Sept 28 (Reuters) - Vale SA's said on Tuesday 19 of its employees trapped in a Canadian mine returned to surface early this morning and the remainder are on their way.

On Monday, the Brazilian miner said some 39 mine workers have been trapped underground since Sunday at its Totten mine in Sudbury, Canada.

(Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)