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The Daily


Wednesday, February 20, 2008
December 2007 (preliminary)

Combined ridership on 10 large urban transit systems in Canada was 3.4% higher in December than it was for the same month in 2006.

Approximately 111.4 million passenger trips were taken on these transit systems in December. These systems account for about 80% of total urban transit in Canada.

The trips generated $198.1 million in revenue in December 2007 (excluding subsidies), a 0.1% decrease over December 2006.

Available on CANSIM: table 408-0004.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2745.

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