General Information Canada, the world's second-largest country in total area, is dedicated to having an efficient, high-capacity multimodal transportation spanning often vast distances between natural resource extraction sites, agricultural and urban areas. Canada's transportation system includes more than 1,400,000 kilometres (870,000 mi) of roads, 10 major international airports, 300 smaller airports, 72,093 km (44,797 mi) of functioning railway track, and...
Air Transport
Air transport Further information: Category:Airports in Canada and Category:Lists of airports in Canada Air transportation made up 9% of the transport sector's GDP generation in 2005. Canada's largest air carrier and its flag carrier is Air Canada, which had 34 million customers in 2006 and, as of April 2010, operates 363 aircraft (including Air Canada Jazz).[15] CHC Helicopter, the largest commercial helicopter operator in the world,...
Railway Transport
Railways See also: Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Via Rail Further information: Rail transport in Canada and History of rail transport in Canada In 2007, Canada had a total of 72,212 km (44,870 mi)[31] of freight and passenger railway, of which 31 km (19 mi) is electrified.[citation needed] While intercity passenger transportation by rail is now very limited, freight transport...