Planes, Trains, Trucks and Ships

CentrePort Canada offers business direct access to Manitoba’s vast trucking industry, three class one railways and international air cargo operations. Manitoba is also home to Canada’s only deep sea Arctic port, the Port of Churchill, which provides international markets in Russia, Europe and Asia with the closest sea connection to North America’s Midwest.

One feature that distinguishes CentrePort Canada from other inland ports is the strong air cargo operations at James Armstrong Richardson International Airport and the quick and efficient air cargo connections to truck and rail transport.

Did You Know?

  • CentrePort Canada Way is a $212.5 million, 10-kilometre divided expressway that will better connect businesses located at CentrePort Canada to the Perimeter Highway and into key trade corridors such as the Asia-Pacific Gateway and the Mid-Continent Trade and Transportation Corridor.
     
  • CentrePort Canada Way is expected to create more than 3,236 person years of direct and spin off employment; save truckers and motorists at least $220 million in fuel, lost time and accidents; and reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 582,000 tonnes over 25 years.

  • For more information on the construction of CCW, please visit the websites for SNC Lavalin Constructors (Pacific) Ltd and the Province of Manitoba.

Driving Distances from CentrePort Located in the heart of North America, CentrePort Canada is only a 24-hour drive from major American markets.

Logistics

James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
  • Cargo volume of 159,400 tonnes in 2009
  • 24-hour operations
  • Worldwide freight forwarding
  • 8 scheduled and 4 non-scheduled air cargo carriers
3 Class 1 Railways and short line railways
  • Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, BNSF and Central Manitoba Railways
Intermodal facilities
  • Canadian National and Canadian Pacific hold intermodal facilities in Winnipeg
International trucking
  • Over 1,000 for hire trucking companies
  • 5 of the largest trucking companies in Canada are established in Winnipeg
Deep-sea Port of Churchill
  • 4 loading berths 82,000 sqf of indoor storage space plus ample outdoor storage space
Global freight forwarders
  • 20 established freight forwarders with worldwide reach