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The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) helps to ensure that the national transportation system runs efficiently and smoothly, providing consumer protection for air passengers, and protecting the human rights of persons with disabilities to an accessible transportation network.
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Web page | 2025-05-14
What is interswitching?
Interswitching is the transfer of traffic between two railway companies (railways). One railway takes a shipper’s freight part of the way between origin and destination. It then transfers the freight to a competing railway with which the shipper has made arrangements for...
Web page | 2025-10-22
What is this guide for?
This guide is intended to help Canadian applicants successfully apply for a domestic, a scheduled international or a non-scheduled international licence.
What constitutes a complete application?
The following documents must be provided as part of the licence application...
Publication | 2025-08-25
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Plain language Summary
A plain language summary of the Accessible Canada Act and the Accessible Transportation Planning and Reporting Regulations: A Guide on Progress Reports is available.
Introduction
A progress report provides updates on the implementation of a...
Publication | 2025-03-20
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Executive Summary
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) is created by the Canada Transportation Act (Act). Like other administrative agencies, the CTA is part of the executive branch of government and its purpose is to implement government policy. The CTA has a...
Web page | 2025-03-17
Air travel complaint resolution process
The CTA's simplified complaint process will be easy to access, more efficient and use new systems and technology to deliver faster outcomes to air passengers who submit complaints to the CTA. The process applies to all air...
Web page | 2025-05-31
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Initial public submissions
Background
On November 21, 2024, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) launched consultations to review the Railway Interswitching Regulations. The CTA...
Consultation | 2025-04-29
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Return to 2024 Interswitching consultation
Introduction
As required by the Canada Transportation Act (Act), every five years the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) reviews its Railway Interswitching...
Publication | 2025-03-14
Erratum:
The Canadian Transportation Agency has reviewed the Departmental Plan for fiscal year 2025-26 and under the section “Plans to deliver on core responsibilities and internal services,” under the subsection “Core responsibility 1: Independent regulatory and dispute-resolution services...
Publication | 2025-06-17
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Purpose
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) is seeking comments on a request from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the CTA to grant an exemption to IATA member air carriers from the requirements to:
publish (set out) their tolls within their domestic and...
Publication | 2025-06-25