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Table 9-2
Domestic and international shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation by Canadian region — Minerals

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Minerals
  Canadian region of unloading Foreign unloading Total
Atlantic Region St. Lawrence Region Great Lakes Region Pacific Region Canada
  '000 t
Canadian region of loading  
Atlantic Region  
2005 795.7 2,325.7 659.3 0.0 3,780.6 13,263.1 17,043.8
2006 710.5 2,996.2 565.7 0.0 4,272.4 13,756.9 18,029.2
Percentage change -10.7 28.8 -14.2 ... 13.0 3.7 5.8
St. Lawrence Region  
2005 0.0 3,627.7 3,888.5 0.0 7,516.1 27,974.2 35,490.3
2006 0.0 3,562.1 4,174.5 0.0 7,736.6 31,235.9 38,972.6
Percentage change ... -1.8 7.4 ... 2.9 11.7 9.8
Great Lakes Region  
2005 0.0 1,310.0 5,608.8 0.0 6,918.7 8,362.1 15,280.8
2006 0.0 1,374.9 5,496.8 0.0 6,871.7 8,732.6 15,604.3
Percentage change ... 5.0 -2.0 ... -0.7 4.4 2.1
Pacific Region  
2005 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,834.7 3,834.7 12,369.1 16,203.8
2006 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,745.1 3,745.1 11,933.8 15,678.9
Percentage change ... ... ... -2.3 -2.3 -3.5 -3.2
Canada  
2005 795.7 7,263.3 10,156.5 3,834.7 22,050.2 61,968.4 84,018.7
2006 710.5 7,933.2 10,237.0 3,745.1 22,625.9 65,659.1 88,285.0
Percentage change -10.7 9.2 0.8 -2.3 2.6 6.0 5.1
From foreign loading  
2005 226.5 6,785.7 11,777.7 1,082.1 19,872.1 ... ...
2006 228.3 6,751.9 11,225.3 1,210.5 19,416.0 ... ...
Percentage change 0.8 -0.5 -4.7 11.9 -2.3 ... ...
Total  
2005 1,022.2 14,049.0 21,934.2 4,916.9 41,922.3 ... ...
2006 938.8 14,685.2 21,462.3 4,955.6 42,041.8 ... ...
Percentage change -8.2 4.5 -2.2 0.8 0.3 ... ...