Canadian Mainline Railway Balance Sheets with Annual Financial Totals

Statistics Canada provides annual balance sheet data for the mainline railway industry. The dataset includes totals for assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity for Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and VIA Rail. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is available in XML, CSV, and HTML formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze industry financial stability based on total assets and liabilities.
• Compare financial performance between major railway companies based on shareholder equity.
• Track changes in capital structure over time based on annual balance sheet totals.
• Model railway company liquidity based on current versus non-current asset and liability data.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Covers three major mainline companies: Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and VIA Rail.
• Includes seven key financial statement totals as described.
• Available under the permissive OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing solely on Canadian companies.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Collection Method

Likely compiled from annual corporate financial reports.

Time Range

Annual data; specific years are not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 12:58:33.843583; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada