Table RA8: Volume of Rail Traffic, by Commodity, 2015–2024

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Table RA8: Volume of Rail Traffic, by Commodity, 2015–2024

Table RA8: Volume of Rail Traffic, by Commodity, 2015–2024
  (Thousands of tonnes)
 
Exports (Origin: Canada) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022R 2023R 2024P
Petroleum Products (excl. crude oil) 6,157 6,482 7,797 8,883 10,068 8,138 9,679 13,324 12,516 12,571
Forest Products 15,396 16,201 15,479 15,958 14,783 14,038 14,521 14,452 12,906 12,467
Potash 8,282 7,943 10,158 11,165 9,449 10,082 10,668 9,165 10,215 11,911
Chemicals 11,165 11,391 11,036 11,853 11,625 11,408 11,798 9,887 10,224 9,974
Agricultural and Food Products 6,025 5,915 6,146 6,109 6,154 6,053 6,330 6,271 7,579 7,628
Intermodal 6,918 6,596 7,433 8,185 8,345 8,359 6,981 7,014 5,415 5,070
Metals 3,887 3,568 3,550 3,832 3,494 3,342 4,051 3,954 4,316 3,983
Grains 2,519 1,943 2,638 3,082 2,031 1,960 1,480 1,966 2,139 2,241
Minerals 2,170 2,364 2,328 2,696 2,961 2,467 2,574 2,452 2,374 2,200
Miscellaneous 1,686 1,754 1,862 2,057 1,818 2,104 2,291 2,278 2,377 2,106
Crude Oil 5,935 4,143 6,744 12,573 14,991 8,250 7,021 3,768 2,053 1,997
Automotive Vehicles and Equipment 2,426 2,355 2,079 1,997 1,942 1,532 1,420 1,538 1,715 1,627
Fertilizer Materials 1,809 1,391 1,332 1,478 1,419 1,572 1,691 1,473 1,324 1,279
Coal 526 520 442 393 387 212 464 427 434 386
Iron Ore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 74,903 72,566 79,024 90,260 89,467 79,518 80,969 77,781 75,501 75,441
 
Imports (Destination: Canada) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022R 2023R 2024P
Coal 8,570 5,568 10,370 12,411 10,132 9,263 11,638 9,828 11,529 12,177
Minerals 5,541 4,745 6,942 7,341 6,774 5,740 6,905 7,223 7,738 8,097
Chemicals 5,621 5,305 5,858 6,140 6,151 6,327 6,674 7,111 6,829 6,996
Agricultural and Food Products 2,174 2,108 2,191 2,488 2,126 2,033 2,518 3,072 3,065 3,256
Petroleum Products (excl. crude oil) 3,419 3,725 3,192 3,437 3,332 2,960 2,563 2,834 3,684 2,964
Intermodal 4,171 4,289 4,011 4,807 4,652 4,445 4,019 3,835 3,246 2,935
Automotive Vehicles and Equipment 1,918 1,955 2,123 1,906 1,948 1,421 1,523 1,740 1,887 1,919
Grains 298 160 403 961 1,094 860 1,818 3,772 1,701 1,394
Iron Ore 646 1,356 1,534 1,528 1,429 1,365 1,563 1,535 1,451 1,318
Forest Products 991 872 1,028 947 935 887 911 987 1,034 958
Metals 1,290 1,034 1,354 991 718 752 1,063 853 807 639
Miscellaneous 537 377 485 580 608 417 562 620 565 545
Fertilizer Materials 1 4 14 17 16 16 12 17 13 17
Potash 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 7 5
Crude Oil 598 2 4 3 5 8 3 0 1 1
Total 35,781 31,500 39,517 43,559 39,920 36,497 41,773 43,796 43,846 43,222
 
