According to Statistics Canada, the volume of rail freight carried in Canada totaled 30.1 million tons in July, up 0.2 percent from the same month last year.
Freight originating in Canada and destined within Canada and to other parts of the world increased 1.6 percent to 27.0 million tons. These shipments are composed of non-intermodal freight and intermodal freight.
Non-intermodal freight increased 1.3 percent to 292,000 carloads. The amount of freight loaded into these cars totaled 24.2 million tons, up 1.8 percent. The gain was attributable to an increase in freight loadings in iron ores and concentrates (up 1.5 million tons), which was offset by decreases in several commodity groups.
Intermodal freight loadings rose 0.8 percent to 191,000 units in July. From a tonnage perspective, intermodal traffic grew 0.2 percent to 2.8 million tons as a result of an increase in containerized cargo shipments.
Freight traffic received from the United States fell 10.1 percent to 3.1 million tons, as a result of decreases in both non-intermodal and intermodal shipments.