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Canada
Transportation
Railways: total:
36,114 km
standard gauge: 36,114 km 1.435-m gauge (156 km
electrified)
note: Canada has two major transcontinental freight
railway systems: Canadian National (privatized November
1995) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service is
provided by the government-operated firm VIA, which has no
trackage of its own (2000 est.)
Highways: 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 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:
122 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,797,240 GRT/2,680,223
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 66, cargo 13,
chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 2, passenger 2,
passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 18, railcar carrier 2,
roll on/roll off 8, 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: 1,419
(2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
519
over 3,047 m: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 244
under 914 m: 90 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 151
Airports - with unpaved runways: total:
900
1,524 to 2,437 m: 74
914 to 1,523 m: 364
under 914 m: 462 (2001)
Heliports: 18
(2001)
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