Économie

La transport maritime intérieure et côtier est l’un des principaux moteurs des économies américaine et canadienne. Le système de navigation des Grands Lacs et du Saint-Laurent représente une super autoroute maritime efficace et abordable qui relie nos villes/municipalités et nos entreprises aux marchés partout en Amérique du Nord et à travers le monde. Ce système favorise la réussite économique d’une région binationale dont le PIB est évalué a plus de 6 trillions $ CAN. Les industries du domaine maritime contribuent également de façon significative à la santé, à l’éducation et la prospérité générale en soutenant des emplois bien rémunérés qui permettent de subvenir aux besoins des familles et en contribuant de manière marquante aux impôts au Canada et aux États-Unis.

Principaux impacts économiques

À quoi ressemble l’impact dans les ports des Grands Lacs et du fleuve Saint-Laurent?

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Répartition économique sur la carte régionale

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Ontario

Ontario

Economic Activity$10 billion CDN

Total Employment70,000 jobs

Personal Income$3.9 billion CDN

Local Purchases$2.8 billion CDN

Total Taxes Paid$1.9 billion CDN

Marine Delivers for Ontario

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports more than 70,000 jobs.
  • More than 61 million metric tons of freight are shipped/received through Ontario's ports.
  • Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, coke, limestone, steel products, cement, salt, petroleum products, and machinery.
  • Ontario's Great Lakes ports are located at Bath, Bowmanville, Bruce Mines, Clarkson, Courtright, Goderich, Hamilton, Heron Bay, Marathon, Meldrum Bay, Michipicoten, Nanticoke, Oakville, Oshawa, Owen Sound, Perry Sound, Picton, Port Colborne, Port Credit, Port Lambton, Port Stanley, Johnstown, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, Serpent Harbour, Thessalon, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Windsor.
  • The shipping industry serves Ontario's farmers, steel makers, manufacturers, power generation utilities, refineries, and construction industry.
  • Ontario is home to several shipyards and ship repair facilities.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Quebec

Economic Activity $16 billion CDN

Total Employment110,000 jobs

Personal income$5.8 billion CDN

Local Purchases$6.3 billion CDN

Total Taxes Paid$3.7 billion CDN

Marine Delivers for Quebec

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports 110,000 jobs.
  • More than 123 million metric tons of freight are shipped/received by Quebec ports.
  • Major cargoes include iron ore, grain, liquid and dry bulk, and containers.
  • The St. Lawrence Seaway acts as a valuable connection to Ontario and U.S. markets for ships carrying materials to and from Quebec ports located on the Lower St. Lawrence River.
  • The shipping industry serves Quebec’s mining industry and oil refineries. Quebec ports also act as transshipment hubs to transfer grain from western Canada and Ontario to ocean-going vessels to overseas markets.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Minnesota

Economic Activity $1.9 billion CDN

Total Employment6,161 jobs

Personal income$537 million CDN

Local Purchases$288 million CDN

Total Taxes Paid$299 million CDN

Marine Delivers for Minnesota

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports over 6,000 jobs.
  • More than 30 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Minnesota's Great Lakes ports.
  • Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, agricultural products, cement, machinery, and wind energy components.
  • Minnesota's Great Lakes ports are located in Duluth, Silver Bay, Taconite Harbor, and Two Harbors.
  • The shipping industry serves Minnesota's farmers, miners, manufacturers, and construction industry.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Wisconsin

Economic Activity $1.9 billion CDN

Total Employment7,484 jobs

Personal income$623 million CDN

Local Purchases$273 million CDN

Total Taxes Paid$313 million CDN

Marine Delivers for Wisconsin

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports close to 7,500 jobs.
  • More than 27 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Wisconsin's Great Lakes ports.
  • Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, coke, limestone, corn, soybeans, peas, steel products, cement, salt, pig iron, scrap iron, petroleum products, and machinery.
  • Wisconsin's Great Lakes ports are located at Ashland, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Marinette, Milwaukee, Oak Creek, Port Washington, and Superior.
  • The shipping industry serves Wisconsin's farmers, manufacturers, power generation utilities, paper manufacturers, and construction industry.
  • Wisconsin is home to several shipyards and ship repair facilities.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Michigan

Economic Activity $5.4 billion CDN

Total Employment25,910 jobs

Personal income$2.3 billion CDN

Local Purchases$900 million CDN

Total Taxes Paid$991 million CDN

Marine Delivers for Michigan

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports 26,000 jobs.
  • More than 59 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Michigan’s Great Lakes Ports.
  • Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, grain, steel products, cement, petroleum products, and machinery.
  • Michigan’s Great Lakes ports are located at Alpena, Brevort, Calcite, Charlevois, Cheboygan, Detroit, Drummond Island, Ecorse, Escanaba, Essexville, Frankfort, Gladstone, Grand Haven, Hancock, Harbor Beach, Holland, Houghton, Ludington, Mackinaw City, Manistee, Marine City, Marquette, Marysville, Menominee, Monroe, Munsing, Muskegon, Ontonagon, Port Dolomite, Port Gypsum, Port Huron, Port Inland, Presque Isle (UP), Presque Isle, River Rouge, Saginaw, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Stoneport, Traverse City, Trenton, and Wyandotte.
  • The shipping industry serves Michigan’s farmers, miners, steel industry, manufacturers, power generation utilities, road maintenance agencies, and construction industry.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

