In 2020, the Canadian airport with the highest cargo traffic was Toronto Pearson International, which reported 303,596 metric tons of loaded and unloaded cargo, while Vancouver's airport came in second place with more than 232,600 metric tons of cargo.
Leading airports in Canada in 2020, by cargo traffic
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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Values have been rounded. Data is for major scheduled services and major charter services.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2020. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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