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Canadian National Railway Company
Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada
System map
CN EMD SD70M-2, SD75I and SD60F in Alberta, Canada
Overview
Reporting mark
CN
Locale
Canada, United States
Dates of operation
6 June 1919–present
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Previous gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length
32,831 km (20,400 mi)
Other
Website
www.cn.ca
Canadian National Railway Company
The headquarters of CN in Downtown Montreal
Native name
Canadian National Railway Company[a]
Compagnie des Chemins de fer nationaux du Canada
Formerly
Canadian National Railways (1919–1978)
Company type
Public
Traded as
TSX: CNR
NYSE: CNI
S&P/TSX 60 component (CNR)
Industry
Transport
Predecessor
Canadian Northern Railway
Founded
June 6, 1919; 104 years ago (1919-06-06)
Headquarters
Montreal
,
Canada
Key people
Robert Pace (Chairman)[1]
Tracy Robinson (President and CEO)
Revenue
CA$17.11 billion (2022)
Operating income
CA$5.593 billion (2019)
Net income
CA$5.12 billion (2022)
Owner
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (8.11%)
MFS Investment Management (4.8%)
Wellington Management Company (3.17%)
The Vanguard Group (2.77%)
BlackRock (2.4%)
Number of employees
22,600 (2022)
Website
cn.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.
CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately 20,400 route miles (32,831 km) of track.[2] In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central.
CN is a public company with 22,600 employees,[3] and as of July 2019[update] it has a market cap of approximately CA$90 billion.[4] CN was government-owned, having been a Canadian Crown corporation from its founding in 1919 until being privatized in 1995. As of 2019[update], Bill Gates is the largest single shareholder of CN stock, owning a 14.2% interest through Cascade Investment and his own Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[5]
From 1919 to 1978, the railway was called "Canadian National Railways" (CNR).
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