Table 11-4a: Top 20 Canadian Water Ports by Tonnage (Domestic and International) – 2011
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Hierarchies | Total ('000 metric tonnes) | Domestic ('000 metric tonnes) | International ('000 metric tonnes) | Containerized shipments (as percent of total tonnage) | Number of vessel entrances/clearances |
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Metro Vancouver, British Columbia | 107,575 | 11,059 | 96,516 | 20 | 5,732 |
Saint John, New Brunswick | 31,469 | 3,852 | 27,617 | 1 | 793 |
Québec/Lévis, Quebec | 28,962 | 4,882 | 24,080 | 0 | 1,101 |
Montréal/Contrecoeur, Quebec | 27,856 | 6,555 | 21,302 | 44 | 1,974 |
Come-By-Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador | 27,387 | 12,476 | 14,911 | 0 | 354 |
Sept-Îles/Pointe-Noire, Quebec | 25,786 | 1,805 | 23,981 | 0 | 706 |
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia | 23,738 | 168 | 23,570 | 0 | 303 |
Prince Rupert, British Columbia | 18,780 | 0 | 18,780 | 19 | 636 |
Port-Cartier, Quebec | 17,603 | 4,543 | 13,060 | 0 | 369 |
Offshore, Newfoundland and Labrador | 13,663 | 12,391 | 1,272 | 0 | 711 |
Hamilton, Ontario | 10,016 | 4,939 | 5,077 | 0 | 594 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia | 9,930 | 3,024 | 6,906 | 33 | 1,325 |
Thunder Bay, Ontario | 7,609 | 6,075 | 1,534 | 0 | 390 |
Sorel, Quebec | 6,396 | 3,187 | 3,209 | 0 | 342 |
Nanticoke, Ontario | 6,186 | 1,647 | 4,539 | 0 | 309 |
Baie-Comeau, Quebec | 5,739 | 2,224 | 3,515 | 0 | 261 |
Sault-Ste-Marie, Ontario | 5,468 | 508 | 4,960 | 0 | 471 |
East Coast Vancouver Island, British Columbia | 5,134 | 4,422 | 712 | 0 | 3,328 |
Windsor, Ontario | 4,904 | 2,470 | 2,434 | 0 | 476 |
Port-Alfred, Quebec | 4,806 | 0 | 4,806 | 0 | 127 |
Subtotal - top 20 ports | 389,007 | 86,227 | 302,780 | 9 | 20,302 |
Total of all ports | 466,149 | 124,607 | 341,542 | 9 | 38,929 |
Top 20 ports - percentage of total of all ports | 83 | 69 | 89 | Note ...: not applicable | 52 |
... not applicable Notes: Ports are ranked by total tonnage Sources: Statistics Canada. Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division. Special tabulations. |
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