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Transportation in Canada 2001

Table of Contents

Report Highlights

Addendum

1. Introduction

2. Transportation and the Canadian Economy

3. Government Spending on Transportation

4. Transportation Safety and Security

5. Transportation Energy and Environment

6. Transportation and Employment

7. Transportation and Trade

8. Transportation and Tourism

9. Transportation Infrastructure

10. Structure of the Transportation Industry

11. Freight Transportation

12. Passenger Transportation

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

Minister of Transport

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Annexes

12 PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION

Passenger transportation volumes are linked to overall economic activity.
The automobile is by far the most significant means used by Canadians
to satisfy their personal travel needs.

Canadians rely on the different modes of the transportation system -- air, ship, rail and road, including passenger vehicles and scheduled urban and intercity transit -- for their personal travel needs. This chapter presents an overview of passenger transportation in Canada.