Top Ten Biggest Seaports In Canada 

I'm thrilled you did! Thank you so much!

I was going to say the exact same thing. No interest in ports per se. Geography and urbanism, yes. But learned a lot and great visuals. Bravo.

@@rebeccawinter472 Thank you so much! I love geography and urbanism, but since so much has been consumed by others, I am trying to do some different things. :)

Thank you so much for the kind words! These port videos are among my favorites to make.

To the unvitiated, ships always look overwhelming to look at. Our ships that visit our ports are still small by global standards. A 10,000 TEU container ship is still small by modern container ship standards. The average size of a container ship is a Post Panamax sized container ship carrying 24,000 containers and Suez Max sized container ships that move 28,000 to 30,000 containers. Canada major ports can't handle Post Panamax sized ships of any kind. They need to expand on that. Port of Vancouver can't grow out so Port of Delta is our only west coast container port with any chance at handling Post Panamax sized ships. Currently, they only handle Panamax not Post Panamax sized ultra ships.

It could provide so many good paying jobs, especially in areas that are lacking jobs.

But how else will our small towns be killed off without it.

You ought to go into politics seeing as how you're completely ignorant of basic economics.

It would be in the top ten if only counting containers (TEUs) but since this video is about total tonnage by the port, containers don't weight nearly as much as bulk and liquid commodities.

Right brother Halifax is a big sea port by any standard having business with more than 150 plus countries. I am a merchant navy officer.

@@ArunKumar-re6ng I realized it was based on tonnage not volume. Containers are generally don't have lots of tonnage. I'm sure Halifax would be on the list for traffic or volume though

Yeah, Halifax isn't in the top ten, but it is in the video and explains why it isn't on the list, but very well could be in the coming five years. :) Sorry for the late response. I could have sworn I had responded to this before. :) Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video. I am not sure where Halifax or any of these ports would rank if we changed the parameters of the list. It is very hard to get data on Canadian ports. In the US, you have every metric to organize lists, but it's much more difficult when making videos on Canada. I assume Vancouver would still be number one on every metric.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo Dear AJM I am a merchant Navy officer.Our SCI company vessel's used to come to Halifax.Volume wise certainly it is a big seaport.

@@ArunKumar-re6ng Hello Arun Kumar. Thank you for responding and for doing what you do! I bet you have a lot of fun adventures to share. I did do some digging and thankfully, I found the cargo volume Halifax moved in 2020 via metric tonnes. It was 4.2 million tonnes. By comparison the Port of Vancouver moves 76 million tonnes. The Port of Montreal moves 40 million tonnes.

I appreciate that! As long as I got a dedicated group of loyal pals who enjoy it, that's all that matters to me. :) Thank you so much, Scott!

I really appreciate the wonderful message and I am happy you found my channel! I hope you continue to enjoy it. The area is often overlooked, but the great shared infrastructure of the region is pretty neat when you start looking into it. These lakes at one time were cut off from the sea through natural means and now they have entire freighters going back and forth. Pretty neat stuff. You mentioned your time in Michigan and the Great Lakes, so you might like to hear that I have been drafting a video about lakeports within the Great Lakes region (similar to my Gulf Coast seaports series). Still trying to figure out how to organize it so it fits into videos without being too long. But I am working on it! Thank you very much for the kind words.

Thank you for the info. :)

Greetings! Prince Rupert is a beautiful town in a beautiful location! Also 4th is an amazing position for such a tiny town. You are ranked among Canada's best! Amazing! Future plans if they go as expected will only propel PR even further! :)

Glad you like them! Thank you!

It's 30,000 leagues above the rest! Joking aside, it's not even a contest. Thanks for the comment!

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No surprise that Vancouver dwarfs the other Canadian ports in total tonnage. How does it compare with its southern neighbor Long Beach, California?

Lol! I didn't want to embarrass the other ports. Weyburn is so out of their class, they'd tremble at it's might.

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Haha! We captured a lot of your family in this video. I am willing to bet in my "Canadian Provincial Capitols Scored" series I captured them again when showing Victoria.

Thank you!

Excellent! Thank you. You are exactly number 3,500! Got a new video coming out really soon!

The North Coast is potentially the biggest area for growth and better infrastructure would also lead for better security of that area. Right now Canada relies mostly on the US for protection up there outside of radar and detection. Coast Guard is getting some new ships though, so that should help but the Navy is in shambles. There is one Canadian seaport known as Hay River, but it requires river navigation which limits bigger ships. That is considered one of the big ones from the north coast. There is of course the Hudson Bay region which I think could be utilized better because right now there is nothing significant in terms of shipping there. Also many small harbors to supply far off towns. But nothing big.

Right on! That's cool. In 2022, Nanaimo has fallen out of the top ten, but is still within the top fifteen.

OOh! Thank you for the info! I can't wait to go back in the future and update all this info! Sounds promising indeed!

