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  Tonnage Variation Containerized
2009 2010 2009 2010
  '000 t %
Total commodities  
Atlantic Region 37,399.2 38,609.6 3.2 2.5 3.0
St. Lawrence Region 32,779.2 36,546.0 11.5 14.0 14.8
Great Lakes Region 18,193.8 21,371.3 17.5 0.0 0.1
Pacific Region 16,042.0 17,599.0 9.7 51.3 58.3
Canada 104,414.2 114,125.9 9.3 13.2 14.8
Agriculture and food products  
Atlantic Region 306.7 376.0 22.6 86.1 84.5
St. Lawrence Region 2,875.2 3,430.2 19.3 29.4 37.7
Great Lakes Region 590.8 370.0 -37.4 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 1,328.8 1,362.6 2.5 90.3 90.8
Canada 5,101.5 5,538.8 8.6 45.2 51.4
Wheat  
Atlantic Region 0.6 2.0 256.0 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 573.5 935.0 63.0 0.0 0.0
Great Lakes Region 43.8 14.7 -66.4 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 0.3 0.2 -33.3 100.0 100.0
Canada 618.2 951.9 54.0 0.1 0.3
Corn  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 169.8 29.9 -82.4 0.2 0.8
Great Lakes Region 145.5 10.5 -92.8 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 0.0 0.0 ... 100.0 ...
Canada 315.3 40.4 -87.2 0.1 0.6
Barley  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 0.0 0.3 ... ... 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Canada 0.0 0.3 ... ... 100.0
Rye, oats and other cereal grains  
Atlantic Region 3.0 5.6 89.0 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 12.2 20.6 68.9 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 93.9 106.0 12.8 100.0 100.0
Canada 109.1 132.2 21.2 100.0 100.0
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables  
Atlantic Region 6.9 7.5 8.7 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 15.5 25.5 65.1 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 73.2 66.1 -9.6 100.0 100.0
Canada 95.6 99.2 3.8 100.0 100.0
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts  
Atlantic Region 13.6 14.1 4.1 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 39.2 64.7 65.4 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 75.6 71.8 -5.0 100.0 100.0
Canada 128.3 150.7 17.4 100.0 100.0
Colza seeds (canola)  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 25.3 0.1 -99.6 0.2 100.0
Great Lakes Region 13.4 26.6 98.7 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 2.2 0.2 -92.0 100.0 100.0
Canada 40.9 26.9 -34.2 5.5 1.0
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products  
Atlantic Region 3.6 2.3 -36.8 74.2 91.5
St. Lawrence Region 690.5 619.3 -10.3 1.7 4.4
Great Lakes Region 122.5 38.7 -68.4 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 41.4 36.6 -11.7 100.0 100.0
Canada 858.0 696.8 -18.8 6.5 9.4
Feed, cereal straw, eggs and other animal products  
Atlantic Region 8.8 12.8 45.3 78.2 58.4
St. Lawrence Region 8.5 19.4 128.2 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 38.6 41.9 8.4 100.0 100.0
Canada 55.9 74.1 32.5 96.6 92.8
Meat, fish, seafood, and preparations  
Atlantic Region 60.1 79.5 32.2 84.7 67.5
St. Lawrence Region 15.4 23.3 52.0 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 302.3 320.9 6.2 98.4 98.8
Canada 377.8 423.8 12.2 96.3 93.0
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products  
Atlantic Region 3.7 5.9 59.0 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 58.3 108.3 85.7 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 55.9 55.9 0.1 100.0 100.0
Canada 117.8 170.0 44.3 100.0 100.0
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours  
Atlantic Region 38.0 40.4 6.1 47.1 55.0
St. Lawrence Region 26.3 42.5 61.6 100.0 95.2
Great Lakes Region 10.4 0.0 -100.0 0.0 ...
Pacific Region 21.0 26.9 28.2 76.2 85.9
Canada 95.7 109.8 14.7 62.9 78.1
Sugar  
Atlantic Region 13.4 10.7 -20.0 21.5 17.7
St. Lawrence Region 560.9 597.2 6.5 3.6 6.2
Great Lakes Region 249.2 273.6 9.8 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 126.4 123.7 -2.2 5.8 4.6
Canada 949.9 1,005.1 5.8 3.2 4.5
Prepared foodstuffs (not elsewhere classified)  
Atlantic Region 83.1 102.8 23.8 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 210.8 279.5 32.6 87.5 93.1
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 282.1 291.4 3.3 100.0 100.0
Canada 576.0 673.8 17.0 95.4 97.1
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages  
Atlantic Region 72.0 92.4 28.5 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 469.1 664.5 41.6 96.4 100.0
Great Lakes Region 6.1 5.9 -2.0 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 215.9 221.1 2.4 100.0 100.0
Canada 763.1 983.9 28.9 97.0 99.4
Minerals  
Atlantic Region 195.1 234.1 20.0 8.0 6.6
St. Lawrence Region 5,102.6 6,988.1 37.0 1.2 2.4
Great Lakes Region 7,982.3 9,894.2 24.0 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 1,330.4 1,224.5 -8.0 5.9 8.7
Canada 14,610.3 18,340.8 25.5 1.1 1.6
Limestone  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 18.9 0.5 -97.5 6.5 100.0
Great Lakes Region 2,058.5 2,695.0 30.9 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 0.2 0.2 0.0 100.0 100.0
Canada 2,077.5 2,695.6 29.8 0.1 0.0
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone  
Atlantic Region 11.4 11.7 2.5 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 29.8 47.7 60.3 78.5 86.9
Great Lakes Region 500.8 247.3 -50.6 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 102.4 125.6 22.7 53.1 55.6
Canada 644.4 432.3 -32.9 13.8 28.5
Salt  
Atlantic Region 0.5 5.4 922.5 100.0 13.3
St. Lawrence Region 188.7 57.3 -69.6 1.0 4.7
Great Lakes Region 1,092.1 355.9 -67.4 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 561.3 363.7 -35.2 0.1 0.2
Canada 1,842.6 782.4 -57.5 0.2 0.5
Sulphur  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... 100.0
Canada 0.0 0.1 ... ... 100.0
Other non-metallic minerals  
Atlantic Region 101.3 180.9 78.6 2.9 1.6
St. Lawrence Region 439.5 550.2 25.2 1.9 5.0
Great Lakes Region 36.7 47.6 29.7 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 177.1 256.6 44.9 4.3 3.5
Canada 754.6 1,035.3 37.2 2.5 3.8
Iron ores and concentrates  
Atlantic Region 0.6 0.3 -55.6 100.0 65.7
St. Lawrence Region 1,066.7 2,254.9 111.4 0.0 0.0
Great Lakes Region 4,263.0 6,546.5 53.6 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 0.6 0.0 -100.0 100.0 100.0
Canada 5,330.9 8,801.6 65.1 0.0 0.0
Copper ores and concentrates  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 87.7 65.6 -25.2 5.4 5.3
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 2.6 2.3 -9.1 100.0 100.0
Canada 90.3 68.0 -24.7 8.1 8.6
Aluminum ores (bauxite)  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 2,929.2 3,526.2 20.4 0.0 0.0
Great Lakes Region 29.3 0.0 -100.0 0.0 ...
Pacific Region 0.1 0.1 65.4 100.0 100.0
Canada 2,958.6 3,526.3 19.2 0.0 0.0
Other metallic ores and concentrates  
Atlantic Region 81.2 35.8 -55.9 0.0 0.0
St. Lawrence Region 342.2 485.7 41.9 5.6 18.0
Great Lakes Region 1.9 2.0 6.7 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 486.2 475.9 -2.1 2.5 5.0
Canada 911.5 999.3 9.6 3.5 11.1
Coal  
Atlantic Region 3,996.8 3,625.3 -9.3 0.0 0.0
St. Lawrence Region 514.2 607.4 18.1 0.2 0.2
Great Lakes Region 8,055.5 8,951.8 11.1 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 50.0 3.3 -93.5 0.0 0.2
Canada 12,616.6 13,187.7 4.5 0.0 0.0
Coal  
Atlantic Region 3,996.8 3,625.3 -9.3 0.0 0.0
St. Lawrence Region 514.2 607.4 18.1 0.2 0.2
Great Lakes Region 8,055.5 8,951.8 11.1 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 50.0 3.3 -93.5 0.0 0.2
Canada 12,616.6 13,187.7 4.5 0.0 0.0
Fuels and basic chemicals  
Atlantic Region 32,036.9 33,306.3 4.0 0.1 0.1
St. Lawrence Region 20,099.2 20,897.7 4.0 0.6 1.1
Great Lakes Region 1,113.4 1,365.7 22.7 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 5,201.9 4,880.0 -6.2 4.5 6.2
Canada 58,451.4 60,449.8 3.4 0.6 0.9
Crude petroleum  
Atlantic Region 26,801.2 27,735.6 3.5 0.0 0.0
St. Lawrence Region 9,127.7 8,833.4 -3.2 0.0 0.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 8.0 ... ... 0.0
Pacific Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... 100.0
Canada 35,928.9 36,576.9 1.8 0.0 0.0
Fuel oils  
Atlantic Region 1,982.1 1,581.6 -20.2 0.0 0.0
St. Lawrence Region 531.5 383.7 -27.8 0.0 0.0
Great Lakes Region 50.2 12.0 -76.2 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 1,297.9 875.7 -32.5 0.0 0.0
Canada 3,861.7 2,853.0 -26.1 0.0 0.0
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel  
Atlantic Region 991.2 896.1 -9.6 0.0 0.0
St. Lawrence Region 3,713.8 4,197.3 13.0 0.0 0.0
Great Lakes Region 177.5 114.3 -35.6 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 1,848.3 1,892.7 2.4 0.0 0.0
Canada 6,730.8 7,100.5 5.5 0.0 0.0
Coal coke and petroleum coke  
Atlantic Region 884.2 760.8 -14.0 0.0 0.0
St. Lawrence Region 998.8 1,392.8 39.4 0.0 0.1
Great Lakes Region 212.6 303.9 43.0 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 466.9 576.7 23.5 0.1 0.1
Canada 2,562.5 3,034.2 18.4 0.0 0.0
Other refined petroleum and coal products  
Atlantic Region 1,078.5 1,995.0 85.0 0.1 0.1
St. Lawrence Region 459.2 459.8 0.1 0.7 1.4
Great Lakes Region 427.5 475.1 11.1 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 75.8 72.3 -4.6 7.8 9.4
Canada 2,041.0 3,002.2 47.1 0.5 0.5
Alumina  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 4,085.0 4,012.5 -1.8 0.0 0.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 443.7 361.0 -18.6 0.4 0.7
Canada 4,528.7 4,373.5 -3.4 0.0 0.1
Other basic chemicals  
Atlantic Region 235.1 250.0 6.3 5.6 5.5
St. Lawrence Region 887.0 1,088.1 22.7 12.9 19.8
Great Lakes Region 134.4 177.4 32.0 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 1,060.2 1,093.7 3.2 20.6 25.9
Canada 2,316.8 2,609.2 12.6 14.9 19.6
Potash  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 0.1 0.2 76.0 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... 100.0
Canada 0.1 0.2 91.5 100.0 100.0
Fertilizers (excluding potash)  
Atlantic Region 64.5 87.2 35.2 6.4 1.8
St. Lawrence Region 296.0 529.9 79.0 1.3 1.3
Great Lakes Region 111.2 275.1 147.5 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 9.1 7.8 -14.5 100.0 100.0
Canada 480.8 900.0 87.2 3.6 1.8
Forest and wood products  
Atlantic Region 32.2 30.6 -4.8 92.4 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 91.7 165.6 80.6 99.8 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.1 0.0 -100.0 100.0 ...
Pacific Region 604.9 703.8 16.3 51.3 60.3
Canada 728.9 900.0 23.5 59.2 68.9
Logs and other wood in the rough  
Atlantic Region 3.9 0.9 -76.3 38.6 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 1.2 0.8 -38.5 83.7 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 69.1 39.9 -42.3 4.1 7.5
Canada 74.3 41.6 -44.0 7.3 11.3
Wood chips  
Atlantic Region 0.4 0.8 83.9 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 223.3 242.6 8.6 0.0 0.0
Canada 223.7 243.4 8.8 0.2 0.3
Lumber  
Atlantic Region 4.5 6.3 40.6 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 15.3 30.9 101.2 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 188.3 257.4 36.7 97.4 100.0
Canada 208.2 294.7 41.5 97.6 100.0
Other wood products (plywood, veneer)  
Atlantic Region 23.3 22.5 -3.3 99.8 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 75.1 134.0 78.3 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.1 0.0 -100.0 100.0 ...
Pacific Region 124.2 163.9 31.9 99.9 100.0
Canada 222.7 320.4 43.8 99.9 100.0
Pulp and paper products  
Atlantic Region 29.7 21.3 -28.3 65.4 99.1
St. Lawrence Region 89.8 160.0 78.1 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 139.8 135.7 -2.9 100.0 98.7
Canada 259.3 317.0 22.2 96.0 99.4
Wood pulp  
Atlantic Region 0.7 0.0 -100.0 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 2.7 1.2 -57.0 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 0.1 0.1 65.4 100.0 100.0
Canada 3.5 1.4 -61.2 100.0 100.0
Newsprint  
Atlantic Region 12.4 0.8 -93.7 22.7 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 0.2 0.5 131.3 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Canada 12.6 1.3 -89.9 24.0 100.0
Paper and paperboard, except printed products  
Atlantic Region 16.7 20.5 22.8 95.8 99.0
St. Lawrence Region 86.9 158.3 82.3 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 139.7 135.5 -3.0 100.0 98.7
Canada 243.3 314.4 29.2 99.7 99.4
Primary and fabricated metal products  
Atlantic Region 122.8 201.4 64.0 68.2 68.2
St. Lawrence Region 436.0 801.3 83.8 41.8 57.2
Great Lakes Region 232.1 535.7 130.8 0.0 0.2
Pacific Region 1,660.2 2,131.8 28.4 63.1 66.9
Canada 2,451.2 3,670.1 49.7 53.6 55.1
Iron and steel, primary or semi-finished  
Atlantic Region 55.4 82.8 49.3 68.3 63.0
St. Lawrence Region 191.7 459.6 139.8 35.9 42.8
Great Lakes Region 209.6 504.0 140.5 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 310.7 407.7 31.2 30.2 36.0
Canada 767.4 1,454.1 89.5 26.1 27.2
Other non-ferrous metal, primary or semi-finished  
Atlantic Region 13.2 28.3 115.0 98.1 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 104.3 112.8 8.1 31.9 56.6
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 54.8 81.7 49.1 78.4 84.9
Canada 172.3 222.8 29.3 51.8 72.5
Articles of base metal  
Atlantic Region 54.2 90.3 66.6 61.0 62.9
St. Lawrence Region 140.0 228.9 63.5 57.1 86.4
Great Lakes Region 22.6 31.7 40.3 0.3 2.6
Pacific Region 1,294.7 1,642.4 26.9 70.4 73.7
Canada 1,511.5 1,993.2 31.9 67.8 73.6
Machinery and transportation equipment  
Atlantic Region 224.5 264.0 17.6 36.9 36.8
St. Lawrence Region 248.0 514.7 107.6 93.0 91.1
Great Lakes Region 13.3 27.6 108.3 52.8 87.9
Pacific Region 1,243.5 1,486.1 19.5 63.7 69.8
Canada 1,729.2 2,292.5 32.6 64.3 71.0
Machinery  
Atlantic Region 57.5 67.2 16.7 56.7 58.7
St. Lawrence Region 173.1 355.6 105.5 92.3 89.5
Great Lakes Region 12.8 27.6 115.6 54.7 88.0
Pacific Region 434.2 569.9 31.2 94.7 96.8
Canada 677.6 1,020.3 50.6 90.1 91.5
Vehicles and parts and accessories  
Atlantic Region 166.9 196.9 17.9 30.1 29.3
St. Lawrence Region 74.9 159.1 112.5 94.4 94.6
Great Lakes Region 0.5 0.0 -100.0 0.0 12.1
Pacific Region 809.3 916.2 13.2 47.1 52.9
Canada 1,051.6 1,272.2 21.0 47.8 54.5
Manufactured and miscellaneous goods  
Atlantic Region 454.7 550.6 21.1 96.0 98.0
St. Lawrence Region 3,322.5 2,981.0 -10.3 89.0 82.6
Great Lakes Region 206.4 226.2 9.6 0.1 1.5
Pacific Region 4,482.4 5,671.2 26.5 98.6 98.8
Canada 8,465.9 9,429.1 11.4 92.3 91.3
Other chemical products and preparations  
Atlantic Region 30.1 54.1 79.9 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 119.7 156.8 30.9 72.4 97.5
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 83.0 132.0 59.2 95.9 84.5
Canada 232.8 342.9 47.3 84.4 92.9
Plastic and rubber  
Atlantic Region 68.7 89.2 29.9 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 138.3 242.6 75.4 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 9.0 0.0 -100.0 0.0 ...
Pacific Region 525.6 696.2 32.4 98.3 98.4
Canada 741.7 1,028.0 38.6 97.6 98.9
Cement  
Atlantic Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
St. Lawrence Region 143.0 249.8 74.7 0.3 0.3
Great Lakes Region 90.3 105.7 17.1 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 1.5 7.2 369.5 100.0 100.0
Canada 234.8 362.7 54.5 0.8 2.2
Other non-metallic mineral products  
Atlantic Region 40.3 50.1 24.4 100.0 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 296.7 518.6 74.8 96.6 98.1
Great Lakes Region 16.4 0.0 -100.0 0.0 ...
Pacific Region 505.2 715.1 41.6 100.0 99.4
Canada 858.6 1,283.9 49.5 96.9 98.9
Metallic waste and scrap  
Atlantic Region 0.6 6.5 1,047.4 100.0 16.2
St. Lawrence Region 21.3 112.0 425.3 39.0 20.7
Great Lakes Region 83.5 110.2 32.0 0.0 0.0
Pacific Region 34.9 33.8 -3.1 5.3 3.7
Canada 140.2 262.5 87.2 7.7 9.7
Non-metallic waste and scrap  
Atlantic Region 14.3 1.8 -87.6 3.9 99.9
St. Lawrence Region 0.0 0.1 ... 100.0 100.0
Great Lakes Region 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pacific Region 16.9 1.1 -93.4 8.6 100.0
Canada 31.1 2.9 -90.6 6.5 100.0
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods  
Atlantic Region 291.5 345.2 18.4 99.6 98.4
St. Lawrence Region 2,563.5 1,701.0 -33.6 93.6 90.2
Great Lakes Region 6.0 10.2 68.3 2.0 32.4
Pacific Region 2,176.5 2,713.3 24.7 99.8 99.9
Canada 5,037.5 4,769.7 -5.3 96.5 96.2
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo  
Atlantic Region 9.2 3.7 -59.7 64.4 100.0
St. Lawrence Region 39.9 0.1 -99.7 96.0 70.2
Great Lakes Region 1.1 0.2 -85.9 1.3 18.4
Pacific Region 1,138.9 1,372.5 20.5 100.0 100.0
Canada 1,189.2 1,376.4 15.7 99.5 100.0
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