Railways
total: 70,176 km; note - there are two major transcontinental freight railwaysystems: Canadian National (privatized November 1995) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service provided by government-operated firm VIA, whichhas no trackage of its own
standard gauge: 70,000 km 1.435-m gauge (63 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 176 km 0.914-m gauge (1995)

Highways
total: 1.021 million km
paved: 358,371 km (including 19,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 662,629 km (1995 est.)

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, Montreal, New Westminister,Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick), Saint John's (Newfoundland),Seven Islands, Sydney, Three Rivers, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor

Merchant marine
total: 60 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 557,941 GRT/775,391 DWT
ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 9, chemical tanker 4, oil tanker 15, passenger 2, passenger-cargo1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea passenger 3, specializedtanker 2
note: does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes (1996 est.)

Airports 1,139 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 816
over 3,047 m: 17
2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
1,524 to 2,437 m : 138
914 to 1,523 m: 229
under 914 m: 417 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 323
1,524 to 2,437 m: 55
914 to 1,523 m: 268 (1996 est.)

Heliports 17 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Canada on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Canada Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Canada Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.