Did Ridley island stop shipping coal? Believe that was one of the original reasons for it’s construction

Ridley is pretty big and Watson is also being used, not the best for the local wolf population that uses the area but having another deep water port on the pacific coast is crucial for any development and sustainability in the area for folks. Beautiful area. Its like a “Little Vancouver”

Thank you for the info. :D The Port on their website (At the time of making this) still touted they had rail access, lol.

Thank you! Hope you enjoyed the video.

I was shocked by the results of this video. I can 100% say that. It was fun to research. :)

I know the new container port is complete. Anything else? :)

@AJMSTUDIOSvideo that was the biggest thing. And Alot of new rail infrastructure. AIM might be getting the boot after a major incident. If theu do DP world is likely to take that end of the port. Also in the future, the drydock might be refurbished after 20 or 25 year embargo has been lifted. It shut down in 2003

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Now you know! :D

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo True.

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@@Lorne55 More beaches to explore!

The Great Lakes ports are all considered sea ports because ocean going vessels can traverse them.

That is exciting news! It wcould be a huge boon for the port and the area (it really needs some good economic news)! Thank you for sharing!!

Yes. The whole Northwestern Ontario needs good economic news.👍

That is so great! I plan on doing future seaport videos for Canada. I had stopped because this video didn't do well, but now all of a sudden it is. Lol! I look forward to updating the info.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo The CPR has made a deal with the Irving owned NBSR to move container from Saint John to Brownsville Jct. in Maine where the CPR picks up the trains. AIM is in trouble for a scrap fire they had last fall and they're going to court to try and get their operating permit back from the province, fun and games down here now.

@@Chuck59ish Well that certainly helps Maine out, but doesn't really help the people of NB. The fun never ends it seems, lol!

Yes they are. They are all under one port Authority in the entire Halifax region. I was surprised it didn't make the top ten.

I am a merchant navy officer.To me Halifax is the biggest sea port in terms of business with other countries.150 plus.

@@ArunKumar-re6ng it still loss to Vancouver where I live lol

@@leannelian9505 vancouver is in the west while halifax is in the east

Thank you very much for the info! I appreciate that.

That is a very possible reason in current day. But even as recently as the 2010s they did try to build up the industrial portion of the port. It just wasn't competitive to Hamilton. Then they tried the cruise port, which seems like a good idea in terms of tourism. I was surprised that didn't work out either. But who knows, that idea might come back again someday.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo They are totally redoing the port-lands. If you check out Waterfront Toronto's youtube page you can see they are moving from industal port to waterfront parks and homes.

@@MacPhal1 Thank you.

Ahoy! I think we need to swab the poop deck for all these new visitors! Thanks for watching Nicholas! :D

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo You make great videos, hope to see more soon.

Not really sure other than Press releases and Mercedes say this is what they do. There is a lot of staging space and it costs less because the port isn't actively filled all the time like other ports. Space is valuable. So the Mercedes built in Germany and the USA are sent to Nanaimo. I am sure they are getting a real good deal on that.

I love Campbell River!!! Such a beautiful place. Thank you for the info. Many others have told me since that the port itself may only use the rails at the port but not beyond, which would fit in with rail on the island no longer being a thing.

In the video, I share Halifax's total tonnage and it is not in the top ten. 25:28 shares it all.

What about Halifax sea port

@@ArunKumar-re6ng If you watch the video you will find out. It's in there.

Dear AJM More over you altogether ignored the facility of docking the cruise ship at Halifax on which I used to be FC.In the whole Halifax port is worth sailing.

@@ArunKumar-re6ng This video focused on the top ten ports, not ports outside of the top ten. Cruise ships are not part of the annual tonnage of goods imported and exported. So in the video, if cruise ships were part of the top ten busiest ports, then I mentioned them. Fact of the matter is, Halifax was not in the top ten and not focused on in this video. The fact it was mentioned was just a last minute addition as with the Port of Toronto.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo Dear AJM Now a days there are passenger cum cargo ships.I have worked on at least two this kind of ships.Thanks for your information.

You are very correct. A ton of people keep asking why Halifax isn't in the top ten, and you just said it better then I have been explaining it to people. I might have to take your answer for the future. :)

That is a significant blow for the port. That just means the goods will end up somewhere else.

"Island" rail access. :D Haha!

Almost 20 years since It served the island

Shocking they did, at the time of this video. If doing the same video today, Halifax would be ninth for total tonnage. Containers don't weigh as much.

If you watch the video you would know. :)

I also noticed the elongated irregular route for cars imported from Europe to go to the west coast, and it makes no sense. Then it's noted by the video that they go to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island rather than to the mainland, where they eventually are transferred. Where's The Ferry?

