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    Canada Transportation 2000

      Railways:
      total: 36,114 km; note - there are two major transcontinental freight railway systems: Canadian National (privatized November 1995) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service provided by government-operated firm VIA, which has no trackage of its own
      standard gauge: 36,114 km 1.435-m gauge (156 km electrified) (1998)

      Highways:
      total: 901,902 km
      paved: 318,371 km (including 16,571 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 583,531 km (1999 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, 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: 114 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,602,275 GRT/2,371,146 DWT
      ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 61, cargo 11, chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 2, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 16, rail car carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off 8, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1 (1999 est.)
      note: does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes (1998 est.)

      Airports: 1,411 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 515
      over 3,047 m: 16
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 17
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 152
      914 to 1,523 m: 240
      under 914 m: 90 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 896
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 73
      914 to 1,523 m: 362
      under 914 m: 461 (1999 est.)

      Heliports: 15 (1999 est.)

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