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TABLE A2-5: CANADA-UNITED STATES TRANSBORDER TRADE, 2003 MAIN NORTH-SOUTH TRADE FLOWS
    (Billions of dollars)    
Canada U.S. Region 1 Exports
from Canada
Imports
to Canada
Total trade Share in
per cent
Main modes used
(Per cent of total value)
Ontario Central 91,662 77,097 168,758 31.8 Road (75%), Rail (22%)
Ontario South 27,784 37,948 65,732 12.4 Road (78%), Rail (14%)
Ontario North-East 26,929 22,744 49,673 9.4 Road (87%), Air (6%)
Ontario West 23,859 10,207 34,065 6.4 Road (48%), Rail (37%)
Quebec North-East 20,407 6,949 27,356 5.2 Road (80%), Rail (10%)
Alberta Central 22,514 2,379 24,893 4.7 Pipeline (78%), Rail (11%)
British Columbia West 11,585 7,108 18,692 3.5 Road (65%), Pipeline (13%)
Quebec South 13,968 3,985 17,953 3.4 Road (53%), Air (25%)
Quebec Central 12,196 3,215 15,411 2.9 Road (59%), Rail (21%)
Alberta West 11,544 3,062 14,605 2.8 Pipeline (51%), Road (26%)
Manitoba and Saskatchewan Central 6,675 6,817 13,491 2.5 Road (73%), Rail (18%)
Atlantic provinces North-East 10,857 1,025 11,882 2.2 Marine (45%), Road (37%)
Alberta North-East 9,985 616 10,601 2.0 Pipeline (72%), Road (9%)
Alberta South 6,939 3,183 10,122 1.9 Road (36%), Pipeline (32%)
Subtotal   296,901 186,334 483,235 91.0  
Other   30,784 16,742 47,526 9.0  
Total Canada-U.S. trade   327,685 203,076 530,760 100.0 Road (63%), Rail (17%)
  1. US Central region includes states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas.
    US North-East region includes New England states and states of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
    US South region includes states from Atlantic to Gulf of Mexico.
    US West region includes states of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and the Pacific states.

Preliminary data for 2003.

Source: Transport Canada, adapted from Statistics Canada, International Trade database


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