Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

This port authority is the recent amalgamation of the Fraser River Port Authority and the North Fraser Port Authority and includes all the operations previously managed under those two organizations.

The Port of Vancouver is North America's gateway for Asia-Pacific trade. It is large by world standards. In North America, it ranks #1 in total foreign exports. On the West Coast, it ranks #1 in total cargo volume. In Canada it ranks #1 in total cargo handled and #1 in total container throughput. It covers 233 km of coastline from Roberts Bank at the U.S. -Canada border, along the south shore of Burrard Inlet, up Indian Arm and the north shore of Burrard Inlet.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority controls 6,000 hectares of water and 460 hectares of land, most of which is largely occupied by cargo terminals. Industry, the provinces and municipalities own additional land. The value of cargo moving through the Port enroute to more than 90 trading economies totals $29 billion each year.

The cruise industry in British Columbia contributes $508 million to the economy annually.

» Port of Vancouver website

Montreal Port Authority

Linked to more than 100 countries around the world by many reputable shipping lines, the Port of Montreal is located on one of the largest navigable waterways in the world – the majestic St. Lawrence River – and offers the shortest route between major European and Mediterranean ports and North American markets. Situated 1,600 kilometres inland from the Atlantic, it is the international port closest to North America’s industrial heartland, representing a hinterland of some 100 million Canadian and American consumers.

» Port of Montreal website

Halifax Port Authority

The Port of Halifax is an ice-free port with minimal tides and no currents that is one day closer to southeast Asia (via the Suez Canal) than any other North American east coast container port. A deep-water port (45-50 feet) that is the only port on the east coast that can handle fully laden post-Panamax container vessels with high labour productivity, an average of 25 lifts per hour.

» Port of Halifax website

Hamilton Port Authority

The Port of Hamilton is located at the west end of Lake Ontario. Major cargoes include dry bulk, liquid bulk and general cargo with total annual tonnage averaging 12 million metric tonnes, of which approximately 1.5 million tonnes is overseas cargo and is visited by more than 700 ships annually. The Port Authority offers 8,900 metres of docking facilities with drafts to Seaway requirements, 160,186 square metres of warehousing, and ten (10) shipping piers for cargo storage.

» Port of Hamilton website

Nanaimo Port Authority

The Port of Nanaimo is the largest port on Vancouver Island and administers approximately 50 km of waterfront within harbour boundaries. In the cargo area, Port facilities include the 40.5 hectare Assembly Wharf of storage areas, warehouses, a mill, a dry dock and four berths. The 26 hectare Duke Point site has a deep-sea berth, a large all-purpose loading ramp, a container crane and licenced one-acre sites. BC Ferries carries almost 5.8 million passengers and over 2.2 million vehicles in and out of the harbour annually. Two seaplane companies carry approximately 80,000 passengers annually using the floats at the Port's Seaplane Terminal.

» Nanaimo Port Authority website

Oshawa Harbour Commission

Located on Lake Ontario, 51.48 kilometres from Metro Toronto, the Port of Oshawa offers smooth and efficient access to markets in south central Ontario, the north eastern United States and the entire world. The Port of Oshawa’s facilities consist of two berths, capable of accommodating vessels to a maximum of 222.5 metres in length and drawing 7.9 metres, full seaway depth, on the east and west sides.

» Oshawa Harbour Commission website

Port Alberni Port Authority

Port Alberni is situated on the West Coast of Vancouver Island at the head of Alberni inlet, 58 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean -- a fine, all-year-round, ice-free port where vessels can be accommodated at all stages of tide. The port offers three deep-sea berths which can accommodate up to "Panamax" size vessels and are owned and operated by the Port Alberni Port Authority. The Port has diversified revenue streams, most notably, deep-sea shipping, property leases and marina management.

» Port Alberni Port Authority website

Prince Rupert Port Authority

The Port of Prince Rupert is strategically located on British Columbia’s north coast and has excellent road and rail transportation systems to western and eastern Canada, and proximity to major world markets. The port, which offers a large, ice-free harbour sheltered by outer islands, is capable of accommodating vessels of up to 250,000 DWT. It has several deep-sea berths and is in the process of developing container-handling capability to take advantage of the growing trade from China and the excellent access it has to the mid-west US market.

