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Canadian National Railway

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Canadian National Railway Company
Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Canada
Company typePublic
(TSX: CNR)
(NYSE: CNI)
IndustryTransportation, Railway
FoundedDecember 20, 1918
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Key people
David McLean (Chairman)
Claude Mongeau (President and CEO)
ParentFederal Govt. of Canada (1918–1995)
Websitewww.cn.ca

The Canadian National Railway Company (French: Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Canada) is a Class I railway. Its headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec. It serves Canada and both the Midwestern and Southern United States. In 2011, Bill Gates was the largest single shareholder of CN stock.[1] CN owns around 20,400 route miles (32,831 km) of track in eight provinces. There is also a 70-mile (113 km) stretch of track into the Northwest Territories, to Hay River on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake.[2]

References

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  1. "Bill Gates now biggest CN shareholder". CBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  2. "Stock Analysis: Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI) A Value Buy, But Not a Dividend Buy *". Dividends Value. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2014-03-14.

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