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TRANSPORTATION AND
THE CANADIAN ECONOMY
Importance of Transportation to the Provincial Economies
Commercial Transportation
Table 2-5 shows provincial and territorial commercial transportation
GDP in terms of its importance to Canada's total commercial transportation
GDP and to individual provinces or territories. Together, Ontario
and Quebec accounted for 59 per cent of all Canadian commercial
transportation in 2000, while Alberta and British Columbia accounted
for another 28 per cent. The remaining 13 per cent was spread
among the rest of the provinces and territories. Commercial transportation
is most important to New Brunswick, Manitoba and British Columbia,
where it makes up more than five per cent of total provincial
GDP.
Provincial and Territorial Personal Transportation Spending
In 2000, Canadians spent $96.2 billion on personal transportation.
Ontario residents spent 41 per cent of this amount, Quebec 23
per cent, British Columbia 13 per cent, and Alberta ten per cent.
On a per capita basis, residents of the Yukon spent on average
$3,770 on transportation in 2000, the largest amount, while the
residents of Nunavut spent only $999, the smallest amount. Of
the other provinces and territories, only Ontario, Alberta and
British Columbia had per capita spending on transportation above
the national average of $3,126.
On average, 16.2 per cent of total personal expenditures in
Canada had to do with transportation in 2000. Personal transportation
spending was most important in the Yukon, where it accounted for
17.8 per cent of total personal spending. In New Brunswick, it
accounted for over 17 per cent, in Quebec, Ontario and Newfoundland
over 16 per cent, in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Alberta
and British Columbia over 15 per cent, and in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
over 14 per cent.
Personal expenditures on transportation represented 9.6 per
cent of final domestic demand in Canada in 2000. It made up about
ten per cent in New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia,
but only 7.5 per cent in the Yukon.
Table 2-6 shows the personal expenditures on transportation
by province in 2000.
Appendix 2-1 Personal Expenditures
on Transportation, 2001
Importance of Transportation to the Provincial
Economies
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