Annual Canadian Railway Industry Statistics for Freight and Passenger Transport

Annual summary statistics on Canadian railway freight and passenger transportation, published by Statistics Canada. The data includes metrics such as revenue freight by tonnes and tonne-kilometres, passenger counts and passenger-kilometres, and operational averages like cars per train and train speed. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Modeling freight transportation efficiency based on tonne-kilometres and average haul metrics.
• Analyzing passenger rail demand and journey patterns based on passenger-kilometres and average journey length.
• Benchmarking operational performance using averages for cars per train, freight train speed, and empty car-kilometres.
• Forecasting rail industry revenue streams from the reported revenue and non-revenue freight and passenger figures.

Strengths

• Data is published by Statistics Canada, a national statistical office.
• