Annual Report 9 Transportation and Trade US trade share continued to increase as the growth of Canada's exports to the US surpassed the one of Canada's exports to the rest of the world.
Transportation is essential to trade.
Canada's open economy relies on transportation for international trade, shipping to and receiving goods from foreign markets, and for domestic trade between provinces and regions. This chapter looks at domestic and international trade and their influence on transportation. In particular, the chapter examines how trade has influenced the type of transportation used, such as the rise of exports creating increased demand for transportation, but only in certain modes. 1 Interprovincial trade flows are estimated using the provincial National Accounts information system, which is based on inputs and outputs. The most recent year information is available is 1996, and a modal breakdown of the provincial trade flows is not included.