Issues affecting the transportation industry impact on the day to day concerns of Canadians. Changes in policy affecting transportation and trade have altered the landscape for the primary mode of commodity transport, trucking. Economic factors typically affecting the demand for trucking…
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Product source: Statistics Canada
Product type: Analysis
Product source: Statistics Canada
If you've got it, a truck brought it." When you stop to think about it, an increasing number of the things we use are transported to market for at least part of the way, by truck. The trucking industry is becoming increasingly important to the transportation sector of the Canadian economy. This…
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Product source: Statistics Canada
Users should be aware that Canada's Top for-hire motor carriers of freight covers 76 carriers in the first quarter of 1997 and 74 in the second quarter of 1997, compared to 67 in 1996. Six more general freight carriers and three more specialized freight carriers have reached annual revenues of $…
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Product source: Statistics Canada
There were 230 companies reporting to the Statistics Canada passenger bus survey during the first half of 1996. Canada's passenger bus industry is comprised of four types of companies - schedules intercity, school bus, charter and other bus service - which correspond to 1980 Standard Industrial…
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Product source: Statistics Canada
To provide users with a complete picture of the financial and operational activities associated with Small For-hire Motor Carriers of Freight and Owner Operators in Canada.
Transportation/Road transportation/Trucking industry;Business performance and ownership/Business…
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Product source: Statistics Canada
In the second half of 1996, the operating ratio (operating expenses divided by operating revenues) for all Canada-based for-hire motor carriers of freight with annual revenues larger than $1 million remained at 0.94 when compared with the last six months of 1995. The operating ratio of…
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Product source: Statistics Canada
Despite the benefits of taking public transit, Canadians are using it less and less. In 1996, each Canadian took an average of about 46 trips on some form of urban transit, the lowest level since 1970 when the average fell to 43 trips per person. In contrast, Canadians were using mass transit at…
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Product source: Statistics Canada
The paper is organized into four sections. The first section introduces the data used for the analysis while the second provides a brief synopsis of the role of trucking in the Canadian economy. The third section contains a summary of the changes that have come about, at least partly, due to…
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Product source: Statistics Canada
Private carriers are businesses that maintain a fleet of trucks to carry their own goods. The motor carriers of freight, private carriers survey covers those private carriers with at least $1 million in annual operating expenses that can provide separate accounting information for their trucking…
Product type: Table
Product source: Statistics Canada
After the double-digit growth experienced in 1993 and 1994, trucking activity by Canada-based for-hire carriers with annual intercity revenues of at least $1.0 million increased at a more moderate rate in 1995 and 1996.
Transportation/Road transportation/Trucking industry;…