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- Table: 18-10-0212-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI). Monthly data are available from January 2018. The current base period for the index is 2018=100.
Release date: 2024-10-31 - Table: 18-10-0212-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI). Monthly data are available from January 2018. The table presents month-to-month and year-to-year percentage changes for various aggregation levels. The current base period for the index is 2018=100.
Release date: 2024-10-31 - Table: 23-10-0216-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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.Release date: 2024-10-24
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021013Description: 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.Release date: 2024-10-24
- Table: 23-10-0268-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
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.
Release date: 2024-10-01 - Table: 18-10-0181-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI). Quarterly data are available from Q1 2018. The current base period for the index is 2018=100.
Release date: 2024-09-27 - Table: 18-10-0181-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
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.
Release date: 2024-09-27 - Table: 23-10-0269-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Monthly activity indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. The indicators measure passengers and freight, as well as merchandise trade. Data are available from January 2017.Release date: 2024-09-18
- Table: 23-10-0269-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Monthly activity indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. The indicators measure passengers and freight, as well as merchandise trade. Data are available from January 2017. The table presents month-over-month and year-over-year percentage changes.Release date: 2024-09-18
- Table: 23-10-0270-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Monthly performance indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on how Canada's transportation system is performing. The indicators measure transportation system utilization and performance. Data are available from January 2017.
Release date: 2024-09-18
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- Table: 18-10-0212-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI). Monthly data are available from January 2018. The current base period for the index is 2018=100.
Release date: 2024-10-31 - Table: 18-10-0212-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI). Monthly data are available from January 2018. The table presents month-to-month and year-to-year percentage changes for various aggregation levels. The current base period for the index is 2018=100.
Release date: 2024-10-31 - Table: 23-10-0216-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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.Release date: 2024-10-24
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021013Description: 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.Release date: 2024-10-24
- Table: 23-10-0268-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
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.
Release date: 2024-10-01 - Table: 18-10-0181-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI). Quarterly data are available from Q1 2018. The current base period for the index is 2018=100.
Release date: 2024-09-27 - Table: 18-10-0181-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
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.
Release date: 2024-09-27 - Table: 23-10-0269-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Monthly activity indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. The indicators measure passengers and freight, as well as merchandise trade. Data are available from January 2017.Release date: 2024-09-18
- Table: 23-10-0269-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Monthly activity indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. The indicators measure passengers and freight, as well as merchandise trade. Data are available from January 2017. The table presents month-over-month and year-over-year percentage changes.Release date: 2024-09-18
- Table: 23-10-0270-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Monthly performance indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on how Canada's transportation system is performing. The indicators measure transportation system utilization and performance. Data are available from January 2017.
Release date: 2024-09-18
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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X2024103736Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-04-12
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023008Description:
This infographic presents users with a visual representation of the latest released annual data on railway transportation in Canada.
Release date: 2023-04-05 - 3. Rail transportation in Canada, 2020 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2022024Description:
This infographic presents users with a visual representation of the latest released annual data on railway transportation in Canada.
Release date: 2022-04-08 - Articles and reports: 62F0014M2021014Description:
This article presents the data sources and methodology for the Freight Rail Services Price Index (FRSPI). The FRSPI measures the monthly and the quarterly changes in the price of freight rail services in Canada. The index is an indicator of economic activity in the freight rail services industry, as well as a tool that can be utilized by the industry for cost monitoring, contract assessment and benchmark comparisons.
Release date: 2021-08-31 - 5. Transport turning points during COVID-19 ArchivedStats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100049Description:
Travel and transportation were among the first areas most affected by border closures and public health restrictions put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. This study uses new weekly indicators of Aircraft movements and Railcars online to assess the initial downturn and the subsequent recovery in the transportation of both passengers and freight during the first half of 2020.
Release date: 2020-07-13 - 6. Study: Transport turning points during COVID-19 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X202019525063Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2020-07-13
- 7. Going the Distance: Estimating the Effect of Provincial Borders on Trade when Geography Matters ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2017394Description:
For many goods, such as dairy products and alcoholic beverages, the presence of substantial (non-tariff) barriers to provincial trade is widely recognized. If these non-tariff barriers matter, intraprovincial trade should be stronger than interprovincial trade, all else being equal. However, comparing intraprovincial and interprovincial trade levels is challenging, because intraprovincial trade is heavily skewed toward short-distance flows. When these are not properly taken into account by gravity-based trade models, intraprovincial trade levels—provincial border effects—tend to be overestimated.
Release date: 2017-09-14 - Articles and reports: 52-216-X19970004457Description:
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.
Release date: 1999-03-24
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- Geographic files and documentation: 23-26-0002Description: 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.Release date: 2023-05-11
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2732Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2734Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2735Description: This survey collected data from the seven largest railway companies operating in Canada.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2736Description: The survey collects data on railway commodities carried by Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) Rail.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5284Description: To obtain more transparency on the operations of railways in Canada, this program measures and reports on eight key performance indicators.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5392Description: This document accompanies the inaugural introductory release of the GSCD and presents the conceptual structure of the railway movement, the data and computation methods, and current limitations.
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