Table 10
International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation, by province and foreign region

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International shipping Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation, by province and foreign region


Table summary
This table displays the results of international shipping cargo tonnage loaded loaded, unloaded and 2010, calculated using 2010, 2011, variation, '000 t and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Loaded Unloaded
2010 2011 Variation 2010 2011 Variation
  '000 t % '000 t %
Canada  
Europe 35,752.1 35,264.3 -1.4 20,320.5 20,023.0 -1.5
Middle East 6,671.0 6,432.2 -3.6 8,525.4 9,190.2 7.8
Africa 5,269.1 3,823.2 -27.4 20,226.9 22,745.3 12.5
Asia, Oceania 85,929.3 98,527.1 14.7 13,741.9 13,744.0 0.0
South America, Central America and Antilles 17,795.3 19,610.9 10.2 16,961.5 15,595.5 -8.1
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 45,302.8 40,328.5 -11.0 6,268.7 7,953.4 26.9
United States - Great Lakes 14,059.6 14,603.7 3.9 24,553.8 21,264.3 -13.4
United States - Pacific 9,219.0 8,686.5 -5.8 3,580.4 3,749.9 4.7
Total foreign countries 219,998.2 227,276.5 3.3 114,179.2 114,265.6 0.1
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Europe 1,110.7 2,087.6 88.0 1,245.2 605.5 -51.4
Middle East 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 3,055.4 2,960.8 -3.1
Africa 7.4 6.7 -9.8 31.1 136.2 337.4
Asia, Oceania 0.0 21.8 Note ...: not applicable 0.4 0.6 37.0
South America, Central America and Antilles 621.0 1,526.3 145.8 540.5 198.8 -63.2
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 12,862.6 10,451.1 -18.7 539.2 508.8 -5.6
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.1 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Pacific 92.0 0.0 -100.0 0.5 0.2 -66.3
Total foreign countries 14,693.7 14,093.5 -4.1 5,412.3 4,411.0 -18.5
Prince Edward Island  
Europe 0.0 4.0 Note ...: not applicable 85.6 24.3 -71.6
Middle East 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Africa 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Asia, Oceania 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
South America, Central America and Antilles 1.0 8.2 717.4 0.0 3.7 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 41.3 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Total foreign countries 1.0 12.2 1,117.4 85.6 69.3 -19.0
Nova Scotia  
Europe 1,076.6 1,014.0 -5.8 1,775.4 1,348.9 -24.0
Middle East 259.8 237.3 -8.7 257.0 126.2 -50.9
Africa 38.1 0.9 -97.7 10,644.3 10,207.9 -4.1
Asia, Oceania 1,286.3 2,146.9 66.9 419.8 391.4 -6.8
South America, Central America and Antilles 1,121.6 751.2 -33.0 2,284.4 1,479.8 -35.2
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 15,765.6 14,257.3 -9.6 1,720.5 2,522.0 46.6
United States - Great Lakes 33.2 33.0 -0.6 316.6 405.4 28.0
United States - Pacific 18.8 4.0 -78.7 56.7 37.8 -33.4
Total foreign countries 19,600.0 18,444.6 -5.9 17,474.6 16,519.4 -5.5
New Brunswick  
Europe 810.5 1,347.1 66.2 4,186.3 3,213.4 -23.2
Middle East 30.7 194.6 534.8 4,576.0 5,815.1 27.1
Africa 66.8 65.9 -1.5 1,884.9 3,287.4 74.4
Asia, Oceania 95.1 35.9 -62.2 0.4 0.0 -100.0
South America, Central America and Antilles 1,101.9 1,324.9 20.2 3,855.0 3,118.6 -19.1
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 11,329.6 10,364.2 -8.5 122.4 86.3 -29.4
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 939.7 742.5 -21.0
United States - Pacific 79.8 141.0 76.6 9.2 27.3 196.1
Total foreign countries 13,514.4 13,473.7 -0.3 15,574.0 16,290.7 4.6
Quebec  
Europe 25,504.1 23,330.7 -8.5 11,846.0 13,402.4 13.1
Middle East 2,707.2 2,331.2 -13.9 538.5 162.8 -69.8
Africa 3,853.1 2,568.1 -33.4 7,573.6 9,057.9 19.6
Asia, Oceania 11,805.2 17,700.7 49.9 1,210.8 789.5 -34.8
South America, Central America and Antilles 4,875.9 4,471.0 -8.3 7,977.7 8,240.2 3.3
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 4,186.0 4,589.3 9.6 3,609.0 4,378.7 21.3
United States - Great Lakes 3,794.5 3,067.8 -19.2 3,646.1 4,656.1 27.7
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 -100.0 155.2 195.2 25.8
Total foreign countries 56,726.1 58,058.8 2.3 36,556.7 40,882.9 11.8
Ontario  
Europe 1,001.6 1,022.9 2.1 926.1 1,133.6 22.4
Middle East 102.3 78.2 -23.6 85.5 90.8 6.2
Africa 266.1 95.6 -64.1 84.6 46.1 -45.6
Asia, Oceania 39.8 1.1 -97.2 38.2 19.5 -49.1
South America, Central America and Antilles 293.4 471.5 60.7 529.9 616.6 16.4
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 366.6 422.0 15.1 55.5 304.5 449.0
United States - Great Lakes 10,231.6 11,502.8 12.4 19,651.5 15,450.7 -21.4
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.6 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Total foreign countries 12,301.5 13,594.8 10.5 21,371.3 17,661.8 -17.4
Manitoba  
Europe 314.9 119.4 -62.1 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Middle East 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Africa 277.3 252.0 -9.1 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Asia, Oceania 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
South America, Central America and Antilles 64.2 138.5 115.9 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Total foreign countries 656.3 509.9 -22.3 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia  
Europe 5,933.7 6,338.6 6.8 186.8 249.6 33.6
Middle East 3,571.0 3,590.8 0.6 13.1 34.5 164.2
Africa 760.3 834.1 9.7 8.3 9.8 17.1
Asia, Oceania 72,702.8 78,620.7 8.1 12,072.2 12,543.0 3.9
South America, Central America and Antilles 9,716.3 10,919.4 12.4 1,774.1 1,840.3 3.7
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 792.4 244.6 -69.1 222.2 111.8 -49.7
United States - Great Lakes 0.3 0.0 -100.0 0.0 9.6 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Pacific 9,028.3 8,540.9 -5.4 3,322.3 3,489.4 5.0
Total foreign countries 102,505.1 109,089.0 6.4 17,599.0 18,288.0 3.9
Northwest Territories  
Europe 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Middle East 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Africa 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Asia, Oceania 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
South America, Central America and Antilles 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 17.9 0.0 -100.0
Total foreign countries 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 17.9 0.0 -100.0
Nunavut  
Europe 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 69.2 45.1 -34.7
Middle East 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Africa 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Asia, Oceania 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
South America, Central America and Antilles 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 97.3 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 18.6 0.0 -100.0
Total foreign countries 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 87.8 142.5 62.3
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