Transportation

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Monthly performance indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on how Canada's transportation supply chain is performing. The indicators measure the performance of containers and grain transportation. Data are available from January 2017. The table presents month-over-month and year-over-year percentage changes.

Description: Sales of fuel used for road motor vehicles (net and gross gasoline sales and net diesel sales).

Description: Quarterly data on new motor vehicle registration by fuel type, vehicle type and number of vehicles, for Canada and provinces.

Description: Annual sum of the quarterly data on new motor vehicle registration by fuel type, vehicle type and number of vehicles, for Canada and provinces.

Description: Quarterly data on zero-emission vehicle registration by fuel type, vehicle type and number of vehicles, Canada, the provinces, census metropolitan areas and census sub-divisions.

Description: This interactive dashboard provides access to current and historical data on new motor vehicle registrations. It allows the user to compare and analyze new motor vehicle registrations data by fuel type, geography and vehicle type. This web application is updated quarterly.

Description: This interactive map provides visual access to current and historical data on new zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) registrations by geographic area (provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, and census subdivisions), as well as the numerical and percentage breakdowns by type of ZEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and battery electric vehicle). It allows the user to select a specific reference period and geography level. A table is also included under the map, which is populated based on the user’s selection.

Description: For-hire motor carrier freight services price index (FHMCFSPI) by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Monthly data are available from January 2007. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. The base period for the index is (2021=100).

Description: For-hire motor carrier freight services price index (FHMCFSPI) by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Monthly data are available from February 2007. The table presents month-over-month and year-over-year percentage changes for various aggregation levels. The base period for the index is (2021=100).

Description: For-hire motor carrier freight services price index (FHMCFSPI) by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Quarterly data are available from the first quarter of 2007. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. The base period for the index is (2021=100).

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Principal statistics for the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts manufacturing, motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing industries. Estimates are presented on an annual basis for Canada in dollars x 1,000,000.

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Estimates of financial variables, including operating revenue and expenses, for motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers. Data are presented on an annual basis for Canada and provinces in dollars x 1,000.

Description: International merchandise trade data grouped by the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) highlighting the motor vehicle and parts section. Data are unadjusted and seasonally adjusted, on a Customs and Balance of Payments basis at a monthly frequency.

Description: Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, total population, population density, etc., 2019, in support of the Sustainable Development Goals - Indicator 11.2.1 and the Canadian Indicator Framework - Indicator 11.4.1.

Description: Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road, total rural population, total rural area, etc., 2023, in support of the Sustainable Development Goals - Indicator 9.1.1.

Description: Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, population count by location, gender, age, income after tax, etc., 2023, in support of the Sustainable Development Goals - Indicator 11.2.1 and the Canadian Indicator Framework - Indicator 11.4.1.

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This product presents statistics on the rail terminal performance of 4 companies, by selected terminals, on a weekly basis, starting with the reference period of November 24-30, 2018.

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This product presents statistics on transportation of grain by 4 rail companies, by number of cars and orders, on a weekly basis, starting with the reference period of November 24-30, 2018.

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This product presents statistics on the rail performance of 4 companies, by selected commodities, on a weekly basis, starting with the reference period of November 24-30, 2018.

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This product presents statistics on the rail performance of 4 companies, by type of rail car, on a weekly basis, starting with the reference period of November 24-30, 2018.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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Presented in almanac style, the 2012 Canada Year Book contains more than 500 pages of tables, charts and succinct analytical articles on every major area of Statistics Canada's expertise. The Canada Year Book is the premier reference on the social and economic life of Canada and its citizens.

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Despite the elimination of tariff barriers between Canada and the United States, the volume of trade between the two countries has been less than would be expected if there were no impediments. While considerable work has been done to gauge the degree of integration between the Canadian and U.S. economies through trade, relatively little analysis has parsed out the underlying costs for cross-border trade. The costs of crossing the border can be divided into formal tariff barriers, non-tariff barriers, and the cost of the transport system itself. This paper focuses on the latter by estimating the cost of shipping goods by truck between Canada and the U.S. during the 2004-to-2009 period. The analysis assesses the degree to which costs to ship goods by truck to and from the U.S. exceed those within Canada by measuring the additional costs on a level and an ad valorem basis. The latter provides an estimate of the tariff equivalent transportation cost that applies to cross-border trade. These costs are further broken down into fixed and variable (line-haul) costs. Higher fixed costs are consistent with border delays and border compliance costs which are passed on to the consumers of trucking services. Higher line-haul costs may result from difficulties obtaining backhauls for a portion of the trip home. Such difficulties may stem from trade imbalances and regulations that restrict the ability of Canadian-based carriers to transport goods between two points in the United States.

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This article in the Economic Insights series examines how much crossing the border adds to the cost of moving goods by truck. It quantifies the cost of border delays, border-related compliance costs, and other costs associated with moving goods to and from Canada's main trading partner. It is based on the paper Trucking Across the Border: The Relative Cost of Cross-border and Domestic Trucking, 2004 to 2009, by William Anderson and Mark Brown.

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This service bulletin presents summary information, timely financial and operating statistics and analysis (time series, charts, special tabulations, etc.) covering bus, urban transit, courier and local messengers industry, taxi and limousine services industry and marine transportation.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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This study looks at access to and use of public transit in 2007, using data from the Households and the Environment Survey.

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The Canadian Vehicle Survey (CVS) is a voluntary, vehicle-based survey that provides quarterly and annual estimates of road vehicle activity. This includes vehicle-kilometres and passenger-kilometres as well as a number of other elements related to the trip such as sex of driver, time of day and season.

In 2007, the sample size of the CVS was increased in order to address a data gap regarding consumption of fuel for personal use. The CVS was seen as a possible solution to getting better insight into the household component of fuel consumption. By differentiating between types of vehicle use the CVS can provide estimates of fuel consumed for personal and business purposes.

The aims of this report are twofold. The first is to present a national, annual profile of vehicle fuel consumption by type of use. The second is to compare the fuel quantities produced by the CVS with other known data sources, especially those data generated by Statistics Canada. This data comparison will provide grounding for future work using this data. Explanations are put forward to account for discrepancies between the data.

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In this article, we focus on the relationship between the types of neighbourhoods in which people live and the use of cars for daily travel. How much do residents of peripheral areas and low-density (suburban) neighbourhoods depend on cars in their daily lives compared with residents of more "urban" neighbourhoods? To what extent can residents of central neighbourhoods go about their day-to-day business without necessarily using a car? In which metropolitan areas is exclusive use of the automobile most common?

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This article examines driving and commuting patterns from a gender perspective. Trip chaining, the practice of stopping at intermediate points during a journey, is analyzed using data from the 2005 Canadian Vehicle Survey. Next-stage destinations and the number of stops made while driving are compared for men and women.

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.