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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 (2018) mt-km

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

C

Pipelines

840,000 km oil and gas (2020)

Railways

total: 49,422 km (2021) note: 129 km electrified (2021)

Roadways

Total: 1,042,300 km (2011)

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

Unpaved: 626,700 km (2011)

Merchant Marine

Total: 689 (2022)

By type: bulk carrier 21, container ship 1, general cargo 65, oil tanker 15, other 587

Ports and Terminals

Major seaports: Halifax, Saint John (New Brunswick), Vancouver

Oil terminals: Lower Lakes terminal

Container ports TEUs: Montreal (1,585,465), Vancouver (3,678,952) (2021)

LNG terminals import: Saint John

River and lake ports: Montreal, Quebec City, Sept-Isles (St. Lawrence)

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

6: Fraser River Port (Fraser) Hamilton (Lake Ontario)

Transportation Note

Canada operates a fleet of 12 icebreakers including two PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreakers and ten P: PC 3 - year-round operation in second-year ice which may include multi-year ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 2.5 m); PC 4 - year-round operation in thick first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 120 cm); PC 5 - year-round operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 70-120 cm); PC 6 - summer/autumn operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 30-70 cm)

Year

Airports

  • 1,467 (2021)comparison ranking: total 4

Heliports

  • 26 (2021)

Waterways

  • 636 km (2011) (Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States)comparison ranking: 85

Airports with Paved Runways

  • 0
    523
  • Civil airports
    123
  • Military airports
    8
  • Joint use civil-military airports
    3
  • Other airports
    389
  • Note
    paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

    944