Quebec, Canada
Port · CAQUE · 46.80°, -71.21° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 833
About the port
The World Port Index lists Quebec as a medium river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 16 m at the cargo pier and 16 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 8 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a large drydock.
Quebec is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 834 port calls at Quebec from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 70 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 52%, dry bulk carriers 42% and general cargo ships 5% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 11 million t imported and 8.6 million t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (86 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (46).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Quebec.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 69 calls, 1.4 million t in, 787 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 16 m · oil terminal 16 m
- mean rise of tide
- 8 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, tide; not swell
- overhead limits
- no
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- Mediterranean mooring, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- large
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 145 (Enroute) - Nova Scotia and the Saint Lawrence
- chart
- 14215
World Port Index entry Quebec (No. 2180), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Canada's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 11%, exports 4.4%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.