Monthly Canadian Railway Occurrence Statistics from Federally Regulated Railways

Monthly railway occurrence statistics provide a summary of selected safety data for federally regulated railways in Canada. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada produces and publishes these monthly summaries, with an annual compilation released at year-end. The dataset was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly trends in rail occurrences using reported statistics to identify seasonal safety patterns.
• Compare federally regulated railway safety performance over time using the reported summary metrics.
• Validate annual safety summaries by aggregating the published monthly statistical reports.

Strengths

• Data is updated monthly, providing regular snapshots.
• Produced by the authoritative Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
• Includes an annual summary compiled from monthly reports.

Limitations

• Excludes non-federally regulated railway data, limiting scope.
• Specific row counts, column names, and data volumes are unknown.
• Available only in HTML format, which may complicate structured analysis.

Provenance

Source

Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Collection Method

Summary of selected statistics on rail occurrences reported to the TSB.

Time Range

Monthly coverage, with annual summaries.

Freshness

Updated monthly, with a last update recorded in March 2026.

Geography

Canada (federally regulated railways only).