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Other pages in this profile of Canada:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
20.78 million (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
17.017 million (2005) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: excellent service provided by modern technology domestic: domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations international: country code - 1; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) and 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004) |
Television broadcast stations |
80 (plus many repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
.ca |
Internet hosts |
4.196 million (2007) |
Internet users |
22 million (2005) |
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Airports |
1,343 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 509 over 3,047 m: 18 2,438 to 3,047 m: 16 1,524 to 2,437 m: 149 914 to 1,523 m: 248 under 914 m: 78 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 834 1,524 to 2,437 m: 68 914 to 1,523 m: 356 under 914 m: 410 (2007) |
Heliports |
11 (2007) |
Pipelines |
crude and refined oil 23,564 km; liquid petroleum gas 74,980 km (2005) |
Railways |
total: 48,068 km standard gauge: 48,068 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 1,042,300 km paved: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways) unpaved: 626,700 km (2006) |
Waterways |
636 km note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2007) |
Merchant marine |
total: 171 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,191,099 GRT/2,815,416 DWT by type: bulk carrier 60, cargo 10, carrier 1, chemical tanker 9, combination ore/oil 1, container 2, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 64, petroleum tanker 12, roll on/roll off 6 foreign-owned: 8 (Germany 3, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, US 3) registered in other countries: 130 (Australia 2, Bahamas 13, Barbados 9, Cambodia 6, Cyprus 2, Denmark 1, Honduras 1, Hong Kong 39, Liberia 3, Malta 15, Marshall Islands 4, Panama 17, St Vincent and The Grenadines 6, Taiwan 3, US 4, Vanuatu 5) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Fraser River Port, Halifax, Montreal, Port-Cartier, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick), Sept-Isles, Vancouver |
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