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Apportionment of Costs of Grade Separations: A Resource Tool
Introduction Under the Canada Transportation Act, the Canadian Transportation Agency is responsible for making cost apportionment decisions concerning the construction and reconstruction of grade separations (structures that allow railway and road traffic to cross each other at different...
Publication | 2011-11-14
Final Offer Arbitration: A Resource Tool
Introduction The Canada Transportation Act contains several provisions designed to facilitate the resolution of rate and service disputes between carriers and shippers or transit authorities. Final offer arbitration (FOA), described in Part IV of the Act, provides one means of resolving such...
Publication | 2018-05-28
Guide to Certificates of Fitness
Sections 90 to 94 of the Canada Transportation Act require a person proposing to construct or operate a freight or passenger railway under federal jurisdiction to apply to the Agency for a certificate of fitness. The Agency issues such certificates if it is satisfied that there will be adequate...
Publication | 2008-05-06
Guidelines for the Resolution of Complaints Over Railway Noise and Vibration
Introduction On June 22, 2007, Parliament enacted amendments to the Canada Transportation Act (the CTA) which came into force the same day. The CTA now authorizes the Canadian Transportation Agency (the Agency), a quasi-judicial administrative tribunal of the federal government, to resolve...
Publication | 2016-10-03
Agency approved cost of capital rates for transportation of Western grain
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
List of arbitrators for arbitration pursuant to sections 36.2, 169.42 and 169(1) of the Canada Transportation Act
List of Arbitrators call out The Canadian Transportation Agency is expanding its List of Arbitrators (List). As required by subsections 169(1) and 169.42(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, we periodically consult on the List’s composition and make revisions. With the help of the ADR...
Web page | 2024-10-07
Violations and assigned severity levels
A Designated Enforcement Officer who believes that a regulated entity has committed a violation of the Canada Transportation Act or regulations, or when a regulated entity has not complied with a CTA Order, may issue a Notice of Violation. Enforcement officers monitor compliance with the following...
Web page | 2024-09-06
Lac‑Mégantic Bypass Consultation on Groupe Conseil UDA Report and CMQR’s response
June 18, 2026 – Gatineau, QC – Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) The Canadian Transportation Agency (the Agency) is launching a consultation as part of its review of an application for the construction of the Lac-Mégantic rail bypass, submitted by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (doing...
News | 2026-06-18
Canadian Transportation Agency approves Lac-Mégantic Rail Bypass project
July 16, 2026 – Gatineau, Quebec – Canadian Transportation Agency The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has approved the Lac-Mégantic railway bypass project. The CTA has approved an application submitted by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPRC), on behalf of the Central Maine and Quebec...
News | 2026-07-16
Western grain: Maximum Revenue Entitlement program
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

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