Communications and transportation 

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• Roads
• Railways
• Marine transportation
• Communication

Roads

Road Network, 2006

Date of publication: 2010, 6^th edition

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This map shows the 1.1 million kilometres of roads connecting people and goods from one community to another in Canada, and to the rest of the continent. Roads are classified based on the population of the communities the roads connect; combined, the communities on the map represent 78% of the total population in 2001.

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• Canada, Road Transportation Network. 5^th edition, 1984 (PDF, 3.17 MB)
• Roads. 4^th edition, 1974 (PDF, 3.03 MB)
• Major Roads. 3^rd edition, 1958 (PDF, 1.22 MB)

Railways

Rail Network, 2006

Date of publication: 2010, 6^th edition

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This map shows the 48 068 kilometres of railways, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. The two largest Class 1 carriers, Canadian National Railway Company and Canadian Pacific Rail Company, owns or leases 22 686 and 12 812 kilometres of railways, respectively. The regional and shortline railways combined, own or lease a total of 11 734 kilometres.

Download previous editions:

5^th edition

• Canada, Railway Transportation Network, 1984 (PDF, 3.45 MB)

4^th edition

• Railways and canals 1971 – eastern Canada, 1972 (PDF, 2.58 MB)
• Railways and canals 1971 – western Canada, 1972 (PDF, 2.48 MB)

3^rd edition

• Railways, 1958 (PDF, 1.26 MB)

2^nd edition

• Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon Railway Territories, 1915 (PDF, 1.86 MB)
• Ontario and Quebec railway territories, 1915 (PDF, 2.12 MB)
• Quebec and Maritime provinces railway territories, 1915 (PDF, 1.89 MB)

1^st edition

• Railways British Columbia and Yukon, 1906 (PDF, 1.29 MB)
• Railways Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, 1906 (PDF, 1.87 MB)
• Railways Ontario and Quebec, 1906 (PDF, 1.61 MB)
• Railways Quebec and Maritime Provinces, 1906 (PDF, 1.87 MB)

Marine transportation

Communication

Canada, Telecommunications Systems

Date of publication: 1987, 5^th edition

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This map shows the stations and links for each of microwave, optical fibre lines, landlines, and submarine cable networks; satellite transmitting and receiving stations shown for radio-telephone systems and tropospheric scatter systems.

Download previous editions:

4^th edition:

• Communications, Eastern Canada 1972 (PDF, 3.13 MB)
• Communication, Western Canada, 1972 (PDF, 3.09 MB)

1^st edition:

• Telephones Maritime Provinces and Quebec, 1906 (PDF, 2.02 MB)
• Telephones Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon, 1906 (PDF, 2.38 MB)