130 ONTARIO 



Vessel nnd.frcluht Tonnage passed through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal. 



U.H. 



No. Tollllfttfr. 



Toul 





; 



l n.t.-.l 



Toul. 



1910 



1911 



191*... 



.- 



s.7i3 



- 



. 



. ,-. ,.;,, 



3.173.494 

 3.106.880 



I.IM 

 8.734 



. 



.068 

 5.118 



;.".::....:.:. 

 14.850.738 

 99.i8f.TM 

 Lt.Stt.Mfl 



ii.Mi.tti 







6.781 

 7.856 



17.888,674 

 S3.361.198 

 If, gl,N 



S5.8S9.S44 



I 9M.4M 



3.345.619 33 



l.tM.MI ::. 



: 



.050.068 



i7.774.lSh 







The large and growing difu -ivncc between the traffic of Canada 

 and the traffic of the United States through the canals of Canada, 

 arises almost wholly at Sault Ste. Marie. For example, in 1912 

 the proportion of strictly Canadian traffic which passed through tin- 

 Canadian canal at Sault Ste. Marie was 10.3, and the traffic of that 

 canal represented 83 per cent, of the total canalage for the whole 

 Dominion. Of the American traffic which passed through tin- 

 Canadian canal that year iron ore constituted over 87 per cent. In 

 other words, out of 35,579,293 tons of American traffic at Sault Ste. 

 Marie, 31,141,063 tons were made up of iron ore. 



The situation changes at the Wetland. In 1912, out of a total 

 of 2,851,915 tons, Canadian traffic aggregated 1,553,116 tons, or 54 

 per cent. The St. Lawrence canals for that year showed 2,340,143 

 tons of Canadian business, out of a total of 3,477,188, or 67 per cent. 



The volume of Canadian wheat brought down through the 

 Canadian canal at Sault Ste. Marie in i<>i i was 63,641,000 buslu-1-. 

 and in 1912, 83,743,034. But without reference to which of the 

 two canals, Canadian or American, was used at Sault Ste. Marie. 

 the final total of Canadian waterborne wheat in 1912 was 123,986,931 

 bushels. 