@@jeffbooker Hey there! Thanks for asking. The ferry is actually right at the Port of Nanaimo. I've been told that in the years since this video has been made, the train car ferry and the railroad tracks on Vancouver Island are pretty much being left to fall apart and they don't use the rail service anymore. But they do actually ferry cars across the water to the mainland still which is very strange to me. There are so many other viable locations along the west coast including the many offloading zones the Port of Vancouver operates.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideothanks for the additional information, I haven't been back for a few years. I remember the ferry crossing from the mainland at Vancouver to the Island as being beautiful and slow. It takes about an hour to 90 minutes and provides some great views of small islands and the coastal mountains, that rise up out of the sea. The ferry ride is a transition from the fast paced bustle of the city life, and takes you to a mellow and magical place. I would love to go there again.

@@jeffbooker The ferry routes the BC Ferries go through are beautiful. Both the BC Ferries and the Washington State Ferry system are the most beautiful in the world in my opinion. :D Been lucky enough to ride them both. Such a beautiful part of the world.

Yeah it's growth plans ended. They did try a cruise terminal, but it didn't go anywhere. Thanks for the comment!

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo You mean the Rochester Foil terminal? That lasted minutes long. Heh. Those ferries are now crossing from Gibraltar to Morocco, from what I understand.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo Also, Toronto's current project plans has a new Don River effluent program, and a complete redo of those lands. All those buildings/locations are not there anymore. Check out some RU-vid vids. Big project.

@@BeeRich33Yeah. Oh interesting, that is quite the change in scenery for those ferries. Lol

@@BeeRich33 Thank you. :)

They are getting involved in everything. They are buying up property, ports, colleges, governments, especially in Canada. It should be a bigger concern for national security, but Canada doesn't seem to address it since the federal government is getting bank from the Communist Party of China... Scary stuff.

I could say the same to you. ;-) Halifax is in the video.

Not in this video!

Just went through it again.

@@stephensalt6229 Clearly you didn't, lol. Go to 25:29.

Good intentions that really could have helped the region, hampered by poor infrastructure. It would seem rebuilding and repairing the tracks would solve a lot of the issue. But tax payer money to fix rails isn't sexy.

Thank you for the feedback!

It is second on North America's west coast in terms of overall tonnage to Los Angeles. But if you break it down by different types of cargo, for example, containers, it is 5th on the West Coast. It varies by break down, but in no condition is it the largest on the west coast or in all of North America.

No list showing the annual port tonnage with any credibility should have Halifax in the top three. Let me explain. You are likely looking at a list showing just the container tonnage, or the TEU's. This list is showing overall tonnage, which is more than just containers. Total tonnage counts all movement in and out of the port whether bulk materials, liquids, and containers. Even as of 2022 data, Halifax has moved only 5.3 million metric tons. I hope that explains that for you.

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Halifax is not in the top three. This video is showing more than just container tonnage which is what people are using to come up with their top three number. This video, as explained in the beginning, is total seaport tonnage annually. Containers don't weigh nearly as much as other materials moved through ports. So while Halifax may be a major container port in Canada, when you combine all the seaports and their total tonnage, Halifax does not make the top ten. At the end of the video, I explain this further as well in the Halifax section.

I beg to differ… you clearly did not research this as well as you claim… gypsum, largest car port, second largest train network into the US… largest navy base… largest boat building in the country… second largest cruise ship destination… you video could not be more misleading if you tried… north bay, saint john.. so misleading… don’t even take into account the largest and busiest port in WW2… the historic factor alone shows the lack of research… embarrassing…

@@darrylamirault I beg to differ even more as you criticize my efforts and research. I'm not saying you are wrong about them being a big seaport they are the biggest on the east coast! But it does not equal the overall tonnage you and many others for some reason want it to. I will just post this for you directly from the Port of Halifax showing their annual tonnage. As you can see, it does not equal into the top three. Data posted is slightly different because it is from a different year from the data in the video, but my point is the same. www.portofhalifax.ca/port-operations-centre/cargo-statistics/ According to the Port of Halifax themselves, they moved a total tonnage of 5.3 million metric tons (not including cruise ship tonnage as that isn't included in any of the other ports). At the time of this video, it was a bit lower. Even with today's total, it would not be in the top three as you claim. They would be 9th if using the older data from this video with their current stats.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo You may want to change your misleading title from “Biggest” port to “volume” to avoid offending a port that ranks in top three BIGGEST ports in Canada… the most diverse port in Canada and you snub it… poor quality of documentary…

@@darrylamirault Not why you keep slandering me at every sentence. I have been nothing but respectful to you. As for the title, I have to use key words in titles or else RU-vid won't share it.

Wow, you're friendly. I am happy to have conversations with people, but you came off very rude. I never said all of Mercedes vehicles for North America come through Nanaimo. I said Mercedes made it an official port and that some of their vehicles manufactured in Europe and the USA are shipped through the Port of Nanaimo. Quebec City is the oldest organized port in Canada. That is just fact. Yes there were other locations used as port locations, but they were not formal organizations. More or less private docks that ships were taxed at to drop off their goods. Hope you learn to be a little more polite and get YOUR information straight. Geez.