Toronto, Canada
Port · CATOR · 43.65°, -79.39° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 156
About the port
The World Port Index lists Toronto as a medium coastal natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by swell, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a small drydock.
Toronto is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 130 port calls at Toronto from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 11 a month, 10% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 95%, tankers 2% and general cargo ships 2% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 905 thousand t imported and 29 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (18 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Toronto.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 18 calls, 127 thousand t in, 2 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium coastal natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Lake Ontario; Great Lakes
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 8 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, swell; not tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating
- services
- electrical repair, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- U.S. Coast Pilot 6 - Great Lakes and their connecting waterways
- chart
- 14810
World Port Index entry Toronto (No. 3000), 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 0.8%, exports 0.0%.
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.