Year Opened
|
Annual Ridership (Millions)
|
# Stations
|
System Length (km)
|
Type
|
Hint
|
Answer
|
2001
|
96.5 (2016)
|
13
|
20.5
|
Light | Rapid
|
The system's station count is set to triple by 2025.
|
|
1995
|
2.6 (2019)
|
8
|
69
|
Commuter
|
The least used, least frequent, and least lined system on this list.
|
West Coast Express [Metro Vancouver, BC]
|
1985
|
160 (2018)
|
53
|
79.6
|
Rapid | Regional
|
Was the longest fully automated driverless system in the world until 2021.
|
Skytrain [Metro Vancouver, BC]
|
1954
|
416 (2019)
|
75
|
77
|
Rapid
|
Canada's first underground rail line, and the 3rd busiest in North America after NYC and Mexico City.
|
TTC Subway [Toronto, ON]
|
1967
|
68.5 (2017)
|
68
|
526
|
Regional | Commuter
|
The longest system in Canada by track length, more than 3x the next longest in Canada!
|
GO Transit [Greater Toronto, ON]
|
1981
|
91 (2018)
|
45
|
59.9
|
Light | Rapid
|
In the top 3 busiest light rail systems in North America.
|
|
1996
|
45 (2018)
|
51
|
226.5
|
Commuter
|
It's earliest train operations date back to 1859 but the system itself wasn't formalized until 1996.
|
Exo [Greater Montreal, QC]
|
1861
|
166 (2019)
|
685
|
83
|
Light
|
Largest light rail system by length in the Western Hemisphere.
|
TTC Streetcars [Toronto, ON]
|
1966
|
383 (2018)
|
68
|
69.2
|
Rapid
|
4th busiest rail system in North America. 2nd busiest per capita behind NYC.
|
Montreal Metro [Montreal, QC]
|
1978
|
87 (2018)
|
18
|
24.3
|
Light | Rapid
|
The 7th busiest light rail system in North America.
|
|
2019
|
9 (2020)
|
19
|
19
|
Light
|
It is Canada's newest higher-order transit system.
|
Ion [Kitchener - Waterloo, ON]
|
2022 est
|
-
|
26
|
67
|
Regional
|
Will become the fifth-longest automated transportation system in the world
|
REM [Greater Montreal, QC]
|
2024 est
|
-
|
19
|
18
|
Light
|
The system will connect to 2 regional rail lines and 2 rapid bus services.
|
Hurontario LRT [Mississauga, ON]
|
2026 est.
|
-
|
39
|
23
|
Light
|
Reimagining a former streetcar system that existed from 1897.
|
Quebec City Tramway [Quebec City, QC]
|
2028 est
|
-
|
-
|
26
|
Light
|
This system would be the first in Canada to cross provincial boundaries.
|
Gatineau LRT [Gatineau, QC + ON]
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
14
|
Light
|
Funded in 2015, then cancelled in 2019, then recommitted in 2021.
|
Hamilton LRT [Hamilton, ON]
|