Transportation

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Monthly itinerant movements by type of operation (Level I-III and foreign carriers, Level IV-VI, other commercial, private, government civil and government military), for airports with NAV CANADA towers or flight service stations and other selected non-NAV CANADA airports.

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Monthly itinerant movements by instrument flight rules (IFR), visual flight rules (VFR) and runway 88 movements, for airports with NAV CANADA towers or flight service stations and other selected non-NAV CANADA airports.

Description: Monthly itinerant movements by type of power plant (jet, turbo-propellers, piston, helicopters and gliders), for airports with NAV CANADA towers or flight service stations and other selected non-NAV CANADA airports.

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Monthly itinerant movements by aircraft weight group, broken down by maximum take-off weight categories ranging from under 2,000kgs to over 136,000kgs, for airports with NAV CANADA towers or flight service stations and other selected non-NAV CANADA airports.

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Monthly itinerant movements (domestic, transborder and other international) by type of operation, (Level I-III and foreign air carriers, Level IV-VI, other commercial, private, government civil and government military), for airports with NAV CANADA towers or flight service stations and other selected non-NAV CANADA airports.

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Monthly aircraft movements (itinerant and local) by province and territory for airports with NAV CANADA towers or flight service stations and other selected non-NAV CANADA airports.

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Monthly itinerant movements (domestic, transborder and other international) by province and territory, for airports with NAV CANADA towers or flight service stations and other selected non-NAV CANADA airports.

Description: This data visualization dashboard provides information on the main financial and operational data from Canadian Level I air carriers in an interactive format. The dashboard features information on passengers, load factor, passenger-kilometres, available seat kilometres, hours flown, turbo fuel consumed, and total operating revenue.

Description: This data visualization dashboard provides data on aircraft movements at Canada's major airports and select small airports in an interactive format. It allows users to compare aircraft movements by geography, class of operation, type of operation, sector (domestic, transborder and other international) and the busiest airports by amount of aircraft activity.

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Retail trade sales figures for the motor vehicle and parts dealers industry. Data are available on a monthly basis for Canada and provinces, in dollars x 1,000.

Description: This data visualization dashboard provides information on passengers enplaned and deplaned and cargo loaded and unloaded, at Canadian airports. It allows users to view passenger and cargo data over time, by geography, by sector (domestic, transborder and other international) and at the top Canadian airports.

Description: Number of units and total sales of new motor vehicles by type of vehicle, annual.

Description: Annual financial performance of the passenger bus and urban transit industries (number of companies; total revenues; total expenses; net income), by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (urban transit; interurban and rural bus; school and employee bus; charter bus and sightseeing; other transit-shuttle).

Description: Canadian passenger bus and urban transit industries, capital expenditures (purchase of buses and other rolling stock and other capital expenditures), by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (urban transit, interurban and rural, school and employee, charter bus and sightseeing and other transit shuttle), annual.

Description: Canadian passenger bus and urban transit industries, employment and compensation, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), annual.

Description: Canadian passenger bus and urban transit industries, fuel consumption (diesel, gasoline, other fuel and electricity), by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (urban transit, interurbain and rural, school and employee, charter bus and sightseeing and other transit-shuttle).

Description: Canadian passenger bus and urban transit industries, equipment operated, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (urban transit, interurban and rural, school and employee, charter bus and sightseeing and other transit shuttle) and type of vehicle (motor coaches, school buses, urban transit buses and all other rolling stock), annual.

Description: This table presents ridership for the Canadian urban transit industry, by North American Industry Classification (NAICS). Ridership in urban transit is measured by linked trips, one trip is the journey from origin to destination including any transfers.

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This table presents the distance driven by the Canadian urban transit vehicles while in service to the public, by North American Industry Classification (NAICS). This does not include kilometers from the garage to the first stop or kilometers from the last stop back to the garage.

Description: Annual railway industry operating and income accounts (detailed operating revenues and expenses), by mainline companies (Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, VIA Rail).

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Canada's major container ports have competed successfully against their U.S. counterparts for overseas container traffic. However, the ocean container shipping industry is undergoing changes that will impact on their relationships with ports and competition among ports for container traffic has been fierce. This paper explores how Canadian ports might fare in this increasingly competitive environment, based on their natural and man-made attributes, their competitive stance and their potential to meet the evolving ocean container industry.

