Canada’s RAIL Facts
A big part of your everyday life.
RAIL transport serves millions of people daily, bringing goods, food, resources,
and offering transport solutions to all.
What makes it so effective?
Reduces congestion
=
=
1 Train
280 Trucks
1,100 Cars
Canadian RAIL is the 3rd largest network in the world
60,000 = 1.5x
Kilometers of track
Around the Globe
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
>
3.4%
CO
2
Produces only 3.4%
of transportation
greenhouse gas
Transporting 70%
of surface goods
Trains are the safest way to travel
RAIL is the safest means of ground
transportation in Canada, as officially measured
by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Safety is top priority.
Total fatalities in 2010
vs.
RAIL: 81
Motor vehicles: 2,227
In 2011, Canadian RAIL moved $372.3 billion revenue tonne kilometers
That’s over $1 billion each day!
Canadian RAIL moves 73 million people each year
That’s twice the population of Canada!
Canadian RAIL will create 15,000 jobs
Canadian RAIL is hiring
15,000 new employees
within five years. Five
percent of top
management will also retire in the next five years.
x15,000
Communities Matter
From hiring locally to investing in new technology,
RAIL invites innovation and community
partnerships.
Total RAIL Employees
32,624
$83,176
Total Employees
in 2011
Average annual wage per
employee in 2011
Commuting by RAIL
68,427
RAIL commuters in British
Columbia, Ontario and Quebec
From 2000 to 2010 , this represents a 42% increase
Carbon Disclosure Project
To date, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
holds the largest collection of self-reported
climate change data in the world. Canadian
National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway,
Canada's largest RAIL networks, voluntarily provide this
information to the CDP.
Recycling RAIL Steel
1,400 pounds
of coal
Recycling
1 Tonne of
RAIL Saves
120 pounds
of limestone
2,500 pounds
of iron ore
Recycle and reuse of RAIL steel optimizes the use of our
planet’s resources.
Your mattress frame may
be made of
recycled RAIL.
What you ate for breakfast
today - chances are this was
transported by RAIL.
Carloads Originated by Commodity Grouping
Machinery &
Manufactured
Hydrocarburants
& Chemicals
Intermodal
7%
23%
Agricultural Goods
& Foods
Metals & Minerals
21%
25%
Pulp &
Wood
Products
14%
10%
The fact is, RAIL is a part of your everyday life.
How is RAIL part of your life?
Share your RAIL story at [email protected]
Brought to you by:
Data obtained from the
Railway Association of
Canada and Transportation
Safety Board of Canada.