Canada - Roads
Roads, goods transported (million ton-km)
Definition: Goods transported by road are the volume of goods transported by road vehicles, measured in millions of metric tons times kilometers traveled.
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 170,931 |
| 2002 | 177,216 |
| 2003 | 184,774 |
| 2007 | 130,600 |
| 2008 | 129,600 |
Roads, paved (% of total roads)
Definition: Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length.
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 35.00 |
| 1991 | 37.00 |
| 1992 | 35.20 |
| 1995 | 35.30 |
| 2004 | 39.87 |
Roads, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Definition: Passengers carried by road are the number of passengers transported by road times kilometers traveled.
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 483,440 |
| 2002 | 493,814 |
Roads, total network (km)
The value for Roads, total network (km) in Canada was 1,409,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,409,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 825,743 in 1990.
Definition: Total road network includes motorways, highways, and main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and all other roads in a country.
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 825,743 |
| 1991 | 849,404 |
| 1992 | 901,903 |
| 1995 | 901,902 |
| 1998 | 901,903 |
| 1999 | 901,903 |
| 2002 | 1,408,900 |
| 2004 | 1,408,900 |
| 2006 | 1,409,000 |
| 2007 | 1,409,000 |
| 2008 | 1,409,000 |
| 2009 | 1,409,000 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Transportation
