This statistic represents railway carloadings in Canada in 2018, with a breakdown by commodity. Canadian railroads transported over 55.6 million metric tons of iron ores and concentrates and 34.6 million metric tons of coal products in that year.
Canadian railway carloadings in 2018, by type
(in million metric tons)
Carloadings in million metric tons
Iron ores and concentrates
55.62
Coal
34.61
Wheat
23.2
Potash
22.53
Fuel oils and crude petroleum
18.84
Lumber
11.2
Colza seeds (canola)
10.56
Gaseous hydrocarbons including liquid petroleum gas (LPG's)
7.7
Other basic chemicals
7.59
Wood pulp
6.91
Other cereal grains
6.47
Other metallic ores and concentrates
6.36
Other wood products (plywood veneer)
5.72
Iron and steel primary or semi-finished
4.9
Animal or vegetable fats oils and flours
4.79
Animal feed and products
4.78
Plastic and rubber
4.4
Sulphur
4.1
Other refined petroleum and coal products
4.06
Alumina
4.02
Fertilizers (excluding potash)
3.94
Fresh chilled or dried vegetables
3.91
Metallic waste and scrap
3.68
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel
3.53
Sand gravel and crushed stone
3.46
Other oil seeds and nuts other agricultural product
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StatCan. (May 13, 2019). Canadian railway carloadings in 2018, by type (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 26, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/424843/railway-carloadings-by-type-in-canada/
StatCan. "Canadian railway carloadings in 2018, by type (in million metric tons)." Chart. May 13, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/424843/railway-carloadings-by-type-in-canada/
StatCan. (2019). Canadian railway carloadings in 2018, by type (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/424843/railway-carloadings-by-type-in-canada/
StatCan. "Canadian Railway Carloadings in 2018, by Type (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/424843/railway-carloadings-by-type-in-canada/
StatCan, Canadian railway carloadings in 2018, by type (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/424843/railway-carloadings-by-type-in-canada/ (last visited February 26, 2020)
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