Table 5-2: Domestic Freight Activity by Mode (tonne-kilometres) (Billions [Thousand millions] of metric tonne-kilometers), Canada

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Domestic Freight Activity by Mode (tonne-kilometres) (Billions [Thousand millions] of metric tonne-kilometers), Canada
Table summary
This table displays the results of Domestic Freight Activity by Mode (tonne-kilometres) (Billions [Thousand millions] of metric tonne-kilometers). The information is grouped by Hierarchies (appearing as row headers), 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (appearing as column headers).
Hierarchies 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 583.6 608.7 601.3 604.4 611.4 618.3 638.4 658.9 723.8 744 755.2 747.4 723.5 662.2 689.2 727.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Air 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Water Transport 54.1 42.4 40.4 43 42.2 41.5 39.1 40.9 45.9 50.6 50.8 50.9 54.7 57 55.8 44.5 47.8 51 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Coastal shipping 15.6 10.6 10.4 10.9 13.4 13.6 13.6 14.6 21.2 24.7 24.5 23.6 24.1 28.4 26.9 22.3 23 23 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Great Lakes 7.2 4.9 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.3 5.1 5 5.1 4.7 5.2 4.7 4.4 4.4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Inland waterwaysFootnote 1 31.3 26.9 24.8 27.4 24 23.3 21.1 21.7 19.9 21.6 21.2 22.3 25.6 23.9 23.7 17.6 20.4 23.6 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Pipeline 212.3 275.8 282.5 286 292.6 286.4 280 276.2 301.9 308.3 318.7 320 327.7 313.7 300.9 282 265.2 291.4 296.9 299 338.3 358.3
Crude oil and petroleum products 100.1 101.5 102.5 103 103.3 93.7 90.5 87.5 93.5 114.6 123.5 114 123.9 124.5 124 123.2 124.3 151.2 165 175.4 192.4 213.6
Natural gas 112.2 174.3 180 183 189.3 192.7 189.5 188.7 208.4 193.7 195.2 206 203.8 189.2 176.9 158.8 140.9 140.2 131.9 123.6 145.9 144.7
Rail Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 188.6 206.9 189.2 193.3 207 213 203 210.4 231 241 241.6 245.5 236.8 216.3 240.3 248.5 256.6 258.6 277.4 282.8
Road 54.7 65.8 71.5 72.2 76.7 82.5 84.7 87.5 86.9 89 122.7 131.5 130.6 130.6 129.4 118.9 135.3 136.4 143 143.9 166.6 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
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Notes:
Road: Data include activity of Canadian domiciled for-hire carriers with annual operating revenues of 1 million Canadian dollars or more. Prior to 2004, data include domiciled for-hire carriers for which most of their earnings are derived from long-distance (80 kms or more) shipments. Data excludes local (less than 25 kilometers) deliveries, and deliveries made by private trucks and small for-hire carriers. Since 2004, data include the local trucking sector and all shipments made by the companies on the survey frame are in-scope.

Pipeline: Data are for both oil pipelines and natural gas.
Sources:
Air: 1990-2001: Statistics Canada. Canadian Civil Aviation. Catalogue no. 51-206-X. Annual and Statistics Canada. Aviation: Service Bulletin. Catalogue no. 51-004-X.
2002-2015: Transport Canada. Economic Analysis Directorate based on Statistics Canada data.
Coastal shipping, Great Lakes and inland waterways: Transport Canada. Economic Analysis Directorate based on Statistics Canada data.
Pipeline:Statistics Canada. Table 25-10-0038-01: Canadian pipelines, monthly operating statistics.
Statistics Canada. Table 25-10-0035-01: Canadian natural gas carriers, monthly operating statistics.
Rail: Transport Canada. Economic Analysis Directorate, Rail Traffic Database.
Road: 1990-2003: Statistics Canada. Trucking in Canada. Catalogue no. 53-222-X.
2004-2015: Statistics Canada. Table 23-10-0219-01: Trucking commodity industry activities.

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