Canadian Regional Railway Operating Statistics, Annual

Statistics Canada publishes annual operating statistics for regional railway companies. The dataset includes metrics such as total train-kilometres, locomotive unit-kilometres, freight and passenger car-kilometres, gross tonne-kilometres, and total train hours. 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

• Model railway operational efficiency based on train-kilometres and locomotive unit-kilometres.
• Analyze freight and passenger service capacity trends based on car-kilometres metrics.
• Benchmark regional railway company performance using gross tonne-kilometres data.
• Forecast maintenance and resource allocation needs based on total train hours.

Strengths

• Published by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Includes multiple key performance indicators for railway operations.
• Data is available in three structured formats: XML, CSV, and HTML.
• Last updated on 2026-04-28, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its source, focusing on Canadian regional companies.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Likely collected through mandatory reporting from regional railway companies.

Time Range

Annual coverage, specific years not stated.

Freshness

Annual; last updated 2026-04-28 12:58:38.220656

Geography

Canada, regional companies.