Production of Canada's Leading Minerals for December 2019
Shipments of Iron Ore
| Month | To Canadian consumers | Exported | Total shipments | Stocks at end of monthFootnote1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| dryweight - tonnes | ||||||||
| January | 237,934 | 142,621 | 2,203,388 | 2,757,523 | 2,441,322 | 2,900,144 | 5,790,758 | 6,572,730 |
| February | 240,226 | 245,753 | 3,604,719 | 2,980,319 | 3,844,945 | 3,226,072 | 5,436,479 | 7,210,786 |
| March | 249,512 | 246,322 | 3,063,911 | 4,154,522 | 3,313,423 | 4,400,844 | 6,995,916 | 7,743,894 |
| April | 285,420 | 416,083 | 3,413,444 | 3,720,487 | 3,698,864 | 4,136,570 | 6,397,463 | 7,999,814 |
| May | 455,218 | 337,584 | 2,280,168 | 4,627,873 | 2,735,386 | 4,965,457 | 6,791,377 | 7,426,243 |
| June | 916,853 | 303,748 | 2,277,321 | 4,127,790 | 3,194,174 | 4,431,538 | 8,261,589 | 7,382,345 |
| July | 633,729 | 407,464 | 4,812,193 | 5,127,328 | 5,445,922 | 5,534,792 | 7,807,591 | 6,681,296 |
| August | 731,824 | 282,026 | 5,653,865 | 5,372,013 | 6,385,689 | 5,654,039 | 6,685,949 | 6,374,066 |
| September | 561,407 | 440,376 | 6,735,421 | 4,062,276 | 7,296,828 | 4,502,652 | 4,233,699 | 6,062,830 |
| October | 450,187 | 291,968 | 4,638,206 | 5,142,733 | 5,088,393 | 5,434,701 | 4,056,817 | 5,386,289 |
| November | 398,033 | 269,359 | 3,596,642 | 3,416,910 | 3,994,675 | 3,686,269 | 5,127,684 | 6,517,707 |
| December | 494,445 | 396,474 | 4,821,297 | 4,861,845 | 5,315,742 | 5,258,319 | 5,009,059 | 5,611,181 |
| Total | 5,654,788 | 3,779,778 | 47,100,575 | 50,351,620 | 52,755,363 | 54,131,398 | ||
| Year-to-date | ||||||||
r: Revised figures, n.a.: Not applicable, x: Suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
For definitions regarding data contained in this table, refer to:
Details of the Methods Used in Computing the Mineral Production of Canada
Components may not add due to rounding.
Quebec data is provided by l'Institut de la statistique du Québec
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