Railways
total: 36,114 km
standard gauge: 36,114 km 1.435-m gauge (156 km electrified)
note: Canada has two major transcontinental freight railway systems: Canadian National (privatized November 1995) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service is provided by the government-operated firm VIA, which has no trackage of its own (2000 est.)

Highways
total: 901,902 km
paved: 318,371 km (including 16,571 km of expressways)
unpaved: 583,531 km (1999)

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: 122 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,797,240 GRT/2,680,223 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 66, cargo 13, chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 2, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 18, railcar carrier 2, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 3, Monaco 16, United Kingdom 1, United States 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 1,419 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 519
over 3,047 m: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 244
under 914 m: 90 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 151

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 900
1,524 to 2,437 m: 74
914 to 1,523 m: 364
under 914 m: 462 (2001)

Heliports 18 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Canada on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Canada Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Canada Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.