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Transportation in Canada 2002
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TABLE A7-7: URBAN TRANSIT OPERATORS, 1995 – 2001
  Atlantic
prov.		 Quebec Ontario Prairies British
Columbia1		 TOTAL
Canada
1995 732 10,840 16,672 4,944 4,306 37,494
1996 704 10,810 15,980 4,956 4,402 36,852
1997 733 10,296 15,949 4,990 4,510 36,478
1998 685 10,177 15,647 4,675 4,683 35,867
1999 693 10,284 15,737 5,300 5,150 37,164
2000 681 10,379 16,025 5,283 5,407 37,775
2001 722 10,549 17,220 5,466 5,506 39,463
  1. BC including territories.

Note: Full-time employees only.

Source: Statistics Canada, Passenger bus and urban transit statistics, Cat. 53-215; special tabulations based on NAICS and Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA)





TABLE A7-8: TOTAL FOR-HIRE TRUCK TRAFFIC ANNUAL TONNE-KILOMETRES, 1987-2001
(Billion tonne-kilometres)
  Intraprovincial Interprovincial International  
1987 28.8 28.8 20.3 77.8
1988 27.9 30.0 26.3 84.2
1989 24.4 30.1 23.7 78.1
1990 23.8 30.9 23.1 77.8
1991 19.7 28.0 22.9 70.6
1992 20.9 26.8 25.2 72.9
1993 22.6 29.3 32.6 84.6
1994 25.8 34.3 41.7 101.9
1995 27.2 38.6 44.2 110.0
1996 29.4 42.1 49.6 121.1
1997 29.1 43.2 58.6 130.9
1998 29.6 47.1 61.4 138.1
1999 33.5 49.0 76.2 158.7
2000 33.1 51.6 80.2 165.0
2001 34.2 53.4 83.4 170.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Trucking in Canada, Cat. 53-222, special tabulation; Transport Canada





TABLE A7-9: FOR-HIRE TRUCK TRAFFIC BY SECTOR AND PROVINCE, 2001
(Billion tonne-kilometres)
  Intraprov. Interprov. International Total Share
Per cent
Ontario 12.95 18.31 36.71 67.97 39.8
Quebec 6.82 9.44 20.09 36.35 21.3
Alberta 6.64 8.92 8.49 24.06 14.1
B.C. 4.21 6.25 7.13 17.59 10.3
Man., Sask. & Terr. 1.81 5.88 5.51 13.21 7.7
Atlantic Prov. 1.73 4.55 5.48 11.76 6.9
Total 34.16 53.35 83.41 170.93 100.0

Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding; Canadian-domiciled for-hire Class I and II carriers; “International” includes exports and imports; “Interprovincial” are loadings based; “Territories” include Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.

Source: Statistics Canada, Special Tabulation





TABLE A7-10: FOR-HIRE TRUCK INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC BY MAJOR FLOWS AND PROVINCE, 2001
(Billion tonne-kilometres)
Province US Region* Southbnd
mov.
“Exports”		 Northbnd
mov.
“Imports”		 Total Share
Per cent
Ontario US Central 9.21 7.87 17.08 20.5
Ontario US South 4.89 5.59 10.48 12.6
Quebec US North East 4.15 2.06 6.21 7.4
Quebec US Central 3.55 2.23 5.78 6.9
Quebec US South 3.25 2.48 5.72 6.9
Ontario US North East 2.99 2.12 5.11 6.1
Prairie Prov. US Central 2.65 2.45 5.10 6.1
B.C. US West 2.86 1.83 4.70 5.6
Prairie Prov. US West 2.16 1.74 3.90 4.7
Ontario US West 1.66 2.18 3.84 4.6
Prairie Prov. US South 1.89 1.91 3.80 4.6
   Subtotal   39.27 32.45 71.72 86.0
Other movements   7.51 4.19 11.70 14.0
   Total:   46.78 36.64 83.41 100.0

Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding; Canadian-domiciled for-hire Class I and II carriers;
*US North East includes US New England and US Middle Atlantic states; US Central includes states bordering the Great Lakes and other central states such as North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri; US West includes US Pacific states and US West Mountain states.

Source: Transport Canada, adapted from Statistics Canada, Special Tabulation





TABLE A7-11: FOR-HIRE TRUCKING TRAFFIC BY SECTOR AND COMMODITY GROUP, 2001
SCTG COMMODITIES1 (Billion tonne-kilometres)
  Domestic Internat. Total Per cent
Misc. & other manufact. prod. 21.54 15.50 37.04 21.7
Agric. & food products 17.10 14.74 31.85 18.6
Forest products 13.84 16.42 30.26 17.7
Base metal, steel & alloys prod. 8.38 9.48 17.85 10.4
Plastic & chemical products 5.27 8.13 13.40 7.8
Auto. & other transport prod. 1.81 6.17 7.98 4.7
Petroleum products 5.78 1.04 6.82 4.0
Machinery & equipment 2.83 3.99 6.82 4.0
Ores, minerals & concentrates 4.13 2.62 6.75 3.9
Cement & mineral non-met. prod. 3.76 2.91 6.67 3.9
Waste & scrap material

