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Canada Transportation:

Railways:
total: 48,683 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 48,683 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways:
total: 1,408,800 km (2002 est.)
paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,494 km

Waterways:
631 km (2003 est.)
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States

Pipelines:
crude and refined oil: 23,564 km
liquid petroleum gas: 74,980 km
(2003)

Ports and harbors:
Fraser River Port, Goderich, Montreal, Port Cartier, Quebec, Saint John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Vancouver

Merchant marine:
total: 169 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,784,229 GRT / 2,657,499 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 22, cargo 49, chemical tanker 6, combination ore/oil 1, container 1, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 65, petroleum tanker 13, roll on/roll off 6
foreign-owned: 6 (France 1, Germany 3, United States 2)
registered in other countries: 112
(2005)

Airports:
1,326 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 503
over 3047m: 18
2438 to 3047m: 15
1524 to 2437m: 150
914 to 1523m: 245
under 914m: 75
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 823
1524 to 2437m: 67
914 to 1523m: 347
under 914m: 409
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
319 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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