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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

12 FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION

The freight flows continued to be driven by
the sustained growth of the Canadian economy.

This chapter looks at freight transportation, discussing domestic, and when possible, international freight movements, by mode. This approach best demonstrates what use is made of each mode of transportation.

This chapter also discusses freight traffic by commodity group. The rail and truck modes use tonne-kilometres when referring to freight. Capturing both volume and distance, this unique physical measurement of freight movement helps assess trends in traffic.