 3.07

 2.41

 5.48

 3.2
TOTAL

 87.51

 83.41

 170.93

 100.0
SCTG COMMODITIES1(Billion Dollars $)
  Domestic Internat. Total Per cent
Misc. & other manufact. prod. 2.23 1.60 3.82 25.9
Agric. & food products 1.38 0.99 2.37 16.0
Forest products 0.90 0.97 1.87 12.6
Base metal, steel & alloys prod. 0.71 0.75 1.46 9.9
Auto. & other transport prod. 0.45 0.82 1.27 8.6
Plastic & chemical products 0.53 0.68 1.20 8.1
Machinery & equipment 0.50 0.54 1.05 7.1
Petroleum products 0.48 0.07 0.55 3.7
Cement & mineral non-met. prod. 0.31 0.21 0.52 3.5
Ores, minerals & concentrates 0.23 0.12 0.36 2.4
Waste & scrap material

 0.20

 0.11

 0.31

 2.1
TOTAL

 7.92

 6.86

 14.79

 100.0
  1. Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG) introduced in 1999 for-hire trucking traffic data.

Source: Transport Canada, adapted from Statistics Canada, Special Tabulation (For-hire Trucking Commodity Origin/Destination Survey)





TABLE A7-12: TWENTY LARGEST BORDER CROSSINGS FOR TRUCKS, 1999 – 2002
Two-way traffic volumes
    Millions   Per cent
Crossing Province 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002 rank 1999 2000 2001 2002
Ambassador Bridge–Windsor Ontario 3.43 3.49 3.24 3.32 1 25.9 25.7 24.9 25.0
Blue Water Bridge–Sarnia Ontario 1.41 1.48 1.47 1.56 2 10.7 10.9 11.3 11.7
Peace Bridge–Fort Erie Ontario 1.50 1.45 1.35 1.31 3 11.4 10.7 10.4 9.8
Queenston–Lewiston Bridge Ontario 0.96 1.04 1.00 1.05 4 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.9
Pacific Highway–Douglas B.C. 0.86 0.87 0.79 0.78 5 6.5 6.4 6.0 5.9
Lacolle Quebec 0.85 0.79 0.79 0.78 6 6.4 5.9 6.1 5.9
Lansdowne Ontario 0.51 0.53 0.50 0.53 7 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0
Emerson Manitoba 0.34 0.36 0.37 0.41 8 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.1
Phillipsburg Quebec 0.29 0.31 0.30 0.31 9 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3
Coutts Alberta 0.23 0.26 0.29 0.25 10 1.8 1.9 2.2 1.9
Rock Island Quebec 0.24 0.27 0.26 0.25 11 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9
Beauce Quebec 0.13 0.19 0.19 0.21 12 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.6
Huntingdon B.C. 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.18 13 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.3
Woodstock N.B. 0.14 0.17 0.16 0.17 14 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3
Aldergrove B.C. 0.12 0.14 0.16 0.16 15 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2
Detroit–Windsor Tunnel Ontario 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.15 16 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.1
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.13 17 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
North Portal Sask. 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.12 18 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
Pigeon River Ontario 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.10 19 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Cornwall Ontario 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.09 20 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
Top 20 (ranked by trucks)   11.80 12.10 11.60 11.85   89.0 89.1 89.0 89.1
Total   13.25 13.58 13.03 13.30          

Note: Two-way traffic volume was estimated by doubling one-way flows into Canada.

Source: International travel section, Statistics Canada and other unpublished statistics





TABLE A7-13: TWENTY LARGEST BORDER CROSSINGS, CARS/OTHER VEHICLES, 1999 – 2002
Two-way traffic volumes
    Millions   Per cent
Crossing Province 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002 rank 1999 2000 2001 2002
Ambassador Bridge–Windsor Ontario 9.0 8.8 7.9 7.1 1 12.2 12.1 11.6 11.1
Detroit–Windsor Tunnel Ontario 9.4 8.4 7.6 6.8 2 12.8 11.6 11.1 10.7
Peace Bridge–Fort Erie Ontario 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.7 3 8.8 9.3 9.8 10.4
Pacific Highway–Douglas B.C. 6.1 6.0 5.5 4.8 4 8.2 8.3 8.1 7.4
Niagara–Rainbow Bridge Ontario 4.1 3.7 4.2 4.1 5 5.6 5.1 6.1 6.4
Blue Water Bridge–Sarnia Ontario 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.9 6 5.5 6.0 6.1 6.1
Niagara–Queenston- Lewiston Bridge Ontario 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.2 7 4.6 4.8 4.8 5.0
Cornwall Ontario 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1 8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.3
Lacolle Quebec 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 9 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.1
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.8 10 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.8
Boundary Bay B.C. 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 11 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1
Edmundston N.B. 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 12 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1
St. Stephen N.B. 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.3 13 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.1
Lansdowne Ontario 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 14 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8
Huntingdon B.C. 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 15 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8
Rock Island Quebec 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 16 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7
Aldergrove B.C. 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 17 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
Phillipsburg Quebec 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 18 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4
Fort Frances Ontario 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 19 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
Milltown N.B. 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 20 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
Top 20   61.4 60.7 56.9 53.3   83.4 83.4 83.5 83.1
Total   73.7 72.8 68.1 64.2          

Note: Two-way traffic volume was estimated by doubling one-way flows into Canada.

Source: International travel section, Statistics Canada and other unpublished statistics
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