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June 19, 2024
We are excited to announce the release of the Transportation in Canada 2023 Annual Report. This report covers the latest developments and challenges in the transportation sector, the innovations and opportunities for a more sustainable and accessible future, as well as the performance of the transportation network. You can find the full report here or browse through the previous annual reports here. We hope you enjoy reading this report and learning more about the transportation issues that matter to you.
April 30, 2024
As of reference month January 2024, Statistics Canada is publishing a consolidated monthly release called "Aircraft movement and civil aviation statistics."
Coinciding with this new release is an Aviation Data Visualization Hub that allows you to further explore data from Aircraft movement statistics and Monthly civil aviation statistics.
February 19, 2024
Statistics Canada recently started to publish more detail from the Monthly Passenger Bus and Urban Transit Survey. The new table 23-10-0307-01—Passenger bus and urban transit statistics, by urban transit agency—includes operating revenue and ridership at the city level for selected transit agencies. Statistics Canada appreciates the cooperation of the 15 transit agencies in making this information available to Canadians.
December 01, 2023
The rapid recovery in air travel during the busy summer travel season (July to September) of 2022 posed capacity challenges for some Canadian airports. To better monitor air travel recovery and traffic, Statistics Canada is publishing a new and timelier monthly series for passenger traffic that starts with January 2019 data.
Screened passenger traffic at Canadian airports provides counts from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority at pre-board security checkpoints in Canada's eight largest airports.
This new table contains data for the most current month (October 2023).
November 23, 2023
Statistics Canada has recently released 2022 data on motor vehicle registrations, featuring a breakdown of vehicle type by fuel. The following highlights are from the Daily release, available here: Vehicle registrations, 2022
The total number of road motor vehicles registered in Canada was 26.3 million in 2022, edging up 0.3% from 2021. Light-duty vehicles accounted for 91.7% of total registrations in 2022, with multi-purpose vehicles (LDVs) surpassing passenger cars for the first time as the most common vehicle type in Canada.
Electric vehicles continued to grow in popularity and represented… more
September 15, 2023
The demand for motor vehicle fuels continued to rebound in 2022, with gross sales of gasoline in Canada at 42.5 billion litres, up 5.6% from 2021. Fuel sales have reached roughly 95% of the levels from 2019 (44.8 billion litres), before the COVID-19 pandemic. At roughly 18.3 billion litres in 2022, net sales of diesel fuel were just above (+2.4%) the pre-pandemic 2019 level.
After falling to a 20-year low in 2020, gross sales of gasoline rose in 2021 and continued to increase in 2022, as Canadians resumed much of their pre-pandemic travel behaviour when COVID-19-related restrictions were… more
July 12, 2023
We are excited to announce the release of the Transportation in Canada 2022 Annual Report. This report covers the latest developments and challenges in the transportation sector, the innovations and opportunities for a more sustainable and accessible future, as well as the performance of the transportation network. You can find the full report here or browse through the previous annual reports here. We hope you enjoy reading this report and learning more about the transportation issues that matter to you.
April 26, 2023
Freight rail service and performance information that is submitted by rail carriers on a weekly basis is now available. As of April 10, 2023, this new and improved dataset replaced indicators that had been published since December 2018. This significantly expanded set of indicators, including additional geographic dimensions and a broader range of commodities, improves supply chain transparency and provide freight rail users and the public with much more relevant and precise information relating to rail service and performance in Canada. Carrier methodologies, labeling, and coding for these… more
March 24, 2023
Statistics Canada has launched a new data visualization tool. The Frontier Counts: Interactive Dashboard provides access to data on the number of border crossings in an interactive and customizable format. The counts include only those travelling for tourism-related purposes. The dashboard includes four visualizations: leading indicator of air arrivals, leading indicator of land arrivals, returning Canadians, and visitors to Canada.
December 06, 2022
Statistics Canada has just released a new series on motor vehicle registrations, featuring a breakdown of vehicle type by fuel. The following highlights are from the Daily release, available here.
The total number of road motor vehicles registered in Canada increased to 26.2 million in 2021, up 1.9% over 2020. At 24.1 million, light duty vehicles (LDVs) accounted for 9 out of every 10 motor vehicles registered in 2021, with passenger cars remaining the most common type. However, registrations of multi-purpose vehicles have experienced the most growth over the last five years.
Canadians'… more