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National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 51

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 879

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 80,228,301

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,074,830,881 mt-km (2015)

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

C (2016)

Pipelines

Gas and liquid petroleum 110,000 km (2017)

Railways

Total: 77,932 km

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

Country comparison to the world: 4

Roadways

Total: 1,042,300 km

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

Unpaved: 626,700 km (2011)

Country comparison to the world: 7

Merchant Marine

Total: 181

By type: bulk carrier 62, cargo 15, carrier 1, chemical tanker 15, combination ore/oil 1, container 2, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 63, petroleum tanker 11, roll on/roll off 6

Foreign-owned: 19 (Estonia 1, France 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 4, Sweden 2, US 10)

Registered in other countries: 225 (Australia 5, Bahamas 96, Barbados 11, Cambodia 2, Cyprus 2, Honduras 1, Hong Kong 77, Liberia 2, Malta 5, Marshall Islands 8, Norway 1, Panama 6, Spain 4, Vanuatu 5) (2010)

Country comparison to the world: 36

Ports and Terminals

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

River and lake port(s): Montreal, Quebec City, Sept-Isles (St. Lawrence); Fraser River Port (Fraser); Hamilton (Lake Ontario)

Oil terminal(s): Lower Lakes terminal

Dry bulk cargo port(s): Port-Cartier (iron ore and grain),

Container port(s): Montreal (1,446,000), Vancouver (3,054,000)(2015)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Saint John

Year

Airports

  • 1,467 (2013)

Heliports

  • 26 (2013)

Waterways

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

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    523
  • Over 3,047 m
    21
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    19
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    147
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    257
  • Under 914 m
    79 (2017)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    944
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    75
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    385
  • Under 914 m
    484 (2013)