Rapid transit in Canada

Rapid transit was first introduced in Canada with the opening of the Toronto subway in 1954, built by the Toronto Transportation Commission (now the Toronto Transit Commission, or the TTC).^[1] Montreal later introduced the Montreal Metro in 1966, though there were plans to build a rapid transit system since 1902.^[2] The Edmonton Light Rail Transit system was built from 1974 to 1978 for the 1978 Commonwealth Games. It made Edmonton the first city in North America with less than one million people to have a rapid transit system. Calgary followed shortly behind, beginning construction in 1978 on its light rail transit system, called the C-train, opening its first line in 1981, followed by additional lines in 1985 and 1987^[3](in time for the 1988 Winter Olympics). The Vancouver SkyTrain was opened in January 1986 for the Expo 86 world fair.^[4] On June 24, 2009, the regional council voted to approve a light rail line though Kitchener and Waterloo to be completed by 2014.

Montreal Metro's McGill station during rush hour.

There are six urban rapid transit systems operating in Canada: The Montreal Metro, the Toronto Subway, the Vancouver SkyTrain, The C-Train in Calgary, the Edmonton Light Rail Transit and the O-Train in Ottawa.

Urban Rapid transit in Canada

Location	Transit	Daily Ridership	System Length (km)	Stations	Expansion
Montreal, Quebec	Montreal Metro	1,111,700	69.2	68	2017
Toronto, Ontario	Toronto Subway/RT	923,600	70	69	2015
Vancouver, British Columbia	SkyTrain	349,300	68.7	47	2014
Calgary, Alberta	C-Train	263,900	48.8	37	2012
Edmonton, Alberta	Edmonton Light Rail Transit	93,600	20.5	15	2014
Ottawa, Ontario	O-Train	14,200	8	5	2019
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario	Waterloo Region LRT				2014
Hamilton, Ontario	B-Line				2015
Mississauga and Brampton, Ontario	Hurontario-Main Street LRT		20.8	30	2021

Suburban Rapid transit in Canada

Location	Transit	Daily Ridership	System Length (km)	Stations	Expansion
Toronto, Ontario	GO Transit	161,200	458	61	ongoing
Montreal, Quebec	Agence métropolitaine de transport	58,700	214	59	2012
Vancouver, British Columbia	West Coast Express	10,600	68	8	2011

See also

• Transportation in Canada

References

1. ^ "Canada's First Subway". City of Toronto. http://www.toronto.ca/archives/canada_first_subway/index_subway.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 
2. ^ "An underground railway project in 1910". Société de transport de Montréal. http://www.stm.info/english/en-bref/a-project.htm. 
3. ^ "Calgary Transit: About CT - History". Calgary Transit. http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/about_ct.html. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
4. ^ "Vancouver SkyTrain Light Rail Network". Railway Technology. http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/vancouver/. Retrieved 2007-02-25.