Table 5-3a
Top Canadian Domestic Freight Commodities by Mode: 1996
(Millions of U.S. short tons)
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| Air |
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| N |
N |
| Pipeline |
|
| Natural gas |
132.4 |
| Crude oil |
131.1 |
| Petroleum products |
71.1 |
| Rail |
|
| Bituminous coal |
43.9 |
| Iron ore and concentrates |
41.2 |
| Wheat |
22.4 |
| Muriate of potassium (potash) |
13.5 |
| Pulpwood and chips |
12.9 |
| Road |
|
| Forest products |
44.4 |
| Live animals and food products |
26.5 |
| Petroleum products |
25.5 |
| Construction materials |
20.3 |
| Steel |
15.8 |
| Water transport |
|
| Iron ore |
7.8 |
| Pulpwood and chips |
7.4 |
| Wheat |
5.3 |
| Stone and limestone |
5.1 |
| Fuel oil |
4.8 |
| Intermodal |
|
| N |
N |
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent.
SOURCES
Pipeline: Statistics Canada. Oil Pipeline Transport, Catalogue No. 55-201-XPB,
1996. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1997). Statistics Canada. Gas
Utilities, Transport and Distribution Systems, Catalogue No. 57-205-XPB,
1996. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1997).
Rail: Statistics Canada. Rail in Canada, Catalogue No. 52-216-XPB, 1996.
(Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Road: Statistics Canada. Transportation Division. Special for-hire trucking
tabulations for Transport Canada. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Water transport: Transport Canada. Economic Analysis Directorate. (Ottawa,
Ont.: 1998). (Tabulations derived from Statistics Canada's Marine Database.)
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