Table 5-3a
Top Canadian Domestic Freight Commodities by Mode: 1996
(Millions of U.S. short tons)
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Air |
|
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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