Flag of Canada

Canada Transportation Profile

Home > Factbook > Countries > Canada

Railwaystotal: 77,932 km (2014)

standard gauge: 77,932 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 1,042,300 km (2011)

paved: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways) (2011)

unpaved: 626,700 km (2011)
Waterways636 km (Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States) (2011)
Pipelines110000 km gas and liquid petroleum (2017)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Halifax, Saint John (New Brunswick), Vancouver

oil terminal(s): Lower Lakes terminal

container port(s) (TEUs): Montreal (1,745,244), Vancouver (3,398,860) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Saint John

river and lake port(s): Montreal, Quebec City, Sept-Isles (St. Lawrence)

dry bulk cargo port(s): Port-Cartier (iron ore and grain),

Fraser River Port (Fraser) Hamilton (Lake Ontario)
Merchant marinetotal: 691

by type: bulk carrier 20, container ship 1, general cargo 76, oil tanker 15, other 579 (2020)
Airportstotal: 1,467 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 523 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 21 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 19 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 147 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 257 (2017)

under 914 m: 79 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 944 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 75 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 385 (2013)

under 914 m: 484 (2013)
Heliports26 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 51 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 879

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 89.38 million (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 3,434,070,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixC

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

Transportation Comparison