Table 6.4
Transportation and communication, pipelines, air, rail and roads

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Transportation and communication, pipelines, air, rail and roads: Part 1
  Pipelines Gasoline sales
Crude oil Oil products Natural gas Domestic Retail Percentage change
m 3 -km tonne-km m 3 -km tonne-km m 3 -km tonne-km m 3 m 3  
v7472 v7473 v7477 v7469 v7481 v7482 v22455 v22460 v22460
  millions billions number percent
1958 24,958 20,951 .. .. .. .. 14,641,491 .. ..
1959 29,200 24,511 .. .. .. .. 15,236,927 .. ..
1960 30,517 25,617 .. .. .. .. 15,949,477 .. ..
1961 35,479 29,770 2,290 1,740 .. .. 16,336,427 .. ..
1962 39,170 33,385 2,741 2,077 23,472 17,134 17,224,732 .. ..
1963 44,328 37,218 2,215 1,689 26,299 19,307 18,294,195 .. ..
1964 47,066 40,115 1,835 1,394 30,611 22,347 19,278,484 .. ..
1965 49,935 41,919 2,229 1,698 33,900 24,753 20,426,768 .. ..
1966 55,980 46,998 2,351 1,793 35,864 26,186 21,634,485 .. ..
1967 62,883 52,794 2,347 1,785 38,048 27,813 22,747,808 .. ..
1968 69,790 58,593 2,491 1,897 42,626 31,133 24,285,421 .. ..
1969 78,756 66,117 2,687 2,046 50,155 36,551 25,215,363 .. ..
1970 91,061 76,446 2,980 2,271 59,331 42,824 26,526,370 .. ..
1971 99,540 83,566 3,196 2,430 63,413 45,768 27,801,622 .. ..
1972 120,031 100,768 3,809 2,905 72,824 53,171 29,325,409 .. ..
1973 139,136 116,837 4,237 3,226 84,024 61,348 32,273,514 .. ..
1974 130,697 109,724 4,614 3,515 86,966 63,497 33,190,207 .. ..
1975 113,178 94,662 4,608 3,509 89,740 65,522 34,543,259 .. ..
1976 110,290 91,887 4,817 3,668 90,216 65,871 35,290,953 .. ..
1977 115,175 96,694 14,642 11,148 93,429 69,278 35,810,432 .. ..
1978 111,380 93,631 14,574 11,119 88,310 64,479 37,034,757 .. ..
1979 130,510 110,162 17,551 13,363 94,999 69,363 38,285,181 .. ..
1980 122,142 103,090 18,409 14,012 86,716 63,302 38,474,789 31,519,062 ..
1981 107,652 91,352 17,792 13,677 90,672 66,190 37,228,425 30,641,479 -2.8
1982 79,983 67,513 17,392 12,987 92,382 67,437 34,279,419 28,415,107 -7.3
1983 93,087 78,572 18,644 14,196 85,163 62,169 33,186,568 27,852,107 -2.0
1984 100,998 85,253 21,761 16,571 96,424 69,834 32,914,816 27,698,673 -0.6
1985 99,065 83,620 21,939 16,706 104,878 76,446 32,730,527 28,048,724 1.3
1986 90,479 76,373 24,971 19,013 99,854 72,895 32,866,264 28,321,298 1.0
1987 91,326 77,086 28,368 21,601 111,742 81,207 33,224,265 28,899,676 2.0
1988 98,516 83,154 31,448 23,945 132,019 96,375 34,148,678 29,856,345 3.3
1989 92,737 78,277 31,791 24,206 147,095 107,379 34,801,177 30,260,054 1.4
1990 89,239 75,322 32,533 24,769 153,676 112,450 33,942,976 29,490,569 -2.5
1991 93,404 78,841 24,445 18,612 166,567 121,586 32,823,621 28,723,221 -2.6
1992 97,188 82,034 24,362 18,553 192,500 140,526 33,281,811 29,408,217 2.4
1993 93,594 79,002 24,714 18,818 214,157 156,333 34,021,824 30,288,698 3.0
1994 92,086 77,727 26,955 20,524 228,680 166,936 34,986,991 31,348,898 3.5
1995 93,423 78,859 29,737 22,642 238,787 174,314 35,052,657 31,288,287 -0.2
1996 93,279 78,737 31,190 23,750 246,576 180,001 35,495,694 31,515,212 0.7
1997 92,090 77,734 30,007 22,847 250,750 183,048 36,293,824 32,407,809 2.8
1998 91,629 77,344 30,753 23,416 259,257 189,259 37,365,305 33,346,104 2.9
1999 80,906 68,292 30,069 22,896 264,018 192,732 38,322,444 34,142,543 2.4
2000 77,471 65,392 29,701 22,616 259,626 189,527 38,338,013 34,172,089 0.1
2001 78,779 66,479 24,930 18,972 258,450 188,668 38,811,519 34,438,075 0.8
2002 83,153 70,180 27,572 20,988 285,448 208,377 39,599,587 35,331,160 2.6
2003 109,113 92,100 26,687 20,323 265,286 193,657 40,228,830 35,566,308 0.7
2004 119,001 100,447 27,378 20,847 267,461 195,246 40,992,951 33,176,196 -6.7
2005 108,906 91,927 26,188 19,939 282,187 205,997 40,839,347 36,456,619 9.9
2006 122,171 103,124 24,604 18,736 279,198 203,815 40,932,626 36,608,310 0.4
2007 123,507 104,252 24,047 18,311 260,794 190,378 42,195,613 37,707,386 3.0
2008 126,069 106,413 20,879 15,898 242,385 176,936 41,766,623 37,295,631 -1.1
2009 125,427 105,872 20,585 15,673 217,598 158,843 42,319,394 37,780,053 1.3
2010 127,630 107,732 19,601 14,927 192,938 140,845 43,535,055 38,810,787 2.7
Transportation and communication, pipelines, air, rail and roads: Part 2
  Major Canadian airlines Rail
Passengers Passenger-kilometres Goods Total domestic car loadings
Kg Tonne-km Tonnes
v11743 v11744 v11745 v11746 v74870 + v43975061
  thousands millions thousands
1981 24,785 45,204 366,564 852,722 ..
1982 22,694 43,296 358,073 860,535 ..
1983 21,115 41,933 357,531 968,603 ..
1984 22,628 44,666 396,632 1,120,391 ..
1985 23,281 47,170 403,403 1,169,013 ..
1986 23,188 49,124 379,238 1,155,488 ..
1987 23,799 48,628 380,907 1,210,285 ..
1988 24,097 54,279 403,806 1,323,315 ..
1989 22,482 53,178 442,675 1,445,191 ..
1990 21,236 50,092 435,224 1,487,833 ..
1991 21,000 43,626 390,819 1,315,448 ..
1992 21,261 45,414 392,514 1,331,586 ..
1993 21,947 44,806 419,838 1,463,995 ..
1994 19,126 45,281 395,674 1,537,977 ..
1995 21,428 51,798 386,560 1,728,762 ..
1996 23,164 57,016 405,975 1,882,803 ..
1997 24,363 62,479 449,828 2,058,953 ..
1998 24,571 64,426 431,150 2,340,594 ..
1999 24,047 65,711 451,801 2,016,503 259,691
2000 24,480 68,517 407,876 1,934,683 276,781
2001 23,414 67,019 361,834 1,725,325 264,398
2002 23,430 69,254 355,493 1,800,415 263,506
2003 20,042 59,509 298,990 1,419,988 261,357
2004 28,159 76,123 297,246 1,478,716 278,317
2005 32,091 83,909 268,947 1,378,548 288,480
2006 33,439 88,323 265,470 1,425,103 286,991
2007 35,568 93,364 242,511 1,301,260 284,467
2008 37,494 96,678 218,944 1,260,823 272,543
2009 36,244 93,336 195,068 1,169,416 237,683
2010 38,837 102,683 253,098 1,510,325 262,367
Transportation and communication, pipelines, air, rail and roads: Part 3
  Road vehicles
Number Kilometres travelled
v1930231 v1937875
  thousands millions
2000 17,571 310,523
2001 17,783 310,174
2002 18,267 315,815
2003 18,510 313,214
2004 18,669 312,994
2005 18,993 317,512
2006 19,500 326,145
2007 19,988 332,275
2008 20,436 325,611
2009 20,707 333,287
Note(s):
Monthly and quarterly data, when presented in this table, are not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Pipelines: CANSIM tables 133-0005 and 129-0001. Gasoline sales: CANSIM table 134-0004. Major Canadian airlines: CANSIM table 401-0001. Rail: CANSIM table 404-0002. Road vehicles: CANSIM tables 405-0005 and 405-0008. Contact: Client services: 1-866-500-8400, transportationstatistics@statcan.gc.ca.