Statistics Canada reports that Canadian railways transported 31.4 million tonnes of freight in December, down slightly (-0.8%) from December 2023.
The Federal Agency notes that the total annual rail freight carried in Canada during 2024 was 377.1 million tonnes, up slightly (+0.5%) from 2023 levels.
In December, non-intermodal freight loadings in Canada (mainly commodities) decreased 0.4% from the same month in 2023, reaching 25.3 million tonnes in December 2024. Lower shipments of potash, fuel oils and crude petroleum and other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products were moderated by an increase in wheat as well as iron ores and concentrates.
Intermodal freight loadings in Canada (mainly containers) decreased 1.1% year over year to 2.8 million tonnes in December. This was the second straight month of year-over-year decline.
