Canada’s ports look like public infrastructure, but the capital behind them is a hybrid of self-funding authorities, private operators, and a fast-growing layer of public financing. How money actually moves through the system, why labour is an underpriced risk, and where the investment case sits.
Industry Profiles
Marine transport carries roughly a fifth of Canada’s trade by value, through four corridors that each work differently. How Canadian cargo actually moves, why the ports are landlords and not cargo handlers, and why the whole system runs on rail.
Industry Profiles
In 2024, Canadian supply chains absorbed strikes, rerouting, drought, and wildfire at once. The exposures behind that year are structural, and they change how port and shipping assets should be financed.