The assessment includes a review of the ocean container shipping industry, the North American container market and competing ports in the United States (U.S.). This report uses data from two sources, Statistics Canada's marine international origin/destination (O/D) database and the U.S. Department of Transport Maritime Administration's (MARAD) Annual Import Export Waterborne Databank which is based on Journal of Commerce P.I.E.R.S. data.

The keys to the success of Canadian container ports have been a combination of natural endowments, investments in intermodal facilities and competitive pricing. These factors are likely to continue into the future, however, the competition among container ports is likely to intensify as industry consolidation continues and as publicly funded U.S. intermodal terminal and corridor projects come to fruition.

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The Canada e-Book is an online version of the Canada Year Book with texts, tables, charts and audio clips that present the country's economic and social trends. The Canada e-Book illustrates Canada and Canadians under four broad headings: The Land, The People, The Economy, and The State. You will find a wealth of information on topics including the human imprint on the environment, population and demography, health, education, household and family life, labour force, arts and leisure, industries, finance, government and justice. All Canadians will enjoy this useful reference that helps explain the social, economic and cultural forces that shape our nation.

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This analytical study uses Canadian Vehicle Survey data for 2000 to explain road use characteristics of young and aging drivers on a national basis. The analysis examines differences between two age groups - those aged 24 and under and those aged 55 and over - with the remainder of the population, those aged 25 to 54.

The focus of the study is on when and why drivers choose to make road trips, and how the driving population compares with the population as a whole. Driver characteristics were compared with Canadian motor vehicle traffic collision statistics published by Transport Canada (1999) as a means of putting driving exposure into perspective.

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Since September 11, 2001, important changes in the financial and operating statistics of airline activities in Canada have taken place. In particular, most airline companies have seen a deterioration of their financial positions and the number of flights and of seats available have generally decreased while security measures have increased. The aim of this paper is to examine the post-September 11 aviation market in Canada with respect to one key operating characteristic: the number of flights of airline companies operating in Canada. More specifically, the following questions are addressed: Was there a recovery in airline activities in Canada since September 11? Were all losses in all sectors recovered (domestic, transborder and international)? Were all losses at all airports recovered?

This paper is divided into three sections: 1. Data sources and limitations, the scope of this research and the methodological approach used are described in the first section. 2. The second section highlights the main results obtained and discusses these results in the context of the recent trends in airline activities in Canada. 3. Lastly, some conclusions are offered, based on the evidence collected and analysed.

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This paper discusses in detail issues dealing with the technical aspects of designing and conducting surveys. It is intended for an audience of survey methodologists.

The Canadian Vehicle Survey (CVS), which began in 1999, is designed to collect information about the usage of motor vehicles registered in Canada. The CVS target population includes all on-road vehicles (except special equipment, trailers and motorcycles) registered in Canada. A sample of vehicles is drawn each quarter and a seven-day trip log is used to gather detailed vehicle usage patterns. The log includes questions on kilometres driven, number of passengers, vehicle characteristics, trip purpose and travel times, driver and passenger demographics and fuel usage. Since this is a voluntary survey and the log takes seven days to complete, every effort is made to ensure a good response rate and prevent response errors. The first part of this paper describes the current survey design, data collection, and editing and imputation methodology. Then it goes on to explain the challenges associated with the different steps of the survey. Finally, findings from the research carried out to minimize the effects of non-sampling errors are presented.

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This study identifies the flag-related trends of fleets used in Canada's international sea-borne trade relative to the world fleet during the 15-year period from 1985 to 1999. The goal is to determine if there is any indication that fleets that served Canada were any less safe in 1999 than in 1985.

This study uses fleet and ship-casualty statistics published by Lloyd's Register and data on vessel entrances and clearances from Statistics Canada's Marine International Origin-Destination Database to develop a flag-related risk index.

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In this paper, we will estimate the number of Canadian passengers that are going to "business" and "leisure" markets and whether these passengers have seen an improvement in service since the signing of the Open Skies Agreement.

