CanadaTransportation
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Railways:
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total: 48,683 km
standard gauge: 48,683 km 1.435-m gauge (2004) | |
Highways:
| total: 1,408,800 km
paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,494 km (2002) | |
Waterways:
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631 km
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2003) | |
Pipelines:
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crude and refined oil 23,564 km; liquid petroleum gas 74,980 km (2003) | |
Ports and harbors:
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Fraser River Port, Goderich, Montreal, Port Cartier, Quebec, Saint John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Vancouver | |
Merchant marine:
| total: 169 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,784,229 GRT/2,657,499 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 22, cargo 49, chemical tanker 6, combination ore/oil 1, container 1, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 65, petroleum tanker 13, roll on/roll off 6
foreign-owned: 6 (France 1, Germany 3, United States 2)
registered in other countries: 112 (2005) | |
Airports:
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1,326 (2004 est.) | |
Airports - with paved runways:
| total: 503
over 3,047 m: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
1,524 to 2,437 m: 150
914 to 1,523 m: 245
under 914 m: 75 (2004 est.) | |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
| total: 823
1,524 to 2,437 m: 67
914 to 1,523 m: 347
under 914 m: 409 (2004 est.) | |
Heliports:
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319 (2004)
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