Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 8
Transportation-Related Investment as a Proportion of Total Investment

Millions of Canadian dollars

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  1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996
Dollars % Dollars % Dollars % Dollars % Dollars % Dollars %
Transportation industries 1,174 5.4 1,712 3.6 5,160 5.8 3,666 3.5 7,080 5.4 6,902 4.7
Other industries 1,076 4.9 2,824 6.0 4,807 5.4 6,508 6.2 5,338 4.0 8,650 5.9
Government 1,352 6.2 2,065 4.4 3,182 3.6 4,144 4.0 4,571 3.5 4,934 3.4
Total, transportation (% total investment) 3,602 16.4 6,601 14.0 13,149 14.8 14,318 13.7 16,989 12.9 20,486 14.1
Total, investment (% final demand) 21,942 27.9 47,226 30.0 88,848 31.0 104,624 25.9 132,015 25.0 145,611 21.5
Final demand 78,594   157,624   286,236   403,783   527,967   678,222