Transportation

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The universe of Canadian marine transport firms is composed of three sectors: for-hire (or commercial), private and government. Each marine carrier is assigned to the sector from which it derives the majority of its revenue. Carriers that change their mix of operations from year to year might be recorded as private one yaer and for-hire the following year.

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This paper first describes the statistical tools used to make these measurements. We will then present the results obtained by applying these tools to the financial databases for the years 1993 to 1996 derived from the Annual Motor Carriers of Freight Survey, conducted by Transportation Division of Statistics Canada. Finally, the main results obtained will be summarized and we will give some insights on future applications of the statistical tools developed.

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Issues affecting the transportation industry impact on the day to day concerns of Canadians. Changes in policy affecting transportation and trade have altered the landscape for the primary mode of commodity transport, trucking. Economic factors typically affecting the demand for trucking services are - the volume of production of goods for domestic and foreign consumption and exports and imports, interest rates and the value of the Canadian dollar. The supply of truck transport in turn is affected by the price of inputs, namely labour (drivers and helpers) and capital (straight trucks, road tractors and semi- and full-trailers). These variables are key determinants of the day to day activities of the industry.

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"If you've got it, a truck brought it." When you stop to think about it, an increasing number of the things we use are transported to market for at least part of the way, by truck. The trucking industry is becoming increasingly important to the transportation sector of the Canadian economy. This growing importance can be attributed to several factors including the deregulation of transportation, the surge in trade with the United States and the evolving structure of the industry itself. It is within this context that concern for labour issues, including a driver shortage, has been voiced. The demands on drivers have increased, driver training is inadequate and as a result, there is a perceived shortage of qualified drivers. This study examines employment in the trucking industry from 1988 to 1994 by looking at various sources of employment data at Statistics Canada.

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Using just about any yardstick (tonnage, value of goods, revenue earned, tons/kilometres), it is difficult to dispute the recent growth in air cargo traffic. Factors ranging from industrial globalization to business practices like "just-in-time" inventory management and aggressive off-shore marketing of Canadian goods and services have contributed to this increased activity. As local groups contemplate the purchase or lease of community airports, they are being advised to secure a solid cargo base in addition to passenger traffic.

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Canadian ports handled a record quantity of international cargo in the first half of 1997. The ports handled 125.2 million tonnes (Mt.) of international cargo, an increase of 7.0% over the first six months of 1996. International shipping activity in the mining sector and crude petroleum transshipments drove the increase.

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Passenger air travel within Canada reached a record high in 1996, recording 14.2 million passengers. 12.7 million passengers travelled within Canada on scheduled flights, the highest level achieved since 1990, while a record 1.5 million domestic passenger charter trips were posted.

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The level of inter- and intra-provincial/territorial air travel is generally a reflection of the large inter-city markets which comprise any particular provincial/ territorial market.

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1996 was the second consecutive year in which Canadian air carriers reported record levels of passenger operations (enplaned passengers and passenger-kilometres). It was the first year in which industry revenues went over the $10 billion mark. However, fewer Canadian carriers reported net incomes and for the second year in a row, Canadian carriers reported worse performances in their operating income and basic loss (operating income combined with interest income and expenses).

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This article continues the seasonally adjusted time series last presented in the publication Canadian Civil Aviation, 1995. The series is continued up to the end of the fourth quarter of 1996.

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).

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

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

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: 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: 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: 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 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.