Transportation

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Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI). Quarterly data are available from Q1 2018. The table presents quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year percentage changes for various aggregation levels. The current base period for the index is 2018=100.

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

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.

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As part of the Transport Canada Multimodal Safety and Security Programs Oversight Delivery Indicators, this table contains, starting with the first quarter of the 2019-2020 federal government fiscal year, the type and number of enforcement actions, by programs.

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As part of the Transport Canada Multimodal Safety and Security Programs Oversight Delivery Indicators, this table contains, starting with the first quarter of the 2019-2020 federal government fiscal year, the type and number of immediate risk reduction measures, by programs.

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As part of the Transport Canada Multimodal Safety and Security Programs Oversight Delivery Indicators, starting with the four quarters of the 2017-2018 federal government fiscal year, this table contains the number of completed inspections by programs, activities and administrative regions.

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As part of the Transport Canada Multimodal Safety and Security Programs Oversight Delivery Indicators, this table contains, starting with the first quarter of the 2017-2018 federal government fiscal year, the number of employees delivering oversight, by programs.

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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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Private carriers are businesses that maintain a fleet of trucks to carry their own goods. The motor carriers of freight, private carriers survey covers those private carriers with at least $1 million in annual operating expenses that can provide separate accounting information for their trucking activities within the larger busines. This survey collects data on the size, structure and financial performance of those reporting private carriers. The number of carriers reporting to the survey in 1995 was 442, an increase of 22% over 1994. This increase was due, not to new firms entering the industry, but to an effort to contact as many carriers as possible using a recently updated list. In the following text, 1995 data comparisons with previous years are performed on a per carrier basis.

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Increased interprovincial and cross-border trucking has fuelled the demand for truck drivers. This study examines the hours, earnings and demographic characteristics of workers in one of the most common occupations among men.

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Vast distances, dependence on trade and low population density (compared to the United States and Europe) make transportation vitally important in Canada. The nation's travel and tourism patterns, both domestically and internationally, are a mirror image of Canadian business, lifestyles and quality of life.

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This article provides estimates of the percentage of seniors who are licensed to operate a motor vehicle. It describes the health characteristics of these license holders and reviews research relating to older drivers.

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This article examines various facets of car use among seniors and highlights differences between those living in urban and rural areas.

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With respect to the U.S -Canada Open Skies agreement as it pertains to air passenger traffic, the following questions need to be examined. What are the terms of the agreement as they related to air passenger travel? What were the new transborder city-pair routes that came into existence following the signing of the agreement? What were the market shares that U.S. and Canadian companies concerned after the three-year transition period of "Open Skies" and what was the composition of these shares? What is the possible impact of the agreement on various stakeholders?

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The purpose of this paper is to outline the results of preliminary research into the use of a potentially new economic indicator for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - railway carloadings.

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International shipping is a highly competitve industry, especially the shipping of containers. Shipping lines are constantly trying to increase productivity by reducing costs and by attracting larger volumes of containers. In response to spiraling container freight rates, the lines have been driven to increase economies of scale. These economies are expected to be achieved through largers ships and fewer, more efficient port calls. Larger ships and client demands for frequent service have encouraged innovative alliances and pooling agreements among lines to maximize the use of this larger capacity.

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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.

Description: The survey collects origin and destination data for passenger and cargo charter operations of commercial air carriers offering charter services.

Description: The Fare Basis Survey represents a regular and comprehensive source of fare type-specific data on passengers, revenues, and average air fares.

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

Description: This survey collects financial and operational data from the Canadian Level I, II, III and IV air carriers.

Description: The survey collects data on aircraft movements in Canada.

Description: This survey collects data from common carrier railways operating in Canada which are essential for the analysis of the Railway Transport Industry and the assessment of its contribution to the Canadian economy. These data provide input into Canada's System of National Accounts for the calculation of the Gross Domestic Product and are used by various Government Departments to develop policy and to monitor the industry.

Description: This survey collects data from common carrier railways operating in Canada which are essential for the analysis of the Railway Transport Industry and the assessment of its contribution to the Canadian economy. These data provide input into Canada's System of National Accounts for the calculation of the Gross Domestic Product and are used by various Government Departments to develop policy and to monitor the industry.

Description: This survey collected data from the seven largest railway companies operating in Canada.

Description: The survey collects data on railway commodities carried by Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) Rail.

Description: The purpose of the Trucking Commodity Origin and Destination Survey is to measure the commodity movements and the outputs of the Canadian trucking industry.