Domestic (Canada-Canada) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022R 2023R 2024P
Grains 34,562 32,434 34,296 34,968 36,415 43,544 35,395 28,411 36,553 39,023
Coal 31,913 31,704 33,469 33,752 36,041 33,571 37,125 38,091 41,076 37,861
Intermodal 28,550 26,308 28,740 29,606 29,220 29,622 30,455 30,743 29,374 30,592
Petroleum Products (excl. crude oil) 10,399 11,445 12,658 13,650 14,428 13,542 14,936 16,589 17,476 19,152
Iron Ore 17,893 18,586 17,191 14,948 18,448 17,643 16,709 16,692 16,212 16,211
Potash 10,233 9,669 9,928 11,635 11,272 12,400 12,443 13,882 14,174 13,063
Agricultural and Food Products 9,007 10,310 10,166 10,769 11,107 12,704 9,491 8,634 9,566 10,337
Minerals 10,005 9,573 9,845 9,987 10,454 9,496 9,311 9,324 9,321 9,300
Chemicals 7,982 8,073 8,236 8,508 8,368 8,270 7,670 8,000 8,399 8,503
Forest Products 12,476 13,327 12,809 12,180 10,884 10,222 9,520 8,431 8,753 8,339
Fertilizer Materials 2,843 2,725 2,689 2,612 2,494 2,775 2,373 2,907 3,372 3,427
Metals 3,325 2,971 3,057 3,214 3,150 3,004 3,088 2,978 2,960 2,765
Miscellaneous 1,184 1,167 1,396 1,380 1,452 1,263 1,598 1,609 1,825 1,740
Automotive Vehicles and Equipment 1,106 1,067 1,126 1,105 1,083 912 860 925 1,210 1,404
Crude Oil 3,891 1,156 668 155 402 257 347 30 17 12
Total 185,368 180,516 186,276 188,467 195,217 199,225 191,320 186,790 200,405 201,729
 
Total Traffic (Export,
Import, Domestic, & Transhipments) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022R 2023R 2024P
Coal 41,011 37,795 44,283 46,556 46,561 43,046 49,227 48,347 53,040 50,425
Grains 39,632 37,189 39,663 41,477 40,640 47,924 41,189 36,422 42,087 45,545
Intermodal 39,639 37,193 40,184 42,598 42,217 42,441 41,476 41,592 38,036 38,597
Petroleum Products (excl. crude oil) 20,095 21,805 23,779 26,218 28,324 25,238 27,344 32,935 33,931 34,926
Chemicals 25,024 25,021 25,358 26,732 26,370 26,212 26,355 25,202 25,642 25,700
Potash 18,518 17,613 20,091 22,801 20,722 22,483 23,112 23,049 24,396 24,978
Agricultural and Food Products 20,439 22,100 21,674 21,389 22,107 23,922 21,249 21,052 22,981 23,792
Forest Products 29,433 30,916 29,806 29,693 27,097 25,548 25,407 24,427 23,155 22,130
Minerals 17,901 16,817 19,262 20,602 20,664 18,271 19,317 19,452 19,896 20,073
Iron Ore 18,541 19,942 18,725 16,476 19,876 19,008 18,273 18,228 17,662 17,529
Metals 8,585 7,619 7,993 8,122 7,474 7,124 8,228 7,802 8,102 7,399
Automotive Vehicles and Equipment 5,452 5,378 5,331 5,010 4,977 3,870 3,807 4,207 4,816 4,954
Fertilizer Materials 4,653 4,120 4,035 4,107 3,929 4,364 4,075 4,398 4,708 4,722
Miscellaneous 3,430 3,328 3,767 4,036 3,895 3,804 4,474 4,539 4,797 4,436
Crude Oil 12,554 6,086 7,749 12,730 15,398 8,515 7,372 3,798 2,072 2,010
Total 304,908 292,922 311,702 328,548 330,250 321,770 320,904 315,448 325,861 327,218
 

Notes and Sources

Notes: R = Revised data. P = Preliminary data. Domestic includes shipments made to and from ports within Canada. Transborder is US-US traffic that travels through Canada.



Source: Transport Canada, Rail Traffic Database

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Notes and sources
Notes: R = Revised data. P = Preliminary data. Domestic includes shipments made to and from ports within Canada. Transborder is US-US traffic that travels through Canada.



Source: Transport Canada, Rail Traffic Database
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