Study on the movement of dangerous goods in Ontario

The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Program at Transport Canada has a requirement for research and analysis of freight truck movements involving dangerous goods (referred to below as Truck Movements) and dangerous goods quantities moving through the province of, Ontario. The Contractor shall compile, analyze, map and report on data linked to import/export activity at marine ports, as well as commercial vehicle movements linked to marine ports activity in the Province of Ontario and its surroundings as detailed in the tasks listed below. Primary data sources will be provided by Transport Canada. Any additional information to be sourced through publicly available data. This includes data on dangerous goods crossing the Port boundaries in trucks, by Class, by UN number (where possible) and quantities, movement by other modes in order to deduce or estimate what is moving on trucks, as well as through existing surveys including the Trucking Commodity Origin and Destination Survey (TCOD) available through Statistics Canada to identify shipments of commodities by truck in Ontario. A full analysis of truck origins, destinations and routing in the Ontario region will be generated as a geospatial dataset. Findings will be presented in a report, including any other relevant information on dangerous goods imports and exports moving through the Province of Ontario. The study will be completed by March 31, 2021.