page_title: Toronto Harbour
section_title: Port of Toronto
hierarchical_section_title: Toronto Harbour / Description / Inner Harbour / Port of Toronto
caption_attribution_description: Freighter in Toronto, 2015 07 02 (1).JPG
context_page_description: Toronto Harbour or Toronto Bay is a bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a natural harbour, protected from Lake Ontario waves by the Toronto Islands. Today, the harbour is used primarily for recreational boating, including personal vessels and pleasure boats providing scenic or party cruises. Ferries travel from docks on the mainland to the Islands, and cargo ships deliver aggregates and raw sugar to industries located in the harbour. Historically, the harbour has been used for military vessels, passenger traffic and cargo traffic. Waterfront uses include residential, recreational, cultural, commercial and industrial sites.
context_section_description: Today, the Port of Toronto and its facilities are limited to the eastern shore of the inner harbour, in an area known as the Port Lands, with the exception of the Redpath Sugar Refinery at the foot of Jarvis Street. The tonnage of cargo passing through the port is made up mostly of sugar to Redpath and aggregate materials (cement, stone), salt delivered to facilities on the eastern shore of the harbour. The port is managed by PortsToronto. The Port of Toronto also holds the International Marine Passenger Terminal.
  In 2007, the port handled 1.6 million tonnes of traffic, a 0.3% share of national port traffic, 16th out of 19 Canada Port Authority ports by traffic.
  In 2006, Transport Canada ranked Toronto 39th out of 313 ports in all of Canada in total tonnage shipped.
  Statistics Canada ranks the port 15th in shipping activity in Ontario.
caption: Freighter docked in the Port of Toronto
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