- Canada, the second-largest country in the world, spans nearly 10 million km²! It’s no wonder that transportation is at the heart of its economy.
- According to Statistics Canada, in 2020, Canadian carriers transported goods worth an astonishing $928.3 billion. Yes, you read that right!
- Trucks dominate with 70% of shipments. Next come trains (27%), with air and sea splitting the remaining 3%.
- The busiest Canadian port in terms of container traffic is the Port of Vancouver. In 2020, the port handled 3.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of containers.
- Toronto’s Pearson International Airport is the hub for air freight, having managed over 500,000 tons in 2020.
- The Trans-Canada Highway, which stretches across the length of Canada, from the east coast to the west coast, is the prime route for road transport!
- In the logistics world, men dominate at 65%. At AP, 60% of our team is female, and that’s a real point of pride for us!
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