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• Railroads: 
 
total: 
78,148 km; note - there are two major transcontinental freight railway systems: Canadian National (government owned) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service provided by VIA (government operated) 
 
standard gauge: 
78,148 km 1.435-m gauge (185 km electrified) (1994) 
 
• Highways: 
 
total: 
849,404 km 
 
paved: 
253,692 km (15,983 km of expressways) 
 
unpaved: 
gravel 595,712 km (1991) 
 
• Inland waterways: 
3,000 km, including Saint Lawrence Seaway 
 
• Pipelines: 
crude and refined oil 23,564 km; natural gas 74,980 km 
 
• Ports: 
Becancour, Churchill, Halifax, Montreal, New Westminister, Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick), Saint John's (Newfoundland), Seven Islands, Sydney, Three Rivers, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor 
 
• Merchant marine: 
 
total: 
71 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 617,010 GRT/878,819 DWT 
 
ships by type: 
bulk 17, cargo 10, chemical tanker 5, oil tanker 23, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2 
 
note: 
does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes 
 
• Airports: 
 
total: 
1,386 
 
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
17 
 
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
16 
 
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
147 
 
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
234 
 
with paved runways under 914 m: 
550 
 
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
69 
 
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
353