This is a list of trolley bus systems in Canada by
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
. It includes all
trolley bus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
systems, past and present. Use of boldface for a city name and color highlighting indicates systems that still exist; in the case of Canada, there is only one such system, that of
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
.
Alberta
British Columbia
Note: There was also a demonstration trolley bus line in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
in 1945,
[Murray (2000), p. 131.] operated by the
British Columbia Electric Railway
The British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) was an historic railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Originally the parent company for, and later a division of, BC Electric Company (now BC Hydro), the BCER assumed contro ...
, from 19 to 30 November 1945.
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
See also
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List of trolley bus systems, for all other countries
*
Trolley bus usage by country
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List of street railways in Canada
This is a list of street railways in Canada by province. Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are the only places in Canada to not have had any tram (streetcar) system. The list includes all streetcar systems, past and present.
...
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List of tram and light rail transit systems
The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems. In other words, this list only includes systems which ...
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Lists of rapid transit systems
These lists of rapid transit systems are sorted by the type of system:
* List of tram and light rail transit systems
* List of town tramway systems
* Medium-capacity rail transport system
* List of premetro systems
* List of metro systems
* List of ...
*
Public transport in Canada In the month of November 2015 ridership of Canadian large urban transit was 142.7 million passenger trips.
The following is a list of public transit authorities in Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and thre ...
Notes
Sources
Books and periodicals
* Murray, Alan. 2000. ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia'' (). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
* Porter, Harry; and Stanley F.X. Worris. 1979. ''Trolleybus Bulletin No. 109: Databook II''. North American Trackless Trolley Association (defunct).
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Sebree, Mac; and Paul Ward. 1974. ''The Trolley Coach in North America'' (Interurbans Special 59). Los Angeles, US:
Interurbans
The Interurban (or radial railway in Europe and Canada) is a type of electric railway, with streetcar-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. They were very prevalent in North America between 1900 a ...
. LCCN 74-20367.
* ''Trolleybus Magazine'' (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
References
Further reading
* Baker, John E. 1982. ''Winnipeg's Electric Transit: The Story of Winnipeg's Streetcars and Trolley Buses'' (). Toronto, Ontario: Railfare Enterprises Ltd.
* Hatcher, Colin K.; and Tom Schwarzkopf. 1983. ''Edmonton's Electric Transit: The Story of Edmonton's Streetcars and Trolley Buses'' (). Toronto, Ontario: Railfare.
* Kelly, Brian; and Daniel Francis. 1990. ''Transit in British Columbia: The First Hundred Years'' (). Madeira Park (BC), Canada: Harbour Publishing.
* Leger, Paul A.; and Loring M. Lawrence. 1994. ''Halifax - City of Trolley Coaches'' (). Windsor, Ontario: Bus History Association.
* Saitta, Joseph P. ''Traction Yearbook '81''; also '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87. Merrick (NY), US: Traction Slides International.
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Sebree, Mac; and Paul Ward. 1973. ''Transit's Stepchild, The Trolley Coach'' (Interurbans Special 58). Los Angeles:
Interurbans
The Interurban (or radial railway in Europe and Canada) is a type of electric railway, with streetcar-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. They were very prevalent in North America between 1900 a ...
. LCCN 73-84356.
* Hatcher, Colin K.; and Tom Schwarzkopf. 2009. ''Calgary's Electric Transit: an illustrated history of electrified public transportation in Canada's oil capital'' () Toronto, Ontario: Railfare.
External links
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A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...