» Prince Rupert Port Authority website

Quebec Port Authority

The Port of Quebec is the deep-water connection to the industrial and agricultural heartland of North America. The Port of Quebec is closer to Northern Europe than ports on the east coast of the United States, yet allows ocean-going vessels to penetrate 1,400 kilometres inland from the Atlantic seaboard. It is the farthest inland deep-water port leading to one of the world’s most important trade routes: the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System. All terminals are served by CN and CP Rail and by an extensive highway system, with links to an international airport. The Port of Quebec is open to navigation year-round. General cargo ranging from dairy products to newsprint is handled at multi-user terminals offering 54,000 square metres of shed space. Over the past five years, the Port of Quebec has handled an average of 17 million tonnes of cargo annually.

» Port du Québec website

Saguenay Port Authority

Port of Saguenay installations consist of Grande-Anse Marine Terminal and Powell Wharf, both multi-modal terminals. These terminals are located 54 nautical miles from the junction of the Saguenay River and the St. Lawrence.

» Saguenay Port Authority website

Saint John Port Authority

The Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, provides a year-round, deep water, ice free port, handling in excess of 25 million tonnes of cargo annually, consisting of petroleum products, potash, forest products, containers, bulk salt, metals, sugar, project cargo and miscellaneous bulk products. Saint John is a major port of call for cruise ships in the Canada-New England market.

» Saint John Port Authority website

Sept-Iles Port Authority

Located on the north shore of the lower St. Lawrence River about 530 kilometres downstream from Quebec City, the Port of Sept-Iles comprises a large and deep-water bay of some 10 kilometres in diameter with a well-protected entrance due to a small group of islands. Approximately 700 to 800 ships come into the port each year for an annual average tonnage of 20 to 25 million metric tonnes consisting of iron ore, oil, cement, scrap metal, coal, ilmenite, dolomite, alumina, aluminum, coke and general cargo.

» Sept-Iles Port Authority website

St. John's Port Authority

A recent Economic Impact Study of the Port of St. John’s activity demonstrated that over a five-year period (1995-2000) economic activity increased by 68 per cent and vessel arrivals have increased by 100 per cent. The Economic Impact Study concluded that, in 2000, the Port generated more than $220-million to the provincial economy, with the direct economic impact on the St. John’s metropolitan area alone being at $137-million. Direct and indirect employment amount to 2,600, with more predicted in the near future.

» St. John's Port Authority website

Thunder Bay Port Authority

The Port of Thunder Bay is an international seaport, 3,200 kilometres inland from the Atlantic Ocean and at the head of the Great Lakes/Seaway System. The port stretches along more than 45 kilometres of shoreline. Thunder Bay is a major Canadian port, handling upwards of 9 million tonnes of cargo in a typical year.

» Thunder Bay Port Authority website

Toronto Port Authority

Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is situated on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario, 41.8 kilometres from Port Weller at the entrance to the Welland Canal leading to Lake Erie. An average of 400 ships arrive at the Port of Toronto each year. A new fast-ferry service has been established between Toronto and Rochester with a new cruise terminal on port lands.

» Toronto Port Authority website

Trois-Rivieres Port Authority

Open to navigation 12 months a year, the Port of Trois-Rivières also offers to most of the berths a water depth of 10.6 M. The main facilities include: grain elevators, 4 transit sheds for general cargo, open storage areas, tanks for different liquid bulk products and also an excellent railway system.

» Trois-Rivieres Port Authority website

Windsor Port Authority

The Port of Windsor is a deep-water port about 22.5 kilometres in length, located on the south shore of the Detroit River, extending from the upper end of Fighting Island to about 8 kilometres east of Peche Island. Utilized on a 12-month basis and equipped to handle all types of cargo from packaged freight to bulk cargoes, including salt, fluorspar, grain, crushed stone, sand, calcium, steel, vehicles, liquid cargo of petroleum products, containers, truck and railroad roll-on/roll-off, fuel bunkering service for ships up to 304.8 metres.

» Windsor Port Authority website

Belledune Port Authority

The Port of Belledune is an artificial, year-round, deep-sea harbour strategically located near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River on the south shore of the Bay of Chaleur, about 40 km north of Bathurst, New Brunswick. The Port of Belledune boasts three terminals that serve a vast industrial park linked to Canada's road and rail networks, and as such, offers virtually unlimited potential for growth.

» Port of Belledune website