Canada - Railways

Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)

The value for Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) in Canada was 433,139 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 445,546 in 2018 and a minimum value of 245,625 in 1996.

Definition: Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.

Source: Internation Union of Railways (UIC)

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Year Value
1996 245,625
1997 269,458
1998 256,145
1999 265,707
2000 283,842
2001 291,518
2002 288,701
2003 300,424
2004 327,812
2005 337,953
2006 341,514
2007 347,922
2008 334,824
2009 294,786
2010 332,635
2011 347,824
2012 368,297
2013 386,266
2014 414,069
2015 412,985
2016 396,806
2017 420,143
2018 445,546
2019 433,139

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

The value for Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Canada was 1,598 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,598 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,327 in 2014.

Definition: Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.

Source: Internation Union of Railways (UIC)

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Year Value
1995 1,382
1996 1,411
1997 1,440
1998 1,469
1999 1,498
2000 1,548
2001 1,553
2002 1,596
2003 1,433
2004 1,413
2005 1,478
2006 1,450
2007 1,453
2008 1,574
2009 1,413
2010 1,404
2011 1,404
2012 1,376
2013 1,365
2014 1,327
2015 1,349
2016 1,408
2017 1,527
2018 1,598

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation