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TABLE A7-14: TWENTY LARGEST BORDER CROSSINGS FOR CARS/OTHER VEHICLES, 2002 – 2006
(Two-Way Traffic Volume in million movements)


  Share in per cent
2006 Rank Port Province 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
1 Windsor – Ambassador Br. ON 7.14 6.35 6.22 5.51 5.58 11.1 10.6 10.4 9.6 9.9
2 Fort Erie – Peace Bridge ON 6.65 5.84 5.51 5.06 4.96 10.3 9.7 9.2 8.8 8.8
3 Detroit – Windsor Tunnel ON 6.86 6.39 5.81 5.41 4.81 10.7 10.6 9.7 9.4 8.5
4 Pacific Highway/ Douglas BC 4.76 4.71 4.86 4.92 4.50 7.4 7.8 8.2 8.6 8.0
5 Sarnia – Blue Water Br. ON 3.88 3.69 3.71 3.54 3.52 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2
6 Niagara Falls – Queenston Br. ON 3.20 3.03 3.12 3.15 3.38 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.5 6.0
7 Niagara Falls – Rainbow Br. ON 4.10 3.32 3.28 3.13 3.00 6.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.3
8 Cornwall ON 2.09 2.08 2.07 2.03 2.02 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6
9 Sault Ste. Marie ON 1.82 1.60 1.56 1.68 1.68 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.9 3.0
10 Lacolle1 QC 1.96 1.88 1.87 1.69 1.54 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7
11 St. Stephen NB 1.33 1.37 1.46 1.53 1.47 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.6
12 Edmundston NB 1.33 1.37 1.42 1.43 1.35 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4
13 Boundary Bay BC 1.35 1.44 1.45 1.38 1.25 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2
14 Lansdowne OB 1.18 1.11 1.13 1.10 1.13 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0
15 Huntingdon BC 1.15 1.12 1.12 1.11 1.13 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0
16 Aldergrove BC 1.09 1.06 1.07 1.01 1.01 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8
17 Rock Island1 QC 1.10 1.04 1.05 0.99 1.00 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8
18 Phillipsburg QC 0.88 0.82 0.82 0.80 0.80 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
19 Milltown NB 0.71 0.73 0.79 0.82 0.80 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4
20 Fort Frances ON 0.77 0.78 0.74 0.73 0.75 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3

Top 20 (other vehicles)
53.36 49.71 49.06 47.01 45.70 83.0 82.6 82.3 81.7 81.1

All other crossings
10.94 10.46 10.52 10.53 10.64 17.0 17.4 17.7 18.3 18.9

Total All border crossings (other veh.)
64.31 60.17 59.57 57.53 56.34 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Note: Two-way traffic volumes were estimated by doubling one-way flows northbound into Canada.

  1. Lacolle includes routes 15, 221 and 223; Rock Island includes routes 55 and 143.

Source: International travel section, Statistics Canada and other unpublished statistics


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