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Using just about any yardstick (tonnage, value of goods, revenue earned, tons/kilometres), it is difficult to dispute the recent growth in air cargo traffic. Factors ranging from industrial globalization to business practices like just-in-time" inventory management and aggressive off-shore…

Canadian ports handled a record quantity of international cargo in the first half of 1997. The ports handled 125.2 million tonnes (Mt.) of international cargo, an increase of 7.0% over the first six months of 1996. International shipping activity in the mining sector and crude petroleum…

Passenger air travel within Canada reached a record high in 1996, recording 14.2 million passengers. 12.7 million passengers travelled within Canada on scheduled flights, the highest level achieved since 1990, while a record 1.5 million domestic passenger charter trips were posted.

The level of inter- and intra-provincial/territorial air travel is generally a reflection of the large inter-city markets which comprise any particular provincial/ territorial market.

Travel and tourism/Domestic travel;Transportation/Air transportation/Air passenger origin…

1996 was the second consecutive year in which Canadian air carriers reported record levels of passenger operations (enplaned passengers and passenger-kilometres). It was the first year in which industry revenues went over the $10 billion mark. However, fewer Canadian carriers reported net…

This article continues the seasonally adjusted time series last presented in the publication Canadian Civil Aviation, 1995. The series is continued up to the end of the fourth quarter of 1996.

Transportation/Air transportation/Air fares

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 $…

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…

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.

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Canadian ports handled a record 51.3 Mt of international freight in the first quarter of 1997, an increase of 5.1% over the same period in 1996. Total international and domestic traffic increased just 2.4% to 61.1 Mt, as a 10.1% decline in domestic freight partially offset the gain in…