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TABLE A6 – 9: ANNUAL RAILWAY CARLOADINGS BY COMMODITY, 1997 – 2006
Total Tonnes Loaded by Commodity
(Thousands)
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Grain |
35,757.1 |
28,152.6 |
26,521.6 |
30,844.5 |
30,429.5 |
21,844.3 |
22,692.3 |
27,552.7 |
27,205.3 |
31,779.9 |
Other agricultural and food products |
4,139.9 |
4,862.9 |
6,319.5 |
7,614.4 |
6,990.2 |
5,831.3 |
6,467.7 |
7,362.8 |
8,096.8 |
8,565.9 |
Coal |
42,105.5 |
39,166.2 |
42,411.4 |
40,437.4 |
41,518.0 |
37,003.1 |
31,773.1 |
33,137.4 |
35,071.5 |
32,847.1 |
Fertilizer materials |
27,846.1 |
26,922.0 |
25,992.8 |
27,129.5 |
24,472.2 |
26,121.4 |
27,614.2 |
30,713.8 |
30,040.9 |
26,578.7 |
Iron ore and concentrates (including pellets) |
39,253.6 |
38,802.7 |
32,252.4 |
38,589.3 |
28,976.6 |
30,090.6 |
32,916.1 |
27,849.4 |
32,285.9 |
33,931.1 |
Ores and mine products |
21,682.30 |
21,455.7 |
23,001.5 |
24,754.7 |
25,085.1 |
25,516.9 |
23,129.0 |
25,353.8 |
25,951.3 |
24,866.4 |
Processed forest products |
17,355.4 |
19,653.2 |
22,379.3 |
23,227.6 |
23,465.5 |
25,198.2 |
24,840.2 |
28,984.7 |
32,552.9 |
32,204.1 |
Non-processed forest products |
24,270.8 |
16,653.7 |
16,615.7 |
16,625.8 |
16,448.8 |
19,334.1 |
17,219.9 |
18,159.3 |
18,163.4 |
15,957.1 |
Total forest |
41,626.2 |
36,306.9 |
38,994.9 |
39,853.3 |
39,914.3 |
44,532.4 |
42,060.0 |
47,143.9 |
50,716.3 |
48,161.2 |
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals |
8,611.4 |
8,948.8 |
9,132.6 |
9,253.3 |
9,674.6 |
10,720.3 |
10,630.1 |
12,714.8 |
12,764.6 |
13,546.5 |
Autos and parts |
4,117.2 |
3,573.7 |
4,913.7 |
5,082.6 |
4,869.7 |
5,199.2 |
5,165.8 |
5,157.0 |
4,866.7 |
4,578.9 |
Refined petroleum products |
5,202.8 |
10,529.0 |
10,936.5 |
11,339.6 |
12,003.4 |
13,641.8 |
14,371.1 |
14,354.0 |
14,503.2 |
14,425.9 |
Chemicals |
13,582.7 |
15,112.5 |
13,491.9 |
14,517.5 |
14,269.6 |
15,051.9 |
14,318.8 |
15,927.8 |
15,349.5 |
15,601.9 |
Miscellaneous |
4,983.1 |
5,169.5 |
1,804.8 |
1,801.6 |
1,781.8 |
1,468.4 |
1,261.6 |
1,246.7 |
1,183.1 |
1,071.9 |
Carload traffic loaded |
248,908.0 |
239,002.6 |
235,773.6 |
251,217.9 |
239,985.0 |
237,021.5 |
232,400.0 |
248,514.1 |
258,035.2 |
255,955.2 |
Intermodal |
17,703.7 |
17,607.3 |
23,601.5 |
21,917.9 |
22,610.1 |
24,798.4 |
26,241.4 |
27,113.9 |
27,771.9 |
28,337.7 |
Total |
266,611.7 |
256,609.9 |
259,375.0 |
273,135.8 |
262,595.1 |
261,819.9 |
258,641.4 |
275,628.0 |
285,807.0 |
284,293.0 |
Western Tonnes Loaded by Commodity |
(Thousands) |
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Grain |
34,870.3 |
27,390.0 |
25,493.7 |
29,989.2 |
29,821.5 |
21,362.5 |
21,998.3 |
26,640.6 |
26,307.5 |
30,929.0 |
Other agricultural and food products |
3,134.1 |
3,960.7 |
5,172.6 |
6,473.4 |
5,895.1 |
4,344.2 |
4,903.5 |
5,756.9 |
6,377.9 |
6,960.7 |
Coal |
39,195.4 |
36,964.6 |
38,925.4 |
36,702.7 |
36,915.4 |
33,155.5 |
28,483.6 |
30,126.6 |
31,920.4 |
29,813.0 |
Fertilizer materials |
25,841.0 |
25,274.1 |
24,600.1 |
25,233.2 |
22,381.5 |
23,887.4 |
25,155.8 |
28,030.5 |
27,579.8 |
24,946.0 |
Iron ore and concentrates (including pellets) |
1.0 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
10.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Ores and mine products |
4,499.3 |
4,623.9 |
4,942.0 |
5,720.2 |
5,350.2 |
5,567.4 |
5,452.2 |
5,308.7 |
5,631.4 |
5,283.2 |
Processed forest products |
9,721.8 |
11,175.9 |
11,205.0 |
11,592.6 |
12,082.8 |
13,365.9 |
13,407.2 |
14,382.0 |
18,148.1 |
18,254.1 |
Non-processed forest products |
15,361.6 |
12,490.4 |
11,514.2 |
11,207.7 |
11,117.6 |
12,657.8 |
11,413.6 |
11,477.5 |
11,849.4 |
10,324.0 |
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals |
1,959.8 |
2,111.6 |
2,164.7 |
2,241.0 |
2,135.2 |
2,335.3 |
2,178.8 |
2,416.7 |
2,459.2 |
3,021.2 |
Autos and parts |
381.2 |
400.8 |
371.8 |
397.8 |
513.8 |
554.6 |
468.7 |
440.0 |
432.1 |
496.6 |
Refined petroleum products |
2,386.8 |
3,745.8 |
4,520.3 |
4,725.4 |
4,657.4 |
5,499.0 |
5,675.9 |
6,092.8 |
6,156.3 |
6,680.7 |
Chemicals |
6,556.4 |
6,767.2 |
6,563.5 |
6,963.7 |
7,072.1 |
7,495.3 |
7,176.7 |
7,653.1 |
7,615.7 |
7,752.3 |
Miscellaneous |
2,188.2 |
2,633.2 |
548.8 |
646.4 |
738.4 |
541.4 |
380.4 |
363.9 |
335.6 |
274.2 |
Carload traffic loaded |
146,096.8 |
137,540.4 |
136,022.1 |
141,893.3 |
138,690.8 |
130,766.4 |
126,694.7 |
138,689.4 |
144,813.2 |
144,735.0 |
Intermodal |
5,875.2 |
6,248.3 |
8,901.1 |
8,138.8 |
8,568.1 |
9,866.1 |
10,395.8 |
11,103.4 |
11,762.5 |
12,199.5 |
Total |
151,972.0 |
143,788.7 |
144,923.2 |
150,032.1 |
147,258.9 |
140,632.5 |
137,090.6 |
149,792.7 |
156,575.7 |
156,934.5 |
Eastern Tonnes Loaded by Commodity
|
(Thousands)
|
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Grain |
886.8 |
762.7 |
1,027.9 |
855.3 |
608.0 |
481.8 |
694.0 |
912.1 |
897.8 |
850.9 |
Other agricultural and food products |
1,005.8 |
902.2 |
1,146.9 |
1,141.0 |
1,095.1 |
1,487.1 |
1,564.2 |
1,605.8 |
1,719.0 |
1,605.2 |
Coal |
2,910.2 |
2,201.6 |
3,486.0 |
3,734.8 |
4,602.6 |
3,847.6 |
3,289.5 |
3,010.8 |
3,151.1 |
3,034.0 |
Fertilizer materials |
2,005.1 |
1,647.9 |
1,392.7 |
1,896.3 |
2,090.7 |
2,234.0 |
2,458.4 |
2,683.4 |
2,461.1 |
1,632.7 |
Iron ore and concentrates (including pellets) |
39,252.6 |
38,800.5 |
32,252.2 |
38,589.3 |
28,966.7 |
30,090.5 |
32,916.1 |
27,849.3 |
32,285.9 |
33,931.1 |
Ores and mine products |
17,183.0 |
16,831.8 |
18,059.6 |
19,034.5 |
19,734.9 |
19,949.5 |
17,676.8 |
20,045.1 |
20,320.0 |
19,583.2 |
Processed forest products |
7,633.6 |
8,477.3 |
11,174.3 |
11,634.9 |
11,382.7 |
11,832.3 |
11,433.0 |
14,602.6 |
14,404.8 |
13,950.0 |
Non-processed forest products |
8,909.3 |
4,163.3 |
5,101.5 |
5,418.0 |
5,331.2 |
6,676.4 |
5,806.3 |
6,681.8 |
6,314.0 |
5,633.1 |
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals |
6,651.7 |
6,837.2 |
6,968.0 |
7,012.3 |
7,539.4 |
8,385.0 |
8,451.3 |
10,298.1 |
10,305.4 |
10,525.2 |
Autos and parts |
3,736.0 |
3,172.9 |
4,541.9 |
4,684.8 |
4,355.9 |
4,644.7 |
4,697.1 |
4,716.9 |
4,434.7 |
4,082.3 |
Refined petroleum products |
2,816.0 |
6,783.2 |
6,416.3 |
6,614.1 |
7,346.0 |
8,142.8 |
8,695.2 |
8,261.2 |
8,347.0 |
7,745.2 |
Chemicals |
7,026.3 |
8,345.3 |
6,928.4 |
7,553.9 |
7,197.5 |
7,556.5 |
7,142.1 |
8,274.7 |
7,733.8 |
7,849.5 |
Miscellaneous |
2,794.9 |
2,536.4 |
1,256.0 |
1,155.3 |
1,043.5 |
927.0 |
881.2 |
882.8 |
847.6 |
797.7 |
Carload traffic loaded |
102,811.2 |
101,462.3 |
99,751.5 |
109,324.5 |
101,294.2 |
106,255.1 |
105,705.2 |
109,824.8 |
113,222.0 |
111,220.3 |
Intermodal |
11,828.6 |
11,358.9 |
14,700.3 |
13,779.1 |
14,042.0 |
14,932.3 |
15,845.6 |
16,010.5 |
16,009.3 |
16,138.2 |
Total |
114,639.8 |
112,821.2 |
114,451.8 |
123,103.7 |
115,336.3 |
121,187.4 |
121,550.9 |
125,835.3 |
129,231.4 |
127,358.5 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Cat. 52-001; Transport Canada
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