Heliports

12 (2002)