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National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 51 (2015)

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 879 (2015)

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 80,228,301 (2015)

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

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

C (2016);

Pipelines

110000 km gas and liquid petroleum (2017);

Railways

Total: 77,932 km (2014)

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

Country comparison to the world: 4

Roadways

Total: 1,042,300 km (2011)

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

Unpaved: 626,700 km (2011)

Country comparison to the world: 7

Merchant Marine

Total: 639 (2017)

By type: bulk carrier 16, container ship 1, general cargo 88, oil tanker 15, other 519 (2017)

Country comparison to the world: 32

Ports and Terminals

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

Oil terminal(s): Lower Lakes terminal

Container port(s) (TEUs): Montreal (1,447,566), Vancouver (2,929,585) (2016)

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),

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 (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)