<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Canada<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 146,444 km total; two major transcontinental freight railway systems—Canadian National (government owned) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service—VIA (government operated); 158 km is electrified
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 884,272 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 250,023 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel 462,913 km; earth 171,336 km
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 3,000 km, including Saint Lawrence Seaway
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude and refined oil 23,564 km; natural gas 74,980 km
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Halifax, Montreal, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick), Saint John's (Newfoundland), Toronto, Vancouver
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> excellent service provided by modern media; 18.0 million telephones; broadcast stations—900 AM, 29 FM, 53 (1,400 repeaters) TV; 5 coaxial submarine cables; over 300 earth stations operating in INTELSAT (including 4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) and domestic systems