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Table 1.9. Aggregate Materials Production For The Calendar Year 1995.

(based on Mineral Resources Branch Report of Activities 1995, Report ME 1996-1, Appendix 1)

Company Location Production Total Number Employed1 Approximate Value2 ($)
    Tons Tonnes    
Crushed Stone
1.  Atlantic Explosives Limited Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax County 17,637 16 000 2  
2.  Atlantic Paving Limited Saulnierville, Digby County 8,814 7 996 3  
3.  Canaan Aggregates (Shaw Resources) New Canaan, Cumberland County 22,046 20 000 ie  
4.  Conrad Brothers Limited Montague, Halifax County 795,681 721 837 44  
5.  Davis, Loran2 Mount Uniacke, Hants County 77,161 70 000 2  
6.  Dexter Construction Company Ltd. Bedford, Halifax County 81,454 73 895 ie  
7.  Doug Burns Excavation Contracting Limited Sydney, Cape Breton County 308,644 280 000 12  
8.  Gateway Materials Limited Kearney Lake Road, Halifax County 561,983 509 828 20  
9.  Kell's Enterprises Ltd. Antigonish, Antigonish County 33,655 30 532 ie  
10.  Lafarge Construction Materials Folly Lake, Cumberland County 124,086 112 570 ie  
11.  Levatte Construction Company Limited Sydney, Cape Breton County 111,883 101 500 5  
12.  L. M. Gallant Contracting Limited Elmsdale, Hants County 216,051 196 000 9  
13.  Martin Marietta Materials Canada Ltd. Mulgrave, Guysborough County 1,783,519 1 617 998 58  
14.  Mosher Limestone Company Limited Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax County 22,046 20  000 2  
15.  Municipal Ready-Mix Limited Sydney, Cape Breton County 211,642 192 000 23  
16.  Parker Mountain Aggregates Limited Deep Brook, Annapolis County 30,864 28 000 4  
17.  Pictou County Aggregates New Glasgow, Pictou County 28,727 26 061 13  
18.  Rocky Lake Quarry Limited Bedford, Halifax County 1,824,307 1 655 000 35  
19.  South Shore Sand and Gravel Limited Bridgewater, Lunenburg County 210,235 190 724 13  
20.  Stanley J. Flynn Trucking Limited Wallace, Cumberland County 6,669 6 050 ie  
21.  S. W. Weeks Construction Limited New Glasgow, Pictou County 781,531 709 000 30  
22.  Tidewater Construction Limited Lower Sackville, Halifax County 27,558 25 000 4  
23.  Will-Kare Paving and Contracting Ltd. Truro, Colchester County 155,602 141 161 10  
24.  W. Eric Whebby Limited Dartmouth, Halifax County 76,828 69 698 12  
Total (crushed stone) 7,518,623 6 820 850 301 34,104,248
Sand and Gravel
25.  Aberdeen Paving Limited Halifax, Halifax County 95,079 86 255 38  
26.  Alva Construction Limited Antigonish, Antigonish County 275,575 250 000 30  
27.  Antigonish Ready-Mix Limited2 James River, Antigonish County 4,464 4 050 3  
28.  Atlantic Paving Limited Saulnierville, Digby County 5,922 5 372 ie  
29.  Budget Paving Limited Liverpool, Queens County 5,181 4 700 3  
30.  Canaan Aggregate (Shaw Resources) New Canaan, Cumberland County 76,059 69 000 4  
31.  Carson Enterprises Limited West River, Antigonish County 3,307 3 000 1  
32.  Chaisson Brothers Limited Cheticamp, Inverness County 12,125 11 000 3  
33.  Cumberland Aggregates Limited Amherst, Cumberland County 146,606 133 000 8  
34. C. A. Williams and Sons Limited Windsor, Hants County 54,271 49 234 5  
35.  Deveau, Willard2 Meteghan River, Digby County 39,021 35 400 3  
36.  Dexter Construction Company Limited Bedford, Halifax County 359,466 326 105 23  
37.  Dillman Enterprises Limited Shubenacadie, Colchester County 347,743 315 470 24  
