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Table 7-1
International shipping – Major commodities
by Canadian region and tonnage — Loaded
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| Canadian region | Total tonnage | Variation | Containerized | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2006 | ||
| '000 t | % | ||||
| Atlantic Region | |||||
| Crude petroleum | 22,587.6 | 20,889.1 | -7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Port Hawkesbury | 10,330.7 | 10,898.1 | 5.5 | ||
| Other non-metallic minerals | 8,081.2 | 7,764.3 | -3.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| Halifax | 3,237.7 | 3,124.5 | -3.5 | ||
| Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 7,979.9 | 7,035.5 | -11.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Saint John | 5,475.2 | 4,546.5 | -17.0 | ||
| Fuel oils | 6,053.3 | 6,649.4 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Saint John | 3,646.5 | 3,760.9 | 3.1 | ||
| Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone | 4,552.7 | 5,429.5 | 19.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Port Hawkesbury | 3,045.2 | 3,846.3 | 26.3 | ||
| Newsprint | 1,223.1 | 1,056.7 | -13.6 | 24.7 | 29.3 |
| Corner Brook | 348.8 | 355.2 | 1.8 | ||
| Other Commodities | 5,658.0 | 6,028.9 | 6.6 | 40.1 | 37.9 |
| Total | 56,135.8 | 54,853.4 | -2.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
| St. Lawrence Region | |||||
| Iron ores and concentrates | 27,251.5 | 30,376.4 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sept-Îles/Pointe-Noire | 17,175.4 | 18,259.0 | 6.3 | ||
| Wheat | 4,663.3 | 5,582.4 | 19.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Québec/Lévis | 1,334.6 | 1,743.9 | 30.7 | ||
| Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods | 2,128.3 | 1,677.3 | -21.2 | 97.6 | 97.5 |
| Montréal/Contrecoeur | 2,075.7 | 1,637.2 | -21.1 | ||
| Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products | 1,162.1 | 1,450.9 | 24.8 | 6.3 | 7.7 |
| Baie-Comeau | 285.3 | 466.4 | 63.5 | ||
| Metallic waste and scrap | 1,086.1 | 1,302.1 | 19.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Sorel | 798.4 | 747.1 | -6.4 | ||
| Fuel oils | 1,155.1 | 1,134.2 | -1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Québec/Lévis | 972.7 | 789.4 | -18.8 | ||
| Other Commodities | 6,527.1 | 7,480.7 | 14.6 | 42.5 | 44.5 |
| Total | 43,973.5 | 49,004.0 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| Great Lakes Region | |||||
| Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone | 3,729.6 | 3,934.6 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Meldrum Bay | 1,960.0 | 2,081.0 | 6.2 | ||
| Salt | 3,745.1 | 3,736.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Goderich | 2,989.0 | 2,715.5 | -9.1 | ||
| Cement | 2,623.9 | 2,489.3 | -5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Bowmanville | 1,160.6 | 1,147.5 | -1.1 | ||
| Metallic waste and scrap | 1,081.9 | 1,128.2 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nanticoke | 445.0 | 539.2 | 21.2 | ||
| Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products | 621.3 | 646.1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Thunder Bay | 382.6 | 501.6 | 31.1 | ||
| Limestone | 596.1 | 638.9 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Meldrum Bay | 596.1 | 597.0 | 0.2 | ||
| Other Commodities | 3,913.7 | 3,513.6 | -10.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 16,311.6 | 16,086.7 | -1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pacific Region | |||||
| Coal | 25,920.9 | 26,378.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vancouver | 25,105.6 | 23,896.5 | -4.8 | ||
| Wheat | 7,729.3 | 9,876.9 | 27.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Vancouver | 4,996.4 | 5,614.6 | 12.4 | ||
| Sulphur | 6,184.0 | 5,992.3 | -3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vancouver | 6,184.0 | 5,992.3 | -3.1 | ||
| Wood pulp | 5,998.8 | 5,631.5 | -6.1 | 35.4 | 42.3 |
| Vancouver | 3,772.3 | 3,939.4 | 4.4 | ||
| Potash | 5,791.9 | 4,661.8 | -19.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vancouver | 5,791.6 | 4,661.8 | -19.5 | ||
| Colza seeds (canola) | 2,979.1 | 4,415.9 | 48.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Vancouver | 2,911.2 | 4,281.3 | 47.1 | ||
| Other Commodities | 30,728.8 | 29,106.9 | -5.3 | 22.8 | 24.5 |
| Total | 85,332.9 | 86,063.7 | 0.9 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| Canada | |||||
| Iron ores and concentrates | 27,482.2 | 30,481.5 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sept-Îles/Pointe-Noire | 17,175.4 | 18,259.0 | 6.3 | ||
| Coal | 26,519.1 | 26,887.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vancouver | 25,105.6 | 23,896.5 | -4.8 | ||
| Crude petroleum | 23,734.6 | 22,221.7 | -6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Port Hawkesbury | 10,330.7 | 10,898.1 | 5.5 | ||
| Wheat | 13,269.1 | 16,243.8 | 22.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Vancouver | 4,996.4 | 5,614.6 | 12.4 | ||
| Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone | 10,894.3 | 12,120.0 | 11.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Port Hawkesbury | 3,045.2 | 3,846.3 | 26.3 | ||
| Fuel oils | 8,045.3 | 8,640.3 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Saint John | 3,646.5 | 3,760.9 | 3.1 | ||
| Other Commodities | 91,809.2 | 89,413.2 | -2.6 | 18.3 | 19.3 |
| Total | 201,753.8 | 206,007.7 | 2.1 | 8.4 | 8.5 |
