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Passenger Transportation
Marine Transportation
Cruise Ship Traffic
In 1998, international cruise ship traffic was up at all of
Canada's major ports, with Vancouver leading the field at over
873,000 passengers embarked/ disembarked. The 1998 season
represents the 16th consecutive year of growth for Alaska
cruises, with a 7 per cent increase (although this was
not as high as the 17 per cent growth in 1997). This continuous
growth has moved the Vancouver - Alaska market up to the third
most popular cruise region in the world, behind the Caribbean
and Europe.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Saint John, New Brunswick, enjoyed
increased visits by cruise vessels, while other Atlantic ports
also welcomed international cruise passengers in 1998. Cape Breton,
Nova Scotia, enjoyed an excellent cruise season, with an estimated
25,000 passengers coming ashore at Sydney, Baddeck and Louisbourg.
Corner Brook, Newfoundland, also welcomed 7,538 passengers in
1998, up from less than 3,000 in 1997. Charlottetown, P.E.I.,
is hoping to see increased vessel calls in 1999 now that the rules
for vessels transitting under the Confederation Bridge have been
clarified. Charlottetown recorded visits by only 2,115 passengers
in 1998, well below the levels of earlier years and dramatically
down from a high of 18,083 passengers in 1991.
Table 15-5 shows the cruise ship traffic at major Canadian
ports from 1990 to 1998.
Official totals for passenger trips in domestic cruise operations
are not available. The Canadian Passenger Vessel Association represents
many of the larger operators. Its annual survey for 1998 indicated
that 5.66 million passengers used its members' services during
the year. The Association des Croisieres-Excursions du Quebec
last surveyed its members in 1996, when they carried 909,000 passengers.
Ferry Traffic
Figures for 1998 for all members of the Canadian Ferry Operators
Association (CFOA) are not yet available. The relative size of
their operations is evident, however, in the traffic figures for
1997. British Columbia Ferry Corporation, by far the largest operator
in Canada, carried approximately 22.3 million passengers and 8.2
million vehicles. Ferry services operated by British Columbia's
Ministry of Transportation and Highways carried 5.2 million passengers
and 2.2 million vehicles. La Société des traversiers
du Québec carried 5.1 million passengers and 1.8 million
vehicles, while Marine Atlantic carried about 1 million passengers
and 0.5 million vehicles in 1997. The remaining CFOA members accounted
for 4.6 million passengers and 1.7 million vehicles
crossings.
Marine Transportation
- 15-1 Status of Transborder
Scheduled Air Services by Nationality
- 15-2 Status of Transborder
Air Services as of December 31, 1998
- 15-3 International Air Services
as of December 31, 1998 (Excluding Canada-US Transborder air
Services)
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