Summary: Canadian railways transported 31.2 million tonnes of freight in March, down 6.2% compared with March 2021, marking the seventh straight month of year-over-year decline. The overall tonnage was the lowest for March since 2016, but remained just below the five-year average of 32.3 million tonnes for this month. While grain shipments were down substantially, carloadings of some energy products registered strong gains, tempering the overall decline. To further explore current and historical data in an interactive format, please visit the

1. RAIL
TRANSPORTATION
– CANADA
BY: PAUL YOUNG, CGA, CPA
MAY 27, 2022

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
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3. AGENDA
• Transportation Shipments
• % change in Transportation Shipments
• Government Policies / Rules
• Global Ranking / Quality of Infrastructure
• Global Ranking / Quality of Supply Management – Infrastructure
• Analytics / Rail Safety
• Blog – CN Rail
• Climate Change – Rail
• Summary

4. CAR LOADING / RAIL
– MARCH 2022
SOURCE -
HTTPS://WWW150.STATCAN.GC.CA/N1/
DAILY-QUOTIDIEN/220527/DQ220527D-
ENG.HTM
Rail Car Loading.pdf

5. CAR LOADING / RAIL - USA

6. CAR LOADING / RAIL
Source –
HTTPS://WWW150.STATCAN.GC.CA/N1/
DAILY-QUOTIDIEN/220527/DQ220527D-
ENG.HTM

7. RAIL OIL SHIPMENTS

8. RAIL SAFETY https://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/stats/rail/2022/03/r2022-03-
t1.html

9. CAPITAL INVESTMENT / RAILROAD
Source - https://www.cn.ca/en/investors and http://s21.q4cdn.com/736796105/files/doc_financials/quarterly-report/2018/q1/Q1-2018-
Presentation-FINAL.pdf
CP

10. CP RAIL
Source - https://investor.cpr.ca/financials/default.aspx

11. AIR TRANSPORTATION ACT
Source - https://www.mccarthy.ca/en/insights/articles/bill-c-49-shakes-air-transportation-law-canada
With the adoption of bill C-49, the terms of these exemptions have now become law and the CTA’s foreign
ownership cap has passed from 25% to 49%. That said, a single foreign corporation or entity can only own up to
25% of the voting interests, and any number of foreign airlines may together own a total of 25% of the voting
interests of a “Canadian” airline. In addition, bill C-49 does not modify the CTA’s requirement that notwithstanding
any foreign participation, a “Canadian” entity must be “controlled in fact” by Canadians.
With the adoption of bill C-49, the CTA requires that the Agency make regulations establishing a new airline
passenger rights regime. The regulations will govern flights to, from and within Canada, including connecting
flights, and will specify the requirements governing a carrier’s obligations in the case of flight delay, cancellation or
denial of boarding, as well as minimum standards of treatment, compensation and assistance in completing the
planned itinerary.

12. RAIL TRANSPORTATION ACT
Source - https://www.mccarthy.ca/en/insights/articles/bill-c-49-brings-important-changes-rail-transportation-
canada
• More reporting on shipments
• Ownership rules changes to CN
• Improvements to monitoring of Rail Systems (i.e. black box)
• Inter switching rate changes

13. PIPELINE ACCIDENTS
Source - https://www.bst-
tsb.gc.ca/eng/stats/rail/2021/08/index.h
tml
Table 1, Pipeline
Occurrence Statistics - Pipeline Statistics - December 2021 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada.pdf

14. RAIL SYSTEMS / QUALITY
Source - https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/railroad_quality/

15. GLOBAL / SUPPLY MANAGEMENT - INFRASTRUCTURE
Source - https://lpi.worldbank.org/international/global?order=Infrastructure&sort=asc

16. ANALYTICS AND RAIL TRANSPORTATION
• Data Analytics / Rail - https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/article/97670/four-benefits-data-analytics-
safety-modern-rail/
• Rail inspection / AI - https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/ai-machine-learning-enhance-track-
inspection/
• Analytics / Rail - https://www.ibm.com/industries/travel-transportation/rail
• Broken Rail Detection - https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/10/27-canadian-pacific-deploying-
new-broken-rail-detection-system-in-dark-territory

