Port of Hamilton

About Hamilton

The Port of Hamilton is the largest port in Ontario and the western marine gateway to the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area (GTHA). The Port of Hamilton is critical infrastructure for key Ontario industries, facilitating international trade flows and supporting domestic supply chains, including:

Southern Ontario’s largest gateway for overseas exports of Ontario-grown corn, wheat and soybeans, handling more than a million tonnes of exports per year;
Largest gateway for imports of crop inputs used in southern Ontario agricultural production (urea ammonium nitrate, potash);
Essential infrastructure for raw material imports from the U.S. for steelmaking (iron ore/coal);
Major import gateway for finished steel used in GTHA automotive manufacturing, durable goods and construction projects;
Export gateway for large Ontario-manufactured components, factory equipment and machinery;
Major regional import gateway from the U.S. for liquid bulk petrochemical products, such as consumer gasoline and asphalt cement used in GTHA road construction.

HOPA Ports has consistently delivered on its mandate to support Canadian prosperity and trade by ensuring Canadian industry has the space to invest and grow. Port users have made more than $300 million in investments in the port lands within the last decade, leading to a diversification of the port’s cargo mix, and growing the number of jobs by 30 per cent.

Cargo Tonnage

Cargo Origin	Cargo Group	2020	2021
Domestic	Break	677	21,435
	Dry	3,657,165	3,816,452
	Liquid	98,523	111,700
Domestic Total		3,756,364	3,949,586
Overseas	Break	602,352	1,301,733
	Dry	1,664,070	1,785,276
	Liquid	322,325	406,419
Overseas Total		2,588,747	3,493,428
USA	Dry	3,519,491	3,359,185
	Liquid	63,888	37,305
USA Total		3,583,379	3,396,490
Grand Total (mt)		9,928,491	10,839,504