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Travel Agencies in Canada enter the new millennium with many challenges. The gap that they must bridge is a possible erosion of both revenue and customers. The aviation industry has been imposing caps on commissions resulting in the requirement for agencies to sell more product to generate the same revenue. At the same time, selling more product could be more difficult as air carriers and hotels are increasingly offering more direct sales on the Internet. This web presence has enabled carriers and hotels to deliver their product bypassing the travel agencies in the supply chain. There is also increased competition from travel sales web-sites that attempt to attract the business that local travel agents once could have considered as their own. The paper will examine the nature of the challenges facing this service industry and the possible responses.

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For several years, urban transit ridership in Canada has been declining. In the late 1990s, ridership began to stabilize but at a level well below the peaks reached in previous years. Many have postulated reasons for the decline, including the dominance of the automobile, changes in work locations and hours, increasing fares, decreasing subsidies and increasing suburbanization.

Using data from approximately 85 Canadian urban transit service providers, over a period of 8 years, this paper outlines the empirical results of analysis to measure factors that have affected urban transit ridership. Among the key goals of this project was the development of measures of fare elasticity.

Demographic, socio-economic and level of service variables were used in the research to explain changes in ridership. A variety of dummy variables was also used to account for structural differences.

The paper concludes with an examination of major Canadian cities that carry the majority of all commuters in the country.

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The primary purpose of this article is to present a new time series data and to demonstrate its analytical potential and not to provide a detailed analysis of these data. The analysis in section 5.2.4 will deal primarily with the trends of major variables dealing with domestic and transborder traffic.

Description: This document is part of the Grain Supply Chain Dashboard: Real-Time Grain Movement by Rail (GSCD) data visualization product. It accompanies the GSCD and presents the conceptual structure of the railway movement, the data and computation methods, and current limitations. The GSCD is released as an experimental data product.

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This project is an evidence-based measurement of mobility for key corridors in our urban centers across Canada. Transport Canada computes a mobility indicator to assess the impact of urban bottlenecks in Canada’s strategic trade corridors and the economy. This information is important for practitioners and policymakers as it goes beyond anecdotal evidence on a subject affecting millions of Canadians and our trade corridors. The mobility indicator in question is the Travel Time Index (TTI). It is the ratio of the measured travel time to the free-flow travel time. Free-flow travel time is measured overnight, when drivers are free to drive at their desired speed because of low volume traffic conditions.

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Statistics Canada collects and publishes a large amount of data on all modes of transportation. For example, do you know the level of shipments of commodities last quarter? Where are the key access points to the United States and which commodities are moving through them? How can you determine market share? This guide will familiarize you with the sources for answers to these questions and more and show you how to access them. It will allow you to take advantage of what Statistics Canada has to offer you. The guide is divided into two parts. Part I contains a description of each survey at Statistics Canada that has transportation related information. Each survey is listed with the survey name, a person to contact, phone number and fax number, a brief description of the transportation related information in the survey, the periodicity of the survey and the publication catalogue number, name and price where the information can be found.

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Western Canadian grain farmers are seeing profound economic and technological changes in their industry. This activity looks at the ways in which these trends have affected grain elevators and grain transportation in Western Canada.

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This study deals with the introduction of the newly developed North American Industry Classification system (NAICS), and its impact on the Trucking surveys at Statistics Canada. This paper provides an overview of the uses and needs of an industry classification system and the processes involved in the collection, implementation and dissemination of trucking statistics based on this new classification.

Description: This survey collects data on monthly retail sales (in dollars and in units) of new motor vehicles sold in Canada.

Description: The purpose of this business survey is to provide estimates of passengers enplaned and deplaned and cargo loaded and unloaded at Canadian airports.

Description: The Air Passenger Origin and Destination, Domestic Journeys survey provides estimates of the number of passengers traveling on scheduled domestic commercial flights by directional origin and destination.

Description: The Air Passenger Origin and Destination - Canada/United States survey provides estimates of the number of passengers traveling on scheduled commercial flights between Canada and the United States by directional origin and destination.

Description: The survey covers the scheduled services operated within, into or out of Canada by medium-size and smaller-size Canadian and non-Canadian air carriers. Data on the origin and destination of passengers from the reporting carrier's system are collected.