38.  D. W. Matheson and Sons Limited Little Narrows, Victoria County 5,512 5 000 1  
39.  Earle Toole Trucking Limited Truro, Colchester County 15,432 14 000 4  
40. Heckett Canada Limited3 Sydney, Cape Breton County 22,046 20 000 2  
41.  H. W. Phillips and Son Limited Mira Gut, Cape Breton County 40,586 36 819 4  
42.  Ideal Concrete Limited Port Hood, Inverness County 14,881 13 500 2  
43.  J. P. MacInnis Trucking Limited Whycocomagh, Inverness County 882 800 1  
44. Keddy Aggregate (Shaw Resources) Coldbrook, Kings County 352,736 320 000 6  
45. Kell's Enterprises Limited Antigonish, Antigonish County 4,507 4 089 ie  
46.  Kel-Ann Enterprises Limited Waterville, Hants County 65,129 59 085 5  
47. Lafarge Construction Materials Folly Lake, Cumberland County 178,603 162 028 12  
48.  Lafarge Construction Materials Plymouth, Yarmouth County 68,768 62 386 8  
49. Levatte Construction Co. Ltd. Sydney, Cape Breton County 2,976 2 700 ie  
50.  Malcom S. Macdonald Company Limited Sydney River, Cape Breton County 325,179 295 000 10  
51. Martells Contracting Limited Sydney, Cape Breton County 1,405 1 275 ie  
52.  Maurice's Ready-Mix Limited Kentville, Kings County 78,183 70 927 3  
53.  Meadows Sand and Gravel Limited Sydney, Cape Breton County 23,304 21 141 5  
54.  Miller's Real Estate Truro, Colchester County 155,885 141 418 5  
55.  Mosher and Rawding Enterprises Limited Liverpool, Queens County 19,841 18 000 5  
56.  Municipal Ready-Mix Limited Sydney, Cape Breton County 76,059 69 000 ie  
57.  North River Sand and Gravel Limited2 Truro, Colchester County 3,858 3 500 1  
58.  Nova Scotia Sand and Gravel Limited (Shaw Resources) Shubenacadie, Halifax County 49,604 45 000 5  
59.  Oickle, George2 Bridgewater, Lunenburg 298 270 n/a  
60.  Pictou County Aggregates New Glasgow, Pictou County 10,419 9 452 ie  
61.  Pictou West Crushing Limited Scotsburn, Pictou County 13,855 12 569 2  
62.  R. B. Ferguson Construction Marion Bridge, Cape Breton County 46,415 42 107 5  
63.  Satellite Construction Limited2 New Glasgow, Pictou County 110,230 100 000 6  
64.  Scott Worldwide Inc. New Glasgow, Pictou County 52,614 47 731 n/a  
65.  Standard Aggregates Halifax, Halifax County 7,639 6 930 ie  
66.  Standard Paving Maritime Limited Halifax, Halifax County 299,481 271  687 26  
67.  Stanley J. Flynn Trucking Limited Wallace, Cumberland County 3,417 3 100 ie  
68.  S. W. Weeks Construction Limited New Glasgow, Pictou County 164,243 149 000 ie  
69.  Warren Maritimes Limited New Glasgow, Pictou County 58,582 53 145 10  
70.  Welton, Beverly Kentville, Kings County 6,407 5 812 n/a  
71.  Will-Kare Paving and Contracting Limited Truro, Colchester County 90,332 81 949 ie  
72.  W. C. Hall and Sons Excavating Limited Cornwallis, Annapolis County 4,960 4 500 2  
73. W. K. Sharpe and Sons Construction Limited Avonport, Kings County 10,000 9  072 4  
Sub-total 3,809,084 3 455 578 279 13,822,312
Other (mainly Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Communications) 624,124 566 200 n/a 2,264,800
Total (sand and gravel) 4,433,200 4  021 800 279 16,087,100
Total for Aggregate Materials Production 11,952,000 10 843 000 580 50,191,000
1Average number of people employed during production period
2Estimated from Department of Natural Resources sources
3Slag from Sydney Steel
ie included elsewhere
n/a not applicable
Note: Production represents shipments; sum of components may not add up due to rounding

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