 commun canada - fact sheet - transport canada file localhost cgi-bin toggl fr pl file localhost contact html file localhost help html file localhost search html http canada gc main html file localhost html file localhost whatsnew html file localhost sitemap html file localhost public public html file localhost faq html file localhost sujet aboutu html file localhost sujet aboutcan html file localhost sujet aboutgov html file localhost event html file localhost kc html transport canada canada's histori close link histori transport on map understand geograph obstacl pose nation's landscap transport plai - continu plai - vital role shape canada's futur with popul densiti three person squar kilometr canada's 30 peopl scatter area 10 squar kilometr size stretch 5 500 kilometr atlant ocean pacif what canada canadian safe effici sustain transport system includ mode - air marin road rail air transport canada's aviat industri expand dramat year commerci airlin carri all-time high 85 passeng 2000 the number regist aircraft increas 147 percent 1970 1996 climb 28 242 2000 canada best aviat safeti record the number aviat accid steadili declin 25 year year 2000 canada record lowest annual number aviat accid involv canadian-regist aircraft domest air rout serv major oper includ air canada air canada region westjet canada 3000 well independ oper jet propel-driven equip while air canada remain domin carrier competit exist carrier increas choic domest rout continu grow in decemb 1999 canada's smaller domest airlin provid 18 percent seat serv domest destin by 2000 provid 28 percent in 1997 1 512 licens domest carrier provid schedul charter servic countri current 885 air oper certif holder provid servic schedul intern servic 70 countri provid basi bilater agreement canada countri sinc 1994 cornerston modern canada's air transport system govern canada's nation airport polici the polici allow transfer airport local group market free airport busi adher strict safeti standard as februari 28 2001 117 136 design airport transfer in fact 98 percent commerci air travel canada facil transfer in 1996 govern canada transfer respons air navig system nav canada own oper canada's civil air navig servic marin transport canada 59 509 kilometr coastlin exclud island coastlin 3 700 kilometr inland waterwai the st lawrenc seawai world's largest inland waterwai stretch 3 700 kilomet gulf st lawrenc western lake superior safeti marin sector improv year marin accid 25-year low 2000 the govern canada promot safeti enforc law regul ensur standard met ship ply canadian water canada's marin sector plai major role move good countri the sector handl total 334 tonn domest intern cargo 1999 1998 gener 2 5 billion revenu directli emploi 37 000 canadian sinc seawai open 1959 2 billion tonn cargo move canada unit state 50 nation the system handl 50 tonn cargo year welland canal montreal lake ontario section begin 1998 govern canada start commerci canada's port st lawrenc seawai thi ownership hand not-for-profit organ facil best make easier reduc overhead cost allow faster busi decis - critic factor remain competit maritim transport sector road transport canada automobil person countri unit state automobil canadian although highwai traffic doubl 25 year canada 50 percent declin traffic fatal there 900 000 kilometr road highwai canada nation highwai system 25 000 kilometr length canada boast longest highwai - tran-canada highwai - busiest section highwai - highwai 401 greater toronto area - rival interst 5 california there 48 000 bridg canadian road street over 25 000 provinci territori highwai network close 22 000 municip citi street 700 respons govern canada perhap best bridg canada 12 9 kilometr confeder bridg join borden-carleton princ edward island cape jourimain new-brunswick the bridg open mai 31 1997 longest span ic cover water the confeder bridg privat manag maintain oper strait cross develop inc subsidiari compani strait cross bridg limit scbl canada's road support highli form cargo transport - truck in 1999 truck revenu servic includ for-hire privat courier valu 43 billion in 2000 600 000 larg truck weigh 4 5 tonn regist canada interc buse provid extens public passeng servic canada in 1999 13 passeng carri 3 000 motor coach school buse vehicl inter-citi schedul bu servic oper technolog plai increasingli role canada's highwai system for exampl pilot project place test feasibl allow special equip truck cross u s border stop time save differ shipper haul perish good rail transport the railwai evok imag canada's histori plai major role bring countri it continu canada's transport network rail sector handl 310 tonn freight 1999 safeti railwai sector continu improv railwai accid rate steadili declin decad cross fatal reach lowest level decad although canadian nation railwai cn canadian pacif railwai cp respons oper canada's rail freight servic 78 canadian railwai oper 50 000 kilometr track the portion rail network control carrier increas 1996 control 33 percent canadian rail network via rail canada feder crown corpor passeng rail servic canadian in 2000 4 2 rail passeng travel via rail region shortlin railwai technolog canadian histori forefront innov spectrum transport technolog with launch alouett 1 1962 canada third nation space earn intern reput aerospac technolog develop canadarm design u s space shuttl program ongo more aviat develop includ commut turbo-prop turbo-fan aircraft well uniqu aircraft scoop 6 6 tonn water lake ten second drop forest fire pinpoint accuraci research conduct safer log truck airplan de-ic regul canada leader develop altern fuel sourc the ballard fuel cell exampl power car futur byproduct hot water auto industri invest hundr million dollar ventur equal innov clean air truck run natur ga diesel pilot ignit truck emit 85 percent fewer smog-produc byproduct regular truck some earliest intellig transport system it initi place canada includ world's comput-control traffic signal system 1958 sinc canada implement cashless toll system ontario's highwai 407 develop transit fleet manag passeng system commerci vehicl oper system intern border cross initi facilit movement good north american free trade zone sustain transport critic develop growth canada canadian economi it increasingli impact canada's environ transport singl largest sourc greenhous gase canada account 25 percent total emiss contribut air pollut smog traffic congest major urban area in octob 2000 feder provinci territori minist environ energi releas canada's nation implement strategi climat chang nation busi plan the govern canada's action plan 2000 climat chang repres govern canada's contribut busi plan substanti transport compon it outlin initi improv urban transport vehicl fuel effici greenhous ga intens fuel effici freight system ensur canada's transport system environment friendli depend chang peopl's behaviour rais awar issu promot concret action choic individu reduc advers environment impact transport improv qualiti life catalogu no pf3-2 35-2001 isbn 0-662-65628-8 minist public work govern servic 2001 updat 2001-10-17 file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata canada-transport-road tran htm content top file localhost notic html import notic 