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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.