Table 2 Composition of the Transportation Margins: 1971-1996
Table 2
Composition of the Transportation Margins: 1971-1996
Millions of Canadian dollars
| Transportation margins | 1971 | 1976 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollars | % | Dollars | % | Dollars | % | Dollars | % | Dollars | % | Dollars | % | |
| Air | 66 | 1.9 | 128 | 1.9 | 590 | 5.2 | 508 | 3.3 | 512 | 3.2 | 512 | 2.5 |
| Other services incidental to transportation | 44 | 1.2 | 236 | 3.6 | 534 | 4.7 | 994 | 6.4 | 1,065 | 6.7 | 1,481 | 7.2 |
| Water | 421 | 11.9 | 986 | 14.8 | 1,053 | 9.2 | 1,004 | 6.5 | 1,250 | 7.9 | 735 | 3.6 |
| Services incidental to water transportation | 147 | 4.1 | 296 | 4.5 | 380 | 3.3 | 588 | 3.8 | 520 | 3.3 | 258 | 1.3 |
| Railway | 1,479 | 41.7 | 2,396 | 36.1 | 4,162 | 36.4 | 4,838 | 31.1 | 4,761 | 29.9 | 5,605 | 27.3 |
| Truck | 1,457 | 41.1 | 2,729 | 41.1 | 5,292 | 46.3 | 8,143 | 52.3 | 8,320 | 52.3 | 12,446 | 60.6 |
| Total inputs, transportation margins | 3,548 | 6,643 | 11,421 | 15,567 | 15,916 | 20,525 | ||||||