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Transportation in Canada 2006
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TABLE A2-1: MODAL SHARES IN CANADA UNITED STATES TRADE,
1996 – 2006
 
Canadian Exports to the U.S.
  Total Exports1 Share in per cent
  All Modes Road Rail Marine Air Other Road Rail Marine Air Other
1996 223,177 131,619 50,529 6,999 9,976 24,055 59.0 22.6 3.1 4.5 10.8
1997 243,888 145,544 53,879 6,725 12,195 25,544 59.7 22.1 2.8 5.0 10.5
1998 269,909 169,135 56,212 6,233 13,980 24,348 62.7 20.8 2.3 5.2 9.0
1999 308,076 185,386 70,147 6,927 17,521 28,095 60.2 22.8 2.2 5.7 9.1
2000 359,289 200,311 75,593 9,440 23,845 50,100 55.8 21.0 2.6 6.6 13.9
2001 351,751 192,449 75,268 9,592 21,875 52,567 54.7 21.4 2.7 6.2 14.9
2002 345,366 196,869 75,632 11,346 18,905 42,614 57.0 21.9 3.3 5.5 12.3
2003 326,700 173,465 71,671 12,061 17,290 52,212 53.1 21.9 3.7 5.3 16.0
2004 347,889 183,445 77,303 13,566 15,688 57,888 52.7 22.2 3.9 4.5 16.6
2005 365,436 184,479 75,088 17,255 16,556 72,059 50.5 20.5 4.7 4.5 19.7
20064 358,417 181,842 73,625 18,809 14,788 69,354 50.7 20.5 5.2 4.1 19.3
 
Canadian Imports from the U.S.
(Millions of dollars)
  Total Imports 2 Share in per cent
  All Modes Road Rail Marine Air Other Road Rail Marine Air Other
1996 156,953 125,452 13,819 2,423 14,449 810 79.9 8.8 1.5 9.2 0.5
1997 184,414 146,074 17,674 2,779 16,864 1,023 79.2 9.6 1.5 9.1 0.6
1998 203,578 162,767 17,490 3,158 18,656 1,507 80.0 8.6 1.6 9.2 0.7
1999 215,573 174,758 16,800 2,835 20,182 998 81.1 7.8 1.3 9.4 0.5
2000 229,658 182,785 18,655 3,271 23,643 1,304 79.6 8.1 1.4 10.3 0.6
2001 218,288 170,479 19,608 3,531 21,114 3,556 78.1 9.0 1.6 9.7 1.6
2002 218,495 174,800 21,555 3,338 17,414 1,388 80.0 9.9 1.5 8.0 0.6
2003 203,758 161,932 19,959 3,155 15,428 3,284 79.5 9.8 1.5 7.6 1.6
2004 208,651 162,583 21,103 2,688 16,254 6,028 77.9 10.1 1.3 7.8 2.9
2005 214,334 164,699 22,620 2,431 15,760 9,094 76.7 10.5 1.1 7.3 4.2
20064 216,432 165,985 24,386 2,401 15,743 7,918 76.7 11.3 1.1 7.3 3.7
 
Total Canada – U.S. Trade
(Millions of dollars)
  Total Exports and Imports Share in per cent
  All Modes Road Rail Marine Air Other Road Rail Marine Air Other
1996 380,130 257,072 64,347 9,422 24,425 24,864 67.6 16.9 2.5 6.4 6.5
1997 428,302 291,618 71,553 9,504 29,059 26,567 68.1 16.7 2.2 6.8 6.2
1998 473,487 331,902 73,702 9,392 32,636 25,855 70.1 15.6 2.0 6.9 5.5
1999 523,649 360,145 86,947 9,762 37,703 29,093 68.8 16.6 1.9 7.2 5.6
2000 588,947 383,096 94,248 12,711 47,488 51,404 65.0 16.0 2.2 8.1 8.7
2001 570,040 362,929 94,876 13,123 42,989 56,123 63.7 16.6 2.3 7.5 9.8
2002 563,861 371,668 97,187 14,684 36,319 44,002 65.9 17.2 2.6 6.4 7.8
2003 530,457 335,396 91,630 15,216 32,719 55,496 63.2 17.3 2.9 6.2 10.5
2004 556,545 346,028 98,406 16,253 31,942 63,916 62.2 17.7 2.9 5.7 11.5
2005 580,041 349,178 97,707 19,687 32,316 81,153 60.2 16.8 3.4 5.6 14.0
20064 574,849 347,827 98,011 21,209 30,531 77,271 60.5 17.0 3.7 5.3 13.4
 
Canadian Exports to the U.S.
(Millions of metric tonnes)3
  Total Exports Share in per cent
  All Modes Road Rail Marine Air Other Road Rail Marine Air Other
1996 281.0 57.4 49.7 48.4 0.3 125.2 20.4 17.7 17.2 0.1 44.6
1997 294.5 62.0 53.3 50.4 0.3 128.5 21.0 18.1 17.1 0.1 43.6
1998 303.8 64.6 56.3 49.1 0.5 133.3 21.3 18.5 16.2 0.2 43.9
1999 308.5 74.1 59.0 50.1 0.6 124.8 24.0 19.1 16.2 0.2 40.4
2000 335.1 70.8 63.7 53.2 0.7 146.7 21.1 19.0 15.9 0.2 43.8
2001 337.3 68.3 64.6 52.5 0.7 151.3 20.2 19.2 15.6 0.2 44.9
2002 347.3 71.1 64.4 60.6 0.8 150.5 20.5 18.5 17.4 0.2 43.3
2003 348.6 67.9 68.5 63.2 0.7 148.3 19.5 19.6 18.1 0.2 42.5
2004 364.3 69.9 75.0 66.3 0.7 152.5 19.2 20.6 18.2 0.2 41.8
2005 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
20064 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 
Canadian Imports from the U.S.
(Millions of metric tonnes)3
  Total Imports 3 Share in per cent
  All Modes Road Rail Marine Air Other Road Rail Marine Air Other
1996 93.6 47.2 11.9 29.2 2.1 3.2 50.4 12.7 31.2 2.2 3.5
1997 122.1 71.6 13.9 31.6 1.4 3.7 58.6 11.4 25.9 1.2 3.0
1998 131.8 72.3 14.1 36.5 1.8 7.2 54.8 10.7 27.7 1.3 5.5
1999 127.9 72.7 15.2 35.5 1.5 3.0 56.8 11.9 27.8 1.2 2.4
2000 122.6 67.6 17.6 33.4 1.8 2.1 55.2 14.4 27.3 1.5 1.7
2001 122.3 65.2 19.8 33.5 1.5 2.4 53.3 16.2 27.4 1.2 2.0
2002 129.4 68.9 18.1 36.1 1.8 4.6 53.2 14.0 27.9 1.4 3.5
2003 131.0 68.6 19.4 33.7 1.4 7.9 52.4 14.8 25.7 1.0 6.0
2004 160.9 88.4 19.8 25.7 5.0 22.0 54.9 12.3 16.0 3.1 13.7
2005 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
20064 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 
Total Canada – U.S. Trade
(Millions of metric tonnes)3
  Total Exports and Imports Share in per cent
  All Modes Road Rail Marine Air Other Road Rail Marine Air Other
1996 374.6 104.6 61.6 77.6 2.4 128.4 27.9 16.4 20.7 0.6 34.3
1997 416.6 133.5 67.2 82.0 1.7 132.2 32.1 16.1 19.7 0.4 31.7
1998 435.7 136.9 70.4 85.6 2.2 140.6 31.4 16.2 19.6 0.5 32.3
1999 436.4 146.7 74.2 85.6 2.1 127.8 33.6 17.0 19.6 0.5 29.3
2000 457.7 138.4 81.3 86.6 2.5 148.8 30.2 17.8 18.9 0.6 32.5
2001 459.6 133.4 84.4 85.9 2.1 153.7 29.0 18.4 18.7 0.5 33.4
2002 476.8 140.0 82.5 96.7 2.6 155.1 29.4 17.3 20.3 0.5 32.5
2003 479.6 136.5 87.9 96.9 2.1 156.2 28.5 18.3 20.2 0.4 32.6
2004 525.3 158.4 94.7 92.0 5.6 174.5 30.1 18.0 17.5 1.1 33.2
2005 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
20064 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
  1. For exports, mode of transport information represents the mode of transport by which the international boundary is crossed. This may be different from the mode of transport within Canada. Total exports are the sum of domestic exports and re-exports.
  2. For imports, the mode of transport represents the last mode of transport by which the cargo was transported to the port of clearance in Canada and is derived from the cargo control documents of customs. This may not be the mode of transport by which the cargo arrived at the Canadian port of entry in the case of inland clearance. Therefore, this may lead to some underestimation of Canadian imports by the marine and air transport modes.
  3. Tonnes estimated based on weight conversion factors developed by Statistics Canada.
  4. Preliminary data for 2006; weight in tonnes not available due to revision.

Source: Transport Canada, adapted from Statistics Canada, International Trade database
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