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The Canada Transportation Act requires Agency approval for the construction of federally-regulated railway lines. The Agency will approve an application to construct a railway line if it determines that the location of the railway line is reasonable, taking into consideration the:...
Consultation | 2025-04-07
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On November 21, 2024, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) launched consultations to review the Railway Interswitching Regulations. The CTA...
Consultation | 2025-04-29
The Agency determines the cost of capital rates to be used for the development of the Volume-Related Composite Price Index, under subsection 151(1) of the Canada Transportation Act.
The rates are approved each year in March for the upcoming crop year (August 1 - July 31).
Canadian National...
Web page | 2025-04-29
Background
The Canada Transportation Act requires Agency approval for the construction of federally-regulated railway lines. The Agency will approve an application to construct a railway line if it determines that the location of the railway line is reasonable, taking into consideration the:...
Consultation | 2025-05-15
Canadian National Railway Company (CN)
Year
Long-term debt
rate
Deferred taxes
rate
Common equity
pre-tax
Cost of capital
pre-tax weighted rate
2024
4.22%
0.00%
10.96%
6.01%
2023...
Web page | 2025-12-05
Ottawa – December 19, 2025 – In a determination issued today, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruled that revenue of the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) was below and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway Company (CPKC) was above their respective maximum grain revenue entitlements...
News | 2025-12-19
These are the completed maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) statistics for Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CPKC) since the introduction of the program in 2000-01. For current information, see Agency decisions related to the maximum revenue entitlement...
Web page | 2025-12-19
To learn more about the revenue cap, see The Maximum Revenue Entitlement: A Guide.
Crop year
Volume-Related Composite Price Index determination
Maximum revenue entitlement determination
Related determinations
2025-2026
Determination No. R-2025-...
Web page | 2025-12-19
The Agency is required by the Canada Transportation Act to set annual Maximum Revenue Entitlements (MRE) for Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CPKC) for the movement of western grain and determine whether each entitlement has been exceeded.
For more...
Web page | 2025-12-19
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