FACTOID # 6: The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
 
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North America > Canada > Transportation

CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 291,800 [13th of 155]
Airports 1,343 Time series [4th of 247]
Cars 459 per 1,000 people [9th of 18]
Container port traffic 4,163,424 TEU Time series [19th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 11 Time series [18th of 99]
Highways > Paved 497,306 km Time series [2nd of 113]
Highways > Total 1,408,800 km Time series [2nd of 118]
Motor vehicles 563 motor vehicles per 100 p [8th of 134]
Pipelines
crude and refined oil 23,564 km; liquid petroleum gas 74,980 km
Ports and harbors
Becancour (Quebec), Churchill, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, New Westminster, Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick), St. John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Sydney, Trois-Rivieres, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor
Ports and terminals
Fraser River Port, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, Port-Cartier, Quebec City, Saint John (New Brunswick), Sept-Isles, Vancouver
Railways > Total 48,068 km Time series [5th of 220]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 184,774 million ton-km Time series [7th of 52]
Roads, total network > km 1,408,900 km Time series [4th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 415,600 km Time series [7th of 81]
Roadways > Total 1,042,300 km Time series [4th of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
Vehicle abundance 34.91 per square km [24th of 141]
Waterways 636 km Time series [30th of 165]

... View all Transportation stats

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World Development Indicators database; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Canada, Canada & Newfoundland

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