Transportation

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Users should be aware that Canada's Top for-hire motor carriers of freight covers 76 carriers in the first quarter of 1997 and 74 in the second quarter of 1997, compared to 67 in 1996. Six more general freight carriers and three more specialized freight carriers have reached annual revenues of $25 million or more at the beginning of 1997. One top general freight carrier and one top specialized freight carrier, however, went out-of-business during the second quarter of 1997.

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There were 230 companies reporting to the Statistics Canada passenger bus survey during the first half of 1996. Canada's passenger bus industry is comprised of four types of companies - schedules intercity, school bus, charter and other bus service - which correspond to 1980 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) groupings. It is important to note that this is a relatively new survey instrument, commencing with the first quarter of 1995. More detail regarding the survey and the number of companies reporting is contained in the Survey Notes.

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To provide users with a complete picture of the financial and operational activities associated with Small For-hire Motor Carriers of Freight and Owner Operators in Canada.

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Canadian ports handled a record 51.3 Mt of international freight in the first quarter of 1997, an increase of 5.1% over the same period in 1996. Total international and domestic traffic increased just 2.4% to 61.1 Mt, as a 10.1% decline in domestic freight partially offset the gain in international traffic. Domestic traffic, at 9.8 Mt, sank to its lowest recorded first quarter level.

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In the second half of 1996, the operating ratio (operating expenses divided by operating revenues) for all Canada-based for-hire motor carriers of freight with annual revenues larger than $1 million remained at 0.94 when compared with the last six months of 1995. The operating ratio of specialized freight carriers remained at 0.93 between the second half of 1996.

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Despite the benefits of taking public transit, Canadians are using it less and less. In 1996, each Canadian took an average of about 46 trips on some form of urban transit, the lowest level since 1970 when the average fell to 43 trips per person. In contrast, Canadians were using mass transit at three times that rate at the end of the Second World War.

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In 1995, 200 marine carriers based in Canada, including for-hire marine carriers, private carriers and government carriers, owned and operated a fleet of 1,760 vessels and employed 21,940 people with wages and salaries of $1,083 billion.

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Reapeating the success of the previous year, Canadians ports once again broke the tonnage record for international cargo handled in 1996. International cargo totaled 260.3 million tonnes, a slight increase of 2.2.% compared to the peak established in 1995. In 1996, the bulk of the growth in Canadian marine activity can be attributed to international unloading of goods.

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The railway industry in Canada is highly dependent on factors affecting the production of and demand for bulk commodities. Five commodities -- coal, iron ore, wheat, potash and containers-on-flat-cars represent about half of the total tonnage transported domestically to export oriented destinations.

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The paper is organized into four sections. The first section introduces the data used for the analysis while the second provides a brief synopsis of the role of trucking in the Canadian economy. The third section contains a summary of the changes that have come about, at least partly, due to deregulation. The fourth section examines changes in trucking activity under the FTA and NAFTA.

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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: Monthly screened passenger traffic at the eight largest airports in Canada. Data are derived from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) Boarding Pass Security System and include screened traffic at pre-board screening checkpoints at the airports.

Description: This interactive data visualization dashboard gives users access to the latest released data and the historical data related to rail freight transport in Canada with a focus on monthly statistics.

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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: Retail trade sales, price, and volume for motor vehicle and parts dealers. Data are seasonally adjusted, available on a monthly basis for Canada, in dollars x 1,000,000.

Description: Monthly railway industry carloading statistics for intermodal and non-intermodal traffic in metric tonnes, for the period from January to the most current month of the current year, Canada, Eastern Division and Western Division.

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Monthly railway industry carloading statistics for non-intermodal traffic, total number carloads and metric tonnes, for the period from January to the most current month of the current year, Canada, Eastern Division and Western Division.

Description: Crude oil and petroleum products opening and closing inventories, by mode of transport including pipelines, marine vessels and associated terminals, by product type, monthly, not seasonally adjusted.

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

Description: This report presents statistics on airline traffic such as the volume of passengers and cargo at Canadian airports.

Description: This bulletin presents the most up-to-date available information extracted from all of the Aviation Statistics Centre's surveys. Regular features include releases on principal statistics for Canada's major air carriers, airport data, fare basis statistics and traffic data for Canada's most important markets.

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

Description: This research paper examines shelter and transportation costs within census metropolitan areas (CMAs). The paper begins by describing a proposed methodology for delineating urban and suburban sub-regions within CMA Market Basket Measure (MBM) regions. It then presents new shelter and transportation costs based on the new delineations and assesses the extent to which differences in costs between urban and suburban sub-regions differ. The analysis concludes by examining how the new delineations would impact the estimation of poverty rates had they been implemented. This paper also provides an opportunity for the public and stakeholders to provide feedback and comments.

Description: The increase in work from home triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic directly decreased public transit use. While this increase in work from home likely reduced commuting and greenhouse gas emissions caused by transportation, it also put downward pressure on the revenues and ridership of urban public transit systems. This article assesses the degree to which the increase in work from home observed in Canada in recent years may have reduced the number of public transit commuters from 2016 to 2023 in urban areas.

Description: This article presents data sources and methodology for the For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index (FHMCFSPI). The FHMCFSPI measures the monthly and quarterly change in the price of shipping services provided by trucking companies in Canada. The index is an important indicator of economic activity within the truck transportation industry, as well as a tool that can be utilized by the industry for cost monitoring, contract assessment and benchmark comparisons.

Description: This report presents statistics on airline traffic such as the volume of passengers and cargo at Canadian airports.

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

Description: The lingering effects of the pandemic continue to have an impact in the rental car industry. This study examined provincial motor vehicle registration data to provide new estimates on rental car fleets in New Brunswick from 2010 to 2022, with a special focus on turnover and management of inventories during the pandemic.

Description: This survey collects data on international shipping, that is, vessels involved in international transport of commodities that load or unload their cargoes in Canadian ports.

Description: This discontinued survey collected financial and operating information on the Canadian passenger bus and urban transit industries.

Description: The purpose of the passenger bus and urban transit survey is to collect annual financial, operating and employment data on bus companies operating in Canada. It also includes municipalities and government agencies that operate urban transit and commuter services.

Description: The main purpose of this survey is to provide information about the size, structure and economic performance of Canada's small for-hire trucking industry and Owner-operators.

Description: The Fuel Consumption Survey was designed to provide a data base that would allow for the monitoring of average fuel consumption in personal-use passenger cars, light trucks and vans.

Description: The purpose of this survey was to better understand how much fuel is consumed by private vehicles and how drivers in Canadian households use their vehicles.

Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect the financial and operating/production data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Description: The survey collects financial and operating data needed to produce statistics for the Canadian taxi and limousine services industry.

Description: This survey collects the main financial and operational data from the Canadian Level I air carriers.

Description: The Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index (CMSPI) is a monthly price index measuring the change over time in prices for courier and messenger services provided by long and short distance delivery companies to Canadian-based business clients.