BTS | Table 2 - Composition of the Transportation Margins: 1971

Table 2
Composition of the Transportation Margins: 1971–1996

Millions of Canadian dollars

Transportation margins	1971		1976		1981		1986		1991		1996
Transportation margins	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