Table 6 Transportation-Related Investment by Businesses Other Than Transportation Industries

Proportion of total business investment; millions of Canadian dollars

Commodities	1971		1976		1981		1986		1991		1996
Commodities	Dollars	%	Dollars	%	Dollars	%	Dollars	%	Dollars	%	Dollars	%
Transportation equipment
Aircraft, parts, and repairs	34	0.2	47	0.1	325	0.4	374	0.4	33	0.0	410	0.3
Automobiles, including passenger vans	311	1.9	778	2.0	1,613	2.2	3,207	3.7	2,451	2.3	5,227	4.4
Trucks, road tractors, and chassis	351	2.1	1,073	2.8	1,531	2.1	1,818	2.1	1,761	1.7	1,769	1.5
Other complete equipment	150	0.9	426	1.1	457	0.6	340	0.4	367	0.3	663	0.6
Railroad equipment and parts	32	0.2	28	0.1	9	0.0	2	0.0	26	0.0	8	0.0
Shipbuilding and ship repair	38	0.2	72	0.2	111	0.2	39	0.0	33	0.0	21	0.0
Total	916	5.5	2,424	6.2	4,046	5.5	5,780	6.7	4,671	4.4	8,098	6.8
Transportation construction
Road, highway, and airport runway construction	76	0.5	194	0.5	408	0.6	316	0.4	270	0.3	232	0.2
Total	76	0.5	194	0.5	408	0.6	316	0.4	270	0.3	232	0.2
Transportation margins	84	0.5	206	0.5	353	0.5	412	0.5	397	0.4	320	0.3
Total, transportation	1,076	6.5	2,824	7.3	4,807	6.6	6,508	7.5	5,338	5.0	8,650	7.2
Total, business Investment	16,560		38,819		73,024		86,867		105,727		119,643

Bureau of Transportation Statistics