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Transportation in Canada 2002

Table of Contents

Report Highlights

1. Introduction

2. Transportation and the Economy

3. Government Spending on Transportation

4. Transportation Safety and Security

5. Transportation and the Environment

6. Rail Transportation

7. Road Transportation

8. Marine Transportation

9. Air Transportation

Minister of Transport

List of Tables

List of Figures

Addendum

TABLE A2-25: AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, 1996 – 2002
(Current dollars)
Eastern Canada
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002¹
Newfoundland and Labrador	497	590	554	588	639	655	683
Prince Edward Island	497	572	508	513	533	550	579
Nova Scotia	490	522	539	558	584	598	624
New Brunswick	599	626	576	551	540	496	527
Quebec	519	531	569	578	581	584	604
Ontario	702	712	751	728	751	781	801
Eastern Canada
Manitoba	593	609	644	655	682	702	735
Saskatchewan	592	609	643	619	621	639	664
Alberta	608	639	667	703	705	707	734
British Columbia	640	681	755	739	752	767	789
Yukon	714	739	663	635	616	638	N/A
Canada	610	632	669	668	680	693	716

Note: Industries classified in accordance with the new North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS).
Tabulations are based upon CANSIM data to November 2003 (preliminary).
N/A = Not available
1 Average based on a 11-month weighted annual data.

Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Cat. 72-002; CANSIM