The following is a list of all light rail rapid transit systems in North America, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips. In the United States, these come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports Statistics for the fourth quarter of 2007, unless otherwise noted. Dates are given for all figures; the most recent available are used.
The question of which systems would count as 'light rail transit systems' is debatable.
| Rank | System | Largest city served | Weekday ridership |
Date | Route miles | Stations | Stations per Mile | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C-Train | Calgary | 271,100 | Fourth quarter of 2007 | 27.8 | 37 | 1.33 | 1981 |
| 2 | Green Line (MBTA) | Boston | 267,000 | Second Quarter 2008 | 26.0 | 74 | 2.85 | 1897 |
| 3 | Toronto streetcar system | Toronto | 258,100 | Second Quarter 2008 | 190.0 | N/A | N/A | 1861 |
| 4 | Monterrey Metro | Monterrey | 217,700 | Second Quarter 2008 | 14.3 | 28 | 1.95 | 1991 |
| 5 | Guadalajara Metro | Guadalajara | 190,000 | Fourth Quarter 2007 | 15.1 | 29 | 1.92 | 1989 |
| 6 | San Francisco Municipal Railway | San Francisco | 147,800 |
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