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    Canada Transportation - 2004

    https://immigration-usa.com/wfb2004/canada/canada_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways:
      total: 73,301 km
      standard gauge: 73,301 km 1.435-m gauge (129 km electrified) (2001)

      Highways:
      total: 1,408,800 km
      paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 911,494 km (2002)

      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: 119 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,784,229 GRT/2,657,499 DWT
      by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 59, cargo 13, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 18, rail car carrier 1, roll on/roll off 11, short-sea/passenger 3, specialized tanker 1
      registered in other countries: 43 (2003 est.)
      foreign-owned: Germany 3, Hong Kong 2, Monaco 18, United Kingdom 3, United States 2

      Airports:
      1,357 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 505
      over 3,047 m: 18
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
      914 to 1,523 m: 246
      under 914 m: 75 (2003 est.)
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 150

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 852
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 69
      914 to 1,523 m: 359
      under 914 m: 424 (2003 est.)

      Heliports:
      12 (2003 est.)


      NOTE: The information regarding Canada on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Canada Transportation 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Canada Transportation 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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