Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway Company
Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada
System map
A CN freight train in Alberta, Canada pulled by three diesel-electric locomotives (types EMD SD70M-2, SD75I and SD60F).
Overview
Reporting markCN
LocaleCanada, United States
Dates of operation6 June 1919–present
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Previous gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length20,000 mi (32,000 km)
Other
Websitewww.cn.ca
Canadian National Railway Company
Native name
  • Canadian National Railway Company[a]
  • Compagnie des Chemins de fer nationaux du Canada
FormerlyCanadian National Railways (1919–1978)
Company typePublic
IndustryTransport
PredecessorCanadian Northern Railway
FoundedJune 6, 1919 (1919-06-06)
Headquarters
Montreal, Quebec
,
Canada
Key people
RevenueCA$17.11 billion (2022)
CA$5.593 billion (2019)
CA$5.12 billion (2022)
Owner
Number of employees
22,600 (2022)
Websitecn.ca

The Canadian National Railway Company[a] (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.[3][4]

CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network,[5] spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately 20,000 route miles (32,000 km) of track.[6] In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central.[5]

CN is a public company with 22,600 employees[7] and, as of July 2024, a market cap of approximately US$75 billion.[8] CN was government-owned, as a Canadian Crown corporation, from its founding in 1919 until being privatized in 1995. As of 2019, Bill Gates was the largest single shareholder of CN stock, owning a 14.2% interest through Cascade Investment and his own Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[9]

From 1919 to 1978, the railway was known as "Canadian National Railways" (CNR).

  1. ^ CN Commercialization Act (SC). Parliament of Canada. 1995. c. 24. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Board Mandate and Committees". cn.ca. CN. Archived from the original on October 1, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Canadian National Railways". Science Museum Group Collection. Science Museum Group. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "A New Canadian – U.S. Intermodal Service". cn.ca. Canadian National Railway. September 11, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "The Canadian Transportation Network - Industry Statistics". The Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers. CARS/ACFCF. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  6. ^ "Maps and Network". cn.ca. Canadian National Railway. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  7. ^ "About CN". cn.ca. Canadian National Railway. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  8. ^ "Canadian National Railway Company (CNI)". Yahoo! Finance. Yahoo. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  9. ^ "Canadian National Railway Company | SC 13G". www.sec.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. December 31, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2024.


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