Infrastructure — Canada
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Canada: 1,467
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Transportation
- Airports - total
1,467
- Airports with Paved Runways
523
- Heliports
26
- Railways
28,926 Miles 46,552 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
647,655 Miles 1,042,300 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
258,242 Miles 415,600 Kilometers
- Waterways
395 Miles 636 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Fraser River Port, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, Port-Cartier, Quebec City, Saint John (New Brunswick), Sept-Isles, Vancouver Oil Terminals: Lower Lakes terminal
Communications
- Telephones
18,201,000
- Cell Phones
27,387,000
- Internet Users
26,960,000
- Internet Country Code
.ca
- Internet Hosts
8,743,000
- Broadcast Media
- 2 public TV broadcasting networks each with a large number of network affiliates
- several private-commercial networks also with multiple network affiliates
- overall, about 150 TV stations
- multi-channel satellite and cable systems provide access to a wide range of stations including US stations
- a mix of public and commercial radio broadcasters with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the public radio broadcaster, operating 4 radio networks, Radio Canada International, and radio services to indigenous populations in the north
- roughly 2,000 licensed radio stations in Canada
- Telephone System
- 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 - 7 (5 Intelsat - 4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean, and 2 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
504,800,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
43,910,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
18,790,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
580,600,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
82,480,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
88,290,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
31,310,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
143,100,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
1,930,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,259,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,576,000
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
770,300
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
3,592,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
173,100,000,000