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Table 9-1
Domestic and international shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation by Canadian region — Agriculture and food products

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Agriculture and food products
  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 162.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 163.0 1,513.1 1,676.1
2006 205.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 205.2 1,465.3 1,670.4
Percentage change 26.1 -63.6 ... ... 25.9 -3.2 -0.3
St. Lawrence Region  
2005 37.9 33.9 250.6 0.0 322.3 7,176.6 7,498.9
2006 26.6 9.8 279.5 0.0 315.8 8,544.8 8,860.6
Percentage change -29.8 -71.2 11.5 ... -2.0 19.1 18.2
Great Lakes Region  
2005 155.9 3,647.3 837.4 0.0 4,640.6 2,143.9 6,784.5
2006 170.3 5,147.6 790.2 0.0 6,108.1 1,978.1 8,086.3
Percentage change 9.3 41.1 -5.6 ... 31.6 -7.7 19.2
Pacific Region  
2005 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17,691.4 17,691.4
2006 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.3 9.3 21,009.1 21,018.4
Percentage change ... ... ... ... ... 18.8 18.8
Canada  
2005 356.4 3,681.6 1,088.0 0.0 5,125.9 28,524.9 33,650.8
2006 401.9 5,157.5 1,069.7 9.3 6,638.4 32,997.3 39,635.8
Percentage change 12.8 40.1 -1.7 ... 29.5 15.7 17.8
From foreign loading  
2005 647.9 3,014.9 592.6 1,153.9 5,409.4 ... ...
2006 595.9 2,417.0 521.7 1,175.1 4,709.6 ... ...
Percentage change -8.0 -19.8 -12.0 1.8 -12.9 ... ...
Total  
2005 1,004.2 6,696.5 1,680.6 1,153.9 10,535.3 ... ...
2006 997.8 7,574.5 1,591.3 1,184.4 11,348.0 ... ...
Percentage change -0.6 13.1 -5.3 2.6 7.7 ... ...