Canada Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 81,607 km total; 80,258 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 129 km electrified;

1,171 km 1.067-meter gauge (in Newfoundland); 178 km 0.914-meter gauge

Highways: 884,272 km total; 712,936 km surfaced (250,023 km paved), 171,336 km earth

Inland waterways: 3,000 km

Pipelines: oil, 23,564 km total crude and refined; natural gas, 74,980 km

Ports: 25 deep water, numerous minor

Civil air: 636 major transport aircraft

Airfields: I 472 total, 1,252 usable, 408 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways over 3,659 m, 31 with runways 2,4 40-3,659 m 324 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Canada

Telecommunications: excellent service provided by modern telecom media; 16.6 million telephones (66.4 per 100 popl.); countrywide AM, FM, and TV coverage, including 900 AM, 80 FM, 1,100 TV stations; 6 coaxial submarine cables; 3 satellite stations with a total of 5 antennas and 100 domestic satellite stations

NOTE: The information regarding Canada on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Canada 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Canada 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.