17. AUDIT REPORTS
• 2013 audit recommendations - https://tc.canada.ca/en/follow-audit-rail-safety - Majority of the audit
recommendations have been implemented
• CBSA Audits - https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/reports-rapports/ae-ve/2015/cr-mf-eng.html
- Concerns with oversight and accountability
• VIA rail audits - https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_201602_07_e_41251.html
• Transportation Canada audits - https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/transparency/corporate-
management-reporting/internal-audit-reports -
• Transportation Safety changes - https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/recommandations-
recommendations/rail/index.html
• Dangerous Goods - https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_202010_01_e_43641.html

18. CLIMATE CHANGE / RAIL
• CP conversion to Hydrogen - https://www.cpr.ca/en/media/cp-announces-hydrogen-powered-
locomotive-pilot-project
• Replacing Diesel with cleaner options - https://www.railjournal.com/in_depth/hydrogen-and-battery-
trains-end-for-diesel-traction
• CN and CP emissions reduction - https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/12/17-canadian-
national-canadian-pacific-seek-alternatives-to-diesel-electric-locomotives

19. SUMMARY
• For the first quarter of 2022, the cumulative volume of goods moved by rail totalled 85.1 million
tonnes. This was a decline of 9.0% from the first quarter of 2021, and the lowest cumulative first
quarter total since 2016.
• March's decline in total rail freight was attributable to lower volumes of domestic loadings, both
non-intermodal (mainly commodities) and intermodal (mainly containers). There was also a
short labour disruption at one rail carrier during March.
Blog – Rail Car Loading and Safety – Canada
Railway cr os s ing and
tr es pas s ing fatalities quadr uple in Apr il.pdf
Inves ting in Canada’s
Cr itical Rail Infr as tr uctur e RAC.pdf
Rail News - CSX
included on 'Bes t Cor por ate Citizens ' lis t. For Railr oad Car eer Pr ofes s ionals .pdf
Rail News - U.S.
r ailr oads pos t 4% tr affic decr eas e in Week 20. For Railr oad Car eer Pr ofes s ionals .pdf
Union Pacific
continues to adapt and inves t to keep fr eight moving AJOT.COM.pdf
Global Railr oad
E quipment Mar ket Futur e Scope Competitive Scenar io GE , Gr eenbr ier , Pr ogr es s ive Rail Locomotive – Ca
Canada to inves t $3.4
mn to boos t gr ain expor ts - Goa Chr onicle.pdf
Canada ur ges
far mer s to gr ow mor e gr ain as global food cr is is deepens The Star .pdf
Judge Rules That
'Canadian Rail' Scheme Violated the Jones Act.pdf
Gover nment of
Canada inves ts in two pr ojects to incr eas e the s upply chain efficiency for Canadian s hipper s in New Br uns wick.pdf
Rail Car Loading.pdf
Table 1 Railway
Occur r ence and Cas ualty - Monthly r ail occur r ence s tatis tics - Mar ch 2022 - Tr ans por tation Safety Boar d of Canada.pdf
Summary:
C
an ad i an r ai l w ays t r an sp o r t ed 31.2 m i l l i o n t o n n es o f f r ei g h t i n
M ar ch , d o w n 6.2% co m p ar ed w i t h M ar ch 2021, m ar k i n g t h e
seven t h st r ai g h t m o n t h o f year -o ver -year d ecl i n e.
T
h e o ver al l t o n n ag e w as t h e l o w est f o r M ar ch si n ce 2016, b u t
r em ai n ed j u st b el o w t h e f i ve -year aver ag e o f 32.3 m i l l i o n t o n n es
f o r t h i s m o n t h . Wh i l e g r ai n sh i p m en t s w er e d o w n su b st an t i al l y,
car l o ad i n g s o f so m e en er g y p r o d u ct s r eg i st er ed st r o n g g ai n s,
t em p er i n g t h e o ver al l d ecl i n e.
T
o f u r t h er exp l o r e cu r r en t an d h i st o r i cal d at a i n an i n t er act i ve
f o r m at , p l ease vi si t t h e
Source: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220527/dq220527d-eng.htm
1. Grain - https://goachronicle.com/canada-to-invest-3-4-mn-to-boost-grain-exports/ and
https://goachronicle.com/canada-to-invest-3-4-mn-to-boost-grain-exports/
2. Rail scheme - https://www.maritime-executive.com/index.php/article/judge-rules-that-
canadian-rail-scheme-violated-the-jones-act

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