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Thunder Bay Port Authority

Federal Crown corporation Tier 2 — ⚠️ classification still being checked — registry id
: fed-thunder-bay-port-authority · last checked 2026-07-23 · parent: — none on file · source authority: verify this org exists

ON-TOR-relevant (Ontario port infrastructure); portofthunderbay.com redirects here; no current plan located; FOI via central portal

Completeness

Endpoints

Document shelf (19 rows)

YearTypeTitleArchive statusFlags
2025Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority 2025 Approved Financial Statementsarchived
2024Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2024archived
2024Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financials 2024archived
2023Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2023archived
2023Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financials 2023archived
2022Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2022archived
2022Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financials 2022archived
2021Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2021archived
2021Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financials 2021archived
2020Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2020archived
2020Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financial Statements 2020archived
2019Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2019archived
2019Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financial Statements 2019archived
2018Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2018archived
2018Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financials 2018archived
2017Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2017archived
2017Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financials 2017archived
2016Annual reportPort of Thunder Bay Annual Report 2016archived
2016Financial statementsThunder Bay Port Authority Financials 2016archived

Backgrounder

Source: this library's internal records — a mechanical research draft, not independently reviewed for publication; reproduced as-is.

Thunder Bay Port Authority - backgrounder

Backgrounder / GOV-Q10-WAVE1-d1 / 2026-08-04 / registry row: fed-thunder-bay-port-authority (this library's government-document registry) / lens file for this org's series briefs

Mandate & statutory basis

Thunder Bay Port Authority is established under the Canada Marine Act, S.C. 1998, c. 10 (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-6.7/FullText.html, confirmed this review); its Letters Patent were issued July 1, 1999 (search-confirmed this review; ⚠️ still being checked - not independently confirmed via direct fetch of the Authority's own site, which does not itself display the letters-patent date on its accessible pages this review). Its own 2024 Annual Report states plainly: "Thunder Bay Port Authority is mandated by the Canada Marine Act to be financially self-sufficient" (p.13, https://www.portthunderbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Annual-Report-2024-PDF-Edited-by-Canva.pdf, fetched and parsed this review).

Roles, responsibilities & scope

Administers, regulates, develops and promotes the Port of Thunder Bay, situated at the head of the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System (https://www.portthunderbay.ca/, fetched this review). The Port primarily handles bulk cargo - grain, potash, and phosphate fertilizer; 2024 was its strongest cargo year of the 21st century, moving more than 10 million tonnes of bulk and breakbulk commodities, including a 40-year record of 1.88 million tonnes of potash (2024 Annual Report, p.1, same source). The Port describes itself as Western Canada's second-largest grain port, handling roughly 80% of Manitoba grain shipped through Canadian ports (same source).

Governance & reporting line

Governed by a Board of Directors on which the federal, provincial, and municipal governments each name one director for a term of up to three years, with four further directors named by the federal Minister of Transport on the recommendation of port users (2024 Annual Report, p.2, same source). The Authority reports to Parliament through the Minister of Transport (search-confirmed this review). Day-to-day operations are led by a Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Operations & Harbour Master (https://www.portthunderbay.ca/our-team/, fetched this review; officeholder names omitted per house style - roles only).

Budget scale

2024 operating revenue exceeded $4 million for the first time in the Authority's history, with Keefer Terminal revenue representing 72% of operating revenues; expenses were elevated in 2024 due to deferred maintenance and a dredging project, though the Authority "remains in a strong cash position heading into 2025" (2024 Annual Report, p.13, same source). Revenue is drawn from Keefer Terminal operations, Intercity Site revenue, harbour dues, and lease revenue from lands under the Authority's administration (same source). ⚠️ still being checked exact net-income/total-expense figures - the Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Comprehensive Income in the 2024 annual report are embedded as page images and were not machine-readable this review.

Institutional history

Created under the Canada Marine Act (1998), with Letters Patent issued July 1, 1999 (search-confirmed via the Justice Laws Canada Marine Act text and secondary sourcing this review; ⚠️ still being checked against the Authority's own InfoSource publication, not fetched this review). The Authority attributes roughly 900 direct jobs and an estimated $370 million in annual regional economic impact to Port operations, per its own site (https://www.portthunderbay.ca/, fetched this review).

Strategy evolution brief

No strategy evolution brief written for this org yet.