Canada Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number 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 prefix

C

Airports

total: 1,467 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 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 runways

total: 944 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 385 (2013)

under 914 m: 484 (2013)

Heliports

26 (2013)

Pipelines

110000 km gas and liquid petroleum (2017)

Railways

total: 77,932 km (2014)

standard gauge: 77,932 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

Roadways

total: 1,042,300 km (2011)

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

unpaved: 626,700 km (2011)

Waterways

636 km (Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States) (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 691

by type: bulk carrier 20, container ship 1, general cargo 76, oil tanker 15, other 579 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Halifax, Saint John (New Brunswick), Vancouver

oil terminal(s): Lower Lakes terminal

container port(s) (TEUs): Montreal (1,537,669), Vancouver (3,252,225) (2017)

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)

NOTE: The information regarding Canada on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Canada 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Canada 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.