Canada Transportation Services
Canada Air Travel
Canada's largest air carrier is Air Canada has around 35 million customers per year. CHC Helicopter is the largest commercial helicopter operator in Canada (and in the world), and WestJet is the third largest operator, and low cost carrier. Below are Canada's ten biggest airports calculated by passenger traffic:
Rank |
Airport |
Location | Total passengers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Toronto | 30,368,339 |
| 2 | Vancouver International Airport[20] | Vancouver | 16,177,438 |
| 3 | Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Montreal | 12,218,774 |
| 4 | Calgary International Airport | Calgary | 12,175,011 |
| 5 | Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton | 6,090,213 |
| 6 | Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport | Ottawa | 4,229,237 |
| 7 | Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | 3,417,164 |
| 8 | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg | 3,379,440 |
| 9 | Victoria International Airport | Victoria | 1,532,889 |
| 10 | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna | 1,367,631 |
Ferry Services in Canada
There are 3 ferry services in Canada:
- Vancouver Island to Mainland Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. Vancouver Island to St. Pierre and Miquelon internationally.
- Automobile ferry service from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec to Labrador. Service between Labrador and Newfoundland.
- Train ferry service from British Columbia to Alaska or Washington state.
Canada Canals
The main canals in Canada are those of the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. Here is a complete list of Canada waterways:
- Saint Lawrence Seaway
- Welland Canal
- Soo Locks
- Trent-Severn Waterway
- Rideau Canal
Canada Ports & Harbours
West coast
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- New Westminster, British Columbia
- Prince Rupert, British Columbia
East coast- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Saint John, New Brunswick
- St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Sept-Îles, Quebec
- Sydney, Nova Scotia
- Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador
Northern and central
- Bécancour, Quebec
- Churchill, Manitoba
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Montreal, Quebec
- Quebec City, Quebec
- Trois-Rivières, Quebec
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Toronto, Ontario
- Windsor, Ontario
Canada Rapid Transit Systems (Metro / Subway)
Location |
Transit |
Weekday Daily Ridership |
Length/Stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal, Quebec | Montreal Metro | 1,050,800 (2010) | 71 km/ 68 |
| Toronto, Ontario | Toronto Subway/RT | 948,100 (2010) | 68.3 km/ 69 |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | SkyTrain | 354,000 | 68.7 km/ 47 |
| Calgary, Alberta | C-Train | 266,100 (as of 2009) | 48.8 km/ 37 |
| Edmonton, Alberta | Edmonton LRT | 74,440 | 20.5 km/ 15 |
| Ottawa, Ontario | O-Train | 10,000 | 8 km/ 5 |
Canada Commuter Trains
Toronto, Ontario - GO Transit
Montreal, Quebec - Agence métropolitaine de transport
Vancouver, British - Columbia West Coast Express