All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems

by David A. Wyatt

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Acknowledgements

3.0 Urban Communities By Province and Territory

4.0 Index By Urban Centres

Ordered by population, including links for all transit-served communities within each Census urban area.

5.0 Cities and Systems by Mode

Motor buses can probably be assumed universally.

5.1 Commuter Rail
5.2 Interurban Electric Railways
5.3 Heavy Rail Transit (also known as “metros” or “subways”)
5.4 Light Rail Transit
5.5 Electric Street Railways
5.6 Animal Street Railways
5.7 Heritage Tramways
5.8 Electric Trolley Buses

5.9 Motor Buses
- 5.9.1 Jitneys
- 5.9.2 Paratransit
- 5.9.3 Motor Bus Busway
5.10 Omnibuses
5.11 Funiculars
5.12 Urban Ferries
5.14 Wilderness Animal and Gasoline Tramways
5.15 Street Railway Operating Museums
5.16 Storage Battery Cars

6.0 Canadian Transit Interests Outside Canada

6.1 Canadian Paper Electric, Street and Radial Railways

Companies incorporated to build electric, street and radial railways which never succeeded in opening or operating their projected lines.

7.0 Photo Gallery

7.1 Directory of Thumbnail Pictures

7.2 Directory of System Logos

8.0 References

Bibliography of general and multi-city references, including links to web-based sources. References specific to particular communities are also included on the page for that city.

9.0 Index By Document Components

[Site Map.] Very useful if you'd like to read or print the entire document. Index also includes “Last Revision” dates for each part.

9.1 Change Log. A log of changes to the All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems since 01 April 2010.

10.0 Index By System and Operator Names

The names of more than two thousand systems and operators with links to each reference in the city pages.

The author is always interested in comments, corrections and further information. Please email to:

dawwpg@shaw.ca

This page last modified: Wednesday, 08-Feb-2012 11:14:31 CST