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Transportation in Canada 2000

Table of Contents

Report Highlights

Addendum

1. Introduction

2. Transportation and the Canadian Economy

3. Government Spending on Transportation

4. Transportation and Safety

5. Transportation - Energy & Environment

6. Transportation and Regional Economies

7. Transportation and Employment

8. Transportation and Trade

9. Transportation and Tourism

10. Transportation Infrastructure

11. Structure of the Transportation Industry

12. Freight Transportation

13. Passenger Transportation

14. Price, Productivity and Financial Performance in the Transportation Sector

Minister of Transport

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Annexes

Direct Federal Subsidies, Grants and Contributions by Mode,
1995-1996 to 1999-2000

Detail of Table 3-3 (Millions of dollars)

	1995-1996	1996-1997	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001 F
Air Mode
Non-National Airport System: O&M	19.0	4.7	3.3	2.8	2.2	2.0
Non-National Airport System under National Airport Program: O&M	-	16.3	16.7	12.3	10.0	0.1
Airport Capital Assistance Program	1.7	9.4	21.2	28.6	20.2	40.1
Local Airports and Special Capital Contribution	10.0	1.1	0.6	-	0.6	0.2
Strategic Investment Initiatives- Airports	4.4	2.9	0.7	-	-	-
Sub-Total Airports	35.2	34.4	42.5	43.6	32.9	42.5
NAV Canada	-	291.7	685.8	215.8	-	-
Other (1)	0.9	5.4	18.8	4.3	7.4	5.8
Total - Air	36.1	331.4	747.2	263.8	40.3	48.3
Marine Mode
Payments to Marine Atlantic	100.0	97.2	91.3	29.1	114.8	38.1
Laurentian Pilotage Authority	5.1	-	-	-	-	-
Ports Canada	1.9	2.5	0.7	10.4	-	-
Sub-Total - Other Crown Corporations	7.0	2.5	0.7	10.4	-	-
Port Divestiture Funds (2)	-	0.1	4.8	6.7	22.0	49.3
Ferry Services in British Columbia	21.3	21.8	21.9	22.0	22.0	22.5
Grand Manan Ferry Service	-	13.0	-	-	-	-
Other Ferry/Coastal Services	28.5	8.5	12.6	9.9	9.8	8.4
Sub-Total Ferry/Coastal Services	49.9	43.3	34.5	32.0	31.8	31.0
Regional Development Agencies	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.6	3.3
Other (1,3)	14.4	4.7	3.2	1.4	0.0	21.4
Total - Marine Mode	171.6	148.0	135.6	80.2	169.2	143.1
Rail Mode
Terminated Subsidies-WFTA	209.8	-	-	-	-	-
Terminated Subsidies - MRFA	2.2	-	-	-	-	-
Terminated Subsidies - Branch Lines	9.7
Sub-Total - Terminated Subsidies	221.7	-	-	-	-	-
Hopper Car Leasing (C.W.B.)	18.2	17.1	19.0	21.0	20.0	18.3
Payments to Via Rail	301.0	235.8	216.2	200.5	170.3	230.8
Subsidies to Non-Via Passenger Services	9.7	5.2	6.5	6.5	6.7	7.0
Grade Crossing Improvement	8.2	7.4	7.5	7.2	7.4	7.5
Nfld. Supplementary Pensions	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1
Other (1)	0.5	0.5	3.3	0.7	0.2	0.2
Total - Rail Mode	560.7	267.3	253.7	237.0	205.8	264.9
Highway Modes
Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Program	35.4	-	-	-	-	-
Transition Programs- Elimination of ARFAA	48.7	74.8	101.5	67.9	30.6	5.1
Transition Programs - Road Improvement in the Prairies	1.9	2.1	1.8	1.5	2.3	0.1
Transition Programs-Labrador Ferry Services Buy-out	-	5.0	347.6	-	-	-
Transition Programs- Elimination of WGTA (4)	-	16.6	34.8	24.0	24.6	11.8
Sub-Total - Transition Programs	50.6	98.5	485.6	93.4	57.5	17.0
Highway Agreements	83.7	91.1	77.3	91.1	100.6	67.8
Strategic Investment Initiatives	115.5	109.9	74.9	34.8	6.6	0.2
Infrastructure Program -Treasury Board	193.2	193.2	122.0	71.2	-	-
Fixed Link-Public Works	-	-	37.8	43.0	-	-
Fixed Link - Finance (escalation clause)	-	-	-	1.0	-	-
Fixed Link- Transport Canada	8.5	13.3	14.8	0.3	46.1	47.8
Sub-Total -Fixed Link	8.5	13.3	52.6	44.3	46.1	47.8
Tolls on Victoria Bridge	5.0	4.2	4.0	5.0	13.4	11.3
National Safety Code	3.7	3.9	4.5	4.0	3.9	7.0
Regional Development Agencies	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.0
Other	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.2
Total Highway Modes	496.6	514.7	822.0	344.7	229.4	152.4

Other	4.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.592

Total	1,269.4	1,261.6	1,958.8	926.1	644.9	609.2
Transport Canada	813.6	1,045.7	1,755.6	781.7	618.3	593.5
Canadian Transportation Agency	257.1	-	-	-	-	-
Infrastructure Program- Treasury Board	197.7	197.7	124.9	72.8	-	-
Other Federal Agencies	1.0	18.2	78.3	71.5	26.6	15.8
Sub-Total - Other Federal Agencies	455.8	215.9	203.2	144.4	26.6	15.8

Figures may vary from previous Reports, as adjustments have been made.
F Forecast as of January 31, 2000 for full year
1 Includes Infrastructure Program
2 Includes payment of $36 million to the province of Québec the transfer of ferry wharves
3 Includes in 2000/2001 a payment of $21.4 million to the port of Hamilton for the settlement of a litigation
4 Agriculture Canada program

Sources: Main Estimates/Public Accounts of the Government of Canada; Transport Canada and other Departments/Agencies concerned