New York

Economic Activity $184 million CDN

Total Employment1,349 jobs

Personal income$140 million CDN

Local Purchases$22 million CDN

Total Taxes Paid$54 million CDN

Marine Delivers for New York

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports 1,349 jobs.
  • Close to 1 million tons of freight are shipped/received through New York's Great Lakes ports.
  • Major cargoes include coal, limestone, grain, cement, salt, fuel oil, aluminum, machinery, and wind energy components.
  • New York's Great Lakes ports are located in Buffalo, Ogdensburg, Oswego, Rochester, and Tonawanda.
  • The shipping industry serves New York's agriculture and food products industry, power generation utilities, road maintenance agencies, manufacturers, and construction industry.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Illinois

Economic Activity$1.1 billion CDN

Total Employment6,476 jobs

Personal income$678 million CDN

Local Purchases$116 million CDN

Total Taxes Paid$263 million CDN

Marine Delivers for Illinois

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports more than 6,500 jobs.
  • More than 10 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Illinois' Great Lakes ports.
  • Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, grain, sugar, soybeans, steel products, cement, petroleum products, and machinery.
  • Illinois' Great Lakes ports are located at Chicago and Waukegan.
  • The shipping industry serves Illinois' farmers, manufacturers, and construction industry.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Indiana

Economic Activity $17.8 billion CDN

Total Employment66,158 jobs

Personal income$6.4 billion CDN

Local Purchases$3.4 billion CDN

Total Taxes Paid$3 billion CDN

Marine Delivers for Indiana

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports over 66,000 jobs.
  • 27 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Indiana's Great Lakes ports.
  • Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, grain, fertilizers, steel products, petroleum products, and machinery.
  • Indiana's Great Lakes ports are located at Buffington Harbor, Burns Harbor, Gary, and Indiana Harbor.
  • The shipping industry serves Indiana's farmers, steel industry, manufacturers, power generation utilities, and construction industry.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Ohio

Economic Activity $4.9 billion CDN

Total Employment33,168 jobs

Personal income$2.3 billion CDN

Local Purchases$900 million CDN

Total Taxes Paid$991 million CDN

Marine Delivers for Ohio

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports 33,168 jobs.
  • More than 59 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Michigan’s Great Lakes Ports.
  • Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, grain, steel products, cement, salt, potash, gypsum, petroleum products, and machinery.
  • Ohio's Great Lakes ports are located in Ashtabula, Cleveland, Conneault, Fairport Harbor, Huron, Lorain, Marblehead, Sandusky, and Toledo.
  • The shipping industry serves Ohio's farmers, steel industry, manufacturers, power generation utilities, road maintenance agencies, and construction industry.
  • Ohio is home to several shipyards and ship repair facilities.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Pennsylvania

Economic Activity $117 million CDN

Total Employment757 jobs

Personal income$64 million CDN

Local Purchases$37 million CDN

Total Taxes Paid$27 million CDN

Marine Delivers for Pennsylvania

Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Transportation

  • Supports 757 jobs.
  • More than 600,000 tons of freight are shipped/received through Pennsylvania's Great Lakes port.
  • Major cargoes include limestone, biodiesel fuel, and paper products.
  • Pennsylvania's Great Lakes port is located in Erie.
  • The shipping industry serves Pennsylvania's farmers, manufacturers, and construction industry.
  • Pennsylvania is home to a major Great Lakes shipyard and ship repair facility.

Source: Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Martin Associates (July 2018)

Investissement dans la croissance

On dépense plus de 7 milliards de dollars dans les ports, les écluses et les infrastructures des navires afin de rendre le système binational de navigation sur les Grands Lacs et le Saint-Laurent plus sûr, plus efficace et plus évolué sur le plan écologique.

Cargaisons

Les agriculteurs, les producteurs d’acier, les entreprises de construction, les fabricants d’aliments, les producteurs d’énergie et les foyers canadiens dépendent des 230 millions de tonnes métriques de matières premières et de produits finis que les navires transportent chaque année sur les Grands Lacs et sur le Saint-Laurent  La valeur de ces marchandises s’élève à plus de 100,5 milliards de dollars CAN.

Économies de transport annuelles

Le transport maritime sur le réseau des Grands Lacs et du Saint-Laurent permet de réaliser des économies annuelles de 3,6 milliards de dollars (US) en coûts de transport lorsqu’on le compare au mode de transport terrestre alternatif suivant le plus abordable. Ces économies renforcent le caractère concurrentiel des industries et des produits nord-américains à l’échelle mondiale et limite le coût des biens de consommation.