As society becomes increasingly data-driven, Canadians now expect to receive statistical information in a more accessible form. The Transportation Data and Information Hub was designed to gather and deliver transportation-related statistics in a user-friendly and interactive manner. Since April 2019, the Hub has featured an interactive dashboard with statistics on air (both aircraft movements and airport activity), fuel sales and international travellers. Data on rail industry origin and destination of transported commodities have recently been added to the dashboard.
This new rail option features the metric tonnes shipped for 11 distinct commodity groupings across eight provinces and regions during the reference years 2010 to 2017. A point and click capability allows the user to quickly move across the country and over time to display the desired movements as a chart, map or table. For example, a user can select the tonnes of wheat moving by rail from Saskatchewan to British Columbia in 2010 and then—with just a few clicks—find the tonnes of iron ore and concentrates transported by rail from Quebec to the Atlantic region in 2017.
For more information, please contact Statistics Canada (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca).