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Domestic and international shipping — Cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded at leading Canadian ports by commodity

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Domestic and international shipping Cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded at leading Canadian ports by commodity


Table summary
This table displays the results of domestic and international shipping cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded at leading canadian ports by commodity. The information is grouped by '000 t (appearing as row headers), domestic, international and domestic and international, calculated using loaded, unloaded and total handled units of measure (appearing as column headers).
'000 t Domestic International Domestic and international
Loaded Unloaded Loaded Unloaded Total handled
Metro Vancouver  
Wheat 0.0 0.0 5,969.1 0.2 5,969.4
Corn 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.4
Barley 0.0 0.0 423.0 0.0 423.0
Rye, oats and other cereal grains 0.0 0.0 138.9 98.2 237.1
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables 0.0 0.0 3,353.1 76.7 3,429.8
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts 0.0 0.0 4.2 100.0 104.2
Colza seeds (canola) 0.0 0.0 5,840.0 3.3 5,843.3
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products 0.0 0.0 808.6 36.0 844.6
Feed, cereal straw, eggs and other animal products 0.0 0.0 1,123.0 43.5 1,166.5
Meat, fish, seafood, and preparations 0.0 0.0 657.8 312.5 970.3
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products 0.0 0.0 361.9 58.1 419.9
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours 0.0 0.0 998.6 20.9 1,019.5
Sugar 0.0 0.0 17.2 110.7 127.9
Prepared foodstuffs (not elsewhere classified) 0.0 0.0 141.4 283.6 425.0
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 0.0 0.0 57.7 235.4 293.1
Limestone 0.0 1,212.6 38.2 6.2 1,257.1
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone 109.1 1,751.9 35.0 113.3 2,009.4
Salt 19.0 15.2 41.0 490.4 565.5
Sulphur 0.0 0.0 3,440.2 0.1 3,440.3
Other non-metallic minerals 0.0 55.4 39.7 27.4 122.5
Iron ores and concentrates 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Copper ores and concentrates 0.0 0.0 629.8 5.5 635.3
Aluminum ores (bauxite) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Other metallic ores and concentrates 0.0 0.0 17.3 461.9 479.2
Coal 51.9 184.8 32,041.0 0.0 32,277.7
Crude petroleum 0.0 0.0 2,198.4 0.0 2,198.4
Fuel oils 0.0 0.0 255.4 1,148.8 1,404.2
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 0.0 0.0 378.7 1,581.6 1,960.2
Coal coke and petroleum coke 0.0 0.0 227.5 3.0 230.5
Other refined petroleum and coal products 0.0 0.0 31.6 78.3 109.9
Alumina 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.1 5.0
Other basic chemicals 0.0 4.2 1,172.2 595.6 1,772.0
Potash 0.0 0.0 7,196.4 0.0 7,196.4
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 0.0 0.0 40.1 7.6 47.7
Logs and other wood in the rough 1,247.0 1,166.5 1,947.9 4.1 4,365.4
Wood chips 4,477.3 112.5 405.7 0.0 4,995.6
Lumber 0.0 21.0 4,610.1 193.9 4,825.0
Other wood products (plywood, veneer) 0.0 0.0 233.1 146.5 379.6
Wood pulp 0.0 0.0 3,823.2 0.4 3,823.6
Newsprint 0.0 46.8 225.9 0.2 272.9
Paper and paperboard, except printed products 0.0 0.0 118.2 142.0 260.2
Iron and steel - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 79.1 580.6 659.7
Other non-ferrous metal - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 136.3 79.5 215.8
Articles of base metal 0.0 0.0 78.7 1,769.5 1,848.2
Machinery 0.5 0.0 98.9 660.6 760.0
Vehicles and parts and accessories 0.0 0.0 61.2 939.4 1,000.6
Other chemical products and preparations 0.0 0.0 37.8 143.1 180.9
Plastic and rubber 0.0 0.0 352.4 659.9 1,012.2
Cement 51.6 0.0 471.6 2.6 525.8
Other non-metallic mineral products 0.0 0.0 64.3 630.2 694.4
Metallic waste and scrap 0.0 0.0 902.8 33.1 935.9
Non-metallic waste and scrap 455.2 49.1 633.2 1.7 1,139.1
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods 0.0 0.0 130.8 2,531.7 2,662.5
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 13.6 13.6 1.9 2.0 31.0
Total 6,425.2 4,633.7 82,093.2 14,423.1 107,575.2
Saint John  
Rye, oats and other cereal grains 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables 0.0 0.0 56.6 0.2 56.7
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
Feed, cereal straw, eggs and other animal products 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.6
Meat, fish, seafood, and preparations 0.0 0.0 31.1 0.4 31.5
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products 0.0 0.0 9.7 0.1 9.8
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours 0.0 0.0 2.8 18.0 20.8
Sugar 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9
Prepared foodstuffs (not elsewhere classified) 0.0 0.0 76.2 0.3 76.5
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.1 5.9
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Salt 35.9 0.0 144.4 0.0 180.3
Other non-metallic minerals 0.0 0.0 15.2 0.0 15.2
Crude petroleum 0.0 2,891.7 352.7 12,170.5 15,415.0
Fuel oils 507.0 0.0 5,699.9 335.7 6,542.6
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 371.5 0.0 4,621.7 5.0 4,998.1
Coal coke and petroleum coke 0.0 0.0 20.0 25.8 45.8
Other refined petroleum and coal products 46.0 0.0 856.9 2,286.8 3,189.7
Other basic chemicals 0.0 0.0 5.1 8.9 14.0
Potash 0.0 0.0 640.1 0.0 640.1
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lumber 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 4.0
Other wood products (plywood, veneer) 0.0 0.0 21.8 0.0 21.8
Wood pulp 0.0 0.0 48.6 0.0 48.6
Paper and paperboard, except printed products 0.0 0.0 34.7 0.2 34.9
Iron and steel - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.0 6.5
Other non-ferrous metal - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.7
Articles of base metal 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.8 9.9
Machinery 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.7 2.6
Vehicles and parts and accessories 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.9
Other chemical products and preparations 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
Plastic and rubber 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.1 2.2
Other non-metallic mineral products 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 2.2
Metallic waste and scrap 0.0 0.0 69.9 0.0 70.0
Non-metallic waste and scrap 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 2.1
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods 0.0 0.0 7.4 1.6 9.1
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 0.0 0.0 4.4 1.5 5.9
Total 960.3 2,891.7 12,754.2 14,862.5 31,468.7
Québec/Lévis  
Wheat 20.4 906.8 1,780.8 107.4 2,815.4
Corn 2.8 25.1 21.5 27.4 76.9
Colza seeds (canola) 0.0 89.3 0.0 0.0 89.3
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products 77.4 79.3 374.6 288.7 820.0
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours 0.0 0.0 16.5 0.0 16.5
Sugar 138.1 0.0 0.0 68.2 206.3
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone 0.0 30.0 0.0 0.0 30.0
Salt 51.7 166.3 11.9 151.1 381.1
Other non-metallic minerals 0.0 33.0 0.0 0.0 33.0
Iron ores and concentrates 0.0 61.8 2,866.1 3,040.2 5,968.0
Copper ores and concentrates 0.0 0.0 236.1 0.0 236.1
Aluminum ores (bauxite) 9.3 0.0 0.0 68.1 77.4
Other metallic ores and concentrates 0.0 530.3 64.1 0.0 594.4
Coal 0.0 0.0 332.8 394.2 727.0
Crude petroleum 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,873.5 9,873.5
Fuel oils 1,520.9 66.6 1,097.2 0.0 2,684.7
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 889.9 0.0 0.0 1,118.9 2,008.8
Coal coke and petroleum coke 0.0 0.0 20.5 18.8 39.3
Other refined petroleum and coal products 3.1 3.8 85.2 8.5 100.7
Alumina 0.0 0.0 0.0 196.6 196.6
Other basic chemicals 0.0 0.0 15.9 291.8 307.7
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.3 64.3
Wood pulp 0.0 0.0 7.8 0.0 7.8
Iron and steel - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0
Other non-ferrous metal - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 129.0 0.0 129.0
Articles of base metal 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Machinery 6.3 0.3 0.0 10.4 17.0
Vehicles and parts and accessories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other chemical products and preparations 0.0 0.0 94.5 84.8 179.3
Plastic and rubber 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.0 0.0 0.0 216.7 216.7
Metallic waste and scrap 0.0 131.9 885.3 9.3 1,026.5
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 37.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.4
Total 2,757.3 2,124.6 8,040.1 16,039.6 28,961.6
Montréal/Contrecoeur  
Wheat 27.7 484.9 254.3 0.1 766.9
Corn 0.0 0.0 126.7 0.1 126.8
Barley 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
Rye, oats and other cereal grains 0.0 0.0 54.1 22.7 76.7
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables 0.0 0.0 568.0 29.0 596.9
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts 0.0 0.0 31.0 76.9 107.8
Colza seeds (canola) 0.0 13.7 65.6 0.0 79.4
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products 5.7 14.0 350.1 28.9 398.7
Feed, cereal straw, eggs and other animal products 0.0 0.0 64.5 16.7 81.2
Meat, fish, seafood, and preparations 0.2 0.0 190.0 20.1 210.3
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products 0.0 0.0 68.6 99.1 167.7
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours 0.0 0.0 19.4 41.5 60.9
Sugar 0.0 0.0 12.5 540.8 553.3
Prepared foodstuffs (not elsewhere classified) 0.0 0.0 68.4 281.4 349.8
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 0.0 0.0 41.1 656.7 697.8
Limestone 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.8
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone 0.0 27.1 63.4 30.2 120.8
Salt 0.0 462.2 1.1 80.5 543.8
Sulphur 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
Other non-metallic minerals 0.0 34.9 174.5 154.7 364.1
Iron ores and concentrates 2.0 1,048.0 0.4 193.9 1,244.3
Copper ores and concentrates 0.0 0.0 11.6 3.6 15.2
Aluminum ores (bauxite) 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.1 1.5
Other metallic ores and concentrates 0.0 16.0 18.2 64.1 98.3
Coal 0.0 0.0 2.7 75.8 78.5
Crude petroleum 0.0 0.8 49.7 64.8 115.4
Fuel oils 643.9 2,390.0 1,029.5 428.8 4,492.3
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 187.2 589.3 23.3 4,475.1 5,274.9
Coal coke and petroleum coke 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.9
Other refined petroleum and coal products 56.1 38.4 59.6 198.8 353.0
Other basic chemicals 0.0 0.0 461.6 456.9 918.5
Potash 0.0 7.8 0.4 0.0 8.3
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 0.0 0.0 9.4 345.6 355.0
Logs and other wood in the rough 0.0 0.0 8.4 0.8 9.3
Wood chips 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lumber 0.0 0.0 227.7 23.0 250.7
Other wood products (plywood, veneer) 0.0 0.0 121.2 117.3 238.5
Wood pulp 0.0 0.0 704.7 5.3 709.9
Newsprint 0.0 0.0 336.4 0.7 337.1
Paper and paperboard, except printed products 0.0 0.0 366.7 153.4 520.2
Iron and steel - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 251.5 241.8 493.2
Other non-ferrous metal - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 130.2 78.8 209.0
Articles of base metal 0.0 1.0 101.7 256.7 359.3
Machinery 0.0 0.2 286.4 353.4 640.0
Vehicles and parts and accessories 8.9 3.3 211.3 204.7 428.2
Other chemical products and preparations 0.1 0.0 153.4 158.9 312.4
Plastic and rubber 0.0 0.0 218.6 257.0 475.7
Cement 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.9 2.4
Other non-metallic mineral products 0.0 25.8 128.5 411.4 565.7
Metallic waste and scrap 21.4 54.8 341.6 29.1 446.9
Non-metallic waste and scrap 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.6
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods 0.0 0.0 1,387.5 1,819.0 3,206.5
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 353.3 36.1 0.8 0.1 390.3
Total 1,306.5 5,248.4 8,801.0 12,500.5 27,856.4
Come-By-Chance  
Sulphur 0.0 0.0 44.7 0.0 44.7
Crude petroleum 2,150.1 10,203.9 8,132.0 3,246.3 23,732.2
Fuel oils 22.7 0.0 1,842.2 512.7 2,377.6
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 18.6 0.0 892.4 220.3 1,131.3
Other refined petroleum and coal products 75.8 5.5 0.0 0.0 81.2
Other basic chemicals 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.5 20.5
Total 2,267.2 10,209.3 10,911.3 3,999.7 27,387.5
Sept-Îles/Pointe-Noire  
Limestone 0.0 252.5 0.0 0.0 252.5
Salt 0.0 11.9 0.0 0.0 11.9
Other non-metallic minerals 0.0 85.1 0.0 125.0 210.1
Iron ores and concentrates 992.0 0.0 21,714.3 0.0 22,706.3
Fuel oils 9.7 235.1 0.0 61.0 305.8
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 0.0 61.4 0.0 11.5 72.9
Coal coke and petroleum coke 0.0 53.2 0.0 318.8 372.0
Other refined petroleum and coal products 0.0 5.4 0.0 93.5 98.9
Alumina 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,144.8 1,144.8
Other basic chemicals 0.0 0.5 0.0 8.1 8.6
Other wood products (plywood, veneer) 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.3
Iron and steel - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1
Other non-ferrous metal - primary or semi-finished 20.7 0.3 497.7 0.0 518.7
Articles of base metal 0.1 12.4 0.0 0.0 12.5
Machinery 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5
Vehicles and parts and accessories 1.5 13.5 0.0 0.0 15.0
Other non-metallic mineral products 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 2.8
Metallic waste and scrap 0.1 26.9 0.0 0.0 27.0
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods 0.1 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.5
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 0.2 20.3 0.0 0.0 20.5
Total 1,024.9 780.3 22,212.0 1,768.5 25,785.8
Port Hawkesbury  
Other non-metallic minerals 77.7 0.0 259.8 86.8 424.3
Coal 0.0 0.0 1,351.8 1,953.1 3,304.9
Crude petroleum 0.0 0.0 9,362.3 9,179.6 18,542.0
Fuel oils 21.3 0.0 233.0 84.6 338.9
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 68.7 0.0 350.3 406.5 825.6
Coal coke and petroleum coke 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.2 34.2
Other refined petroleum and coal products 0.0 0.0 241.0 5.6 246.6
Other chemical products and preparations 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.6 21.6
Total 167.8 0.0 11,798.3 11,772.2 23,738.2
Prince Rupert  
Wheat 0.0 0.0 3,491.8 0.0 3,491.8
Corn 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Barley 0.0 0.0 500.8 0.0 500.8
Rye, oats and other cereal grains 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.8
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.9 1.5
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
Colza seeds (canola) 0.0 0.0 911.0 0.0 911.0
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products 0.0 0.0 66.5 1.1 67.6
Feed, cereal straw, eggs and other animal products 0.0 0.0 185.7 0.4 186.0
Meat, fish, seafood, and preparations 0.0 0.0 0.8 7.6 8.4
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.9
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.1 1.7
Sugar 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.6
Prepared foodstuffs (not elsewhere classified) 0.0 0.0 4.6 13.1 17.7
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
Limestone 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.7 2.9
Salt 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other non-metallic minerals 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3
Copper ores and concentrates 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Other metallic ores and concentrates 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.1 2.7
Coal 0.0 0.0 8,816.4 0.0 8,816.4
Coal coke and petroleum coke 0.0 0.0 803.5 0.0 803.5
Other refined petroleum and coal products 0.0 0.0 0.2 8.7 8.9
Alumina 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.7
Other basic chemicals 0.0 0.0 16.9 15.7 32.6
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Logs and other wood in the rough 0.0 0.0 617.0 0.2 617.2
Lumber 0.0 0.0 594.7 38.3 633.0
Other wood products (plywood, veneer) 0.0 0.0 0.6 4.8 5.4
Wood pulp 0.0 0.0 40.8 0.0 40.8
Newsprint 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Paper and paperboard, except printed products 0.0 0.0 2.1 4.2 6.3
Iron and steel - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.3 2.8
Other non-ferrous metal - primary or semi-finished 0.0 0.0 4.2 5.6 9.8
Articles of base metal 0.0 0.0 1.6 43.8 45.5
Machinery 0.0 0.0 3.0 20.6 23.6
Vehicles and parts and accessories 0.0 0.0 4.3 43.6 47.9
Other chemical products and preparations 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.7 3.3
Plastic and rubber 0.0 0.0 3.7 35.9 39.5
Cement 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
Other non-metallic mineral products 0.0 0.0 28.5 44.8 73.3
Metallic waste and scrap 0.0 0.0 61.3 0.0 61.3
Non-metallic waste and scrap 0.0 0.0 174.6 0.0 174.7
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods 0.0 0.0 3.3 175.3 178.7
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 0.0 0.0 369.4 1,589.6 1,959.0
Total 0.0 0.0 16,716.0 2,064.4 18,780.4
Port-Cartier  
Wheat 52.4 535.4 595.6 122.4 1,305.8
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products 0.0 210.1 184.8 10.7 405.7
Limestone 0.0 163.9 0.0 0.0 163.9
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone 0.0 159.0 0.0 0.0 159.0
Other non-metallic minerals 0.0 162.0 0.0 43.8 205.7
Iron ores and concentrates 2,995.0 7.3 11,759.9 0.0 14,762.2
Fuel oils 0.0 118.9 0.0 0.0 118.9
Coal coke and petroleum coke 0.0 54.0 0.0 190.6 244.6
Other basic chemicals 0.0 0.0 150.9 0.0 150.9
Logs and other wood in the rough 76.6 7.2 0.0 0.0 83.8
Machinery 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4
Vehicles and parts and accessories 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.6
Total 3,124.2 1,418.5 12,691.2 368.9 17,602.7
Newfoundland Offshore  
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 0.0 93.5 0.0 0.0 93.5
Salt 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
Other non-metallic minerals 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Crude petroleum 12,173.6 0.0 1,272.0 0.0 13,445.5
Fuel oils 0.0 5.7 0.0 0.0 5.7
Other refined petroleum and coal products 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.0 3.9
Other basic chemicals 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Cement 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 41.5 58.3 0.0 0.0 99.8
Total 12,215.1 176.3 1,272.0 0.0 13,663.4
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