Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, that serves Canada as well as the Midwest and South. The railway was known as the "Canadian National Railways" (CNR) from 1919 to 1978.

CN is Canada's largest railway in terms of revenue and physical network size, spanning the country from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately 20,400 route miles (32,831 km) of the track. CN expanded its capacity in the United States in the late twentieth century by acquiring railroads such as Illinois Central.

With 22,600 employees and a market cap of about CA$90 billion as of July 2019, CN is a publicly traded company. CN was a Canadian Crown corporation from 1919 until it was privatized in 1995, during which time it was owned by the government. The largest shareholder of CN stock as of 2019 is Bill Gates, who holds a 14.2% stake through Cascade Investment and his own Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Canadian National Railway has a market capitalization of $79.30 billion as of April 2023. This places Canadian National Railway as the 170th most valuable company in the world by market capitalization. According to the most recent financial reports, Canadian National Railway's current revenue (TTM) is $13.00 billion. In 2021, the company's revenue was $11.46 billion, an increase from $10.26 billion in 2020.

Founded: 1919

Headquarters: Montréal, Canada

Website: https://www.cn.ca