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    Canada Transportation - 2007
    http://www.allcountries.org/wfb2007/canada/canada_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2007 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      1,337 (2006)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 509
      over 3,047 m: 18
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 151
      914 to 1,523 m: 248
      under 914 m: 77 (2006)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 828
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 66
      914 to 1,523 m: 355
      under 914 m: 407 (2006)

      Heliports:
      12 (2006)

      Pipelines:
      crude and refined oil 23,564 km; liquid petroleum gas 74,980 km (2005)

      Railways:
      total: 48,467 km
      standard gauge: 48,467 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)

      Roadways:
      total: 1,042,300 km
      paved: 415,600 km (including 17,000 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 626,700 km (2005)

      Waterways:
      631 km
      note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2003)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 173 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,129,243 GRT/2,716,340 DWT
      by type: bulk carrier 62, cargo 10, chemical tanker 9, container 2, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 63, petroleum tanker 13, roll on/roll off 8
      foreign-owned: 7 (Germany 3, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, US 2)
      registered in other countries: 111 (Australia 1, Bahamas 18, Barbados 8, Cambodia 6, Cyprus 2, Denmark 1, Honduras 1, Hong Kong 28, Liberia 2, Malta 18, Marshall Islands 6, Panama 4, Russia 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6, US 4, Vanuatu 5) (2006)

      Ports and terminals:
      Fraser River Port, Halifax, Montreal, Port Cartier, Quebec, Saint John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Vancouver


      NOTE: The information regarding Canada on this page is re-published from the 2007 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Canada Transportation 2007 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Canada Transportation 2007 should be addressed to the CIA.

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