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TABLE A2 – 63: EFFICIENCY INDICATORS, TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES, 2001 – 2005

Productivity (annual per cent increase)



Unit Costs (annual per cent increase)


2002/01 2003/02 2004/03 2005/04 2002/01 2003/02 2004/03 2005/04
CN and CPR







Labour 6.6 (0.1) 8.9 0.6 (4.8) (1.1) (7.0) 8.5
Fuel (1.6) 0.9 1.9 1.0 (9.5) 3.3 2.8 34.4
Capital 4.6 2.1 4.5 0.2 (2.1) (1.6) (9.0) 6.3
Total 2.9 2.0 1.8 2.6 (2.6) (0.8) (2.2) 6.7
Trucking







Labour (0.5) (0.6) N/A N/A 5.0 1.8 N/A N/A
Fuel (6.2) 3.4 N/A N/A (0.4) 4.5 N/A N/A
Capital 2.0 9.2 N/A N/A 1.7 1.3 N/A N/A
Total (1.1) (0.9) N/A N/A 3.0 4.0 N/A N/A
Airline Industry







Labour (3.2) 7.2 19.3 40.2 2.5 (8.6) (22.7) (30.1)
Fuel 4.4 (0.4) 2.7 5.8 (17.2) 15.5 16.7 23.2
Capital 7.9 (21.5) (1.7) 12.5 (5.2) 14.7 (9.7) (15.6)
Total (1.4) 10.2 6.3 7.9 (0.5) (0.6) (6.2) (6.0)
Major Transport Industries 1







Labour (0.1) 1.1 N/A N/A 2.8 (1.0) N/A N/A
Fuel (0.4) 2.9 N/A N/A (7.9) 7.8 N/A N/A
Capital 4.8 (4.3) N/A N/A (1.9) 4.6 N/A N/A
Total (0.5) 2.9 N/A N/A 0.9 1.7 N/A N/A
VIA Rail







Labour 0.9 (8.8) 0.8 2.3 3.7 11.4 (0.5) 3.5
Fuel 3.3 (9.0) 0.5 5.0 (10.8) 7.2 1.4 21.0
Capital (4.9) (9.5) (4.3) 8.2 1.8 17.5 5.0 (2.5)
Total 1.5 (9.0) 3.6 2.1 (0.4) 12.1 (2.5) 4.0
Transit







Labour (1.8) 3.0 (3.3) (1.9) 0.8 5.5 3.1 1.4
Fuel (1.6) 7.6 (4.4) (1.1) (1.8) 5.5 3.6 17.5
Capital (1.2) (2.4) (2.4) (9.3) (0.1) 0.2 (0.6) (3.2)
Total (3.2) 1.1 (2.5) (4.3) 2.5 4.0 2.4 2.8
Total Transport







Business Carriers (0.8) 2.5 N/A N/A 1.0 2.1 N/A N/A
Public Carriers (2.8) 0.1 (2.0) (3.8) 2.2 4.8 1.9 2.9
Total (0.8) 2.5 N/A N/A 1.0 2.1 N/A N/A

Note: N/A = Not Available

  1. CN and CPR, and the trucking and airline industries.

Source: Transport Canada, based on Statistics Canada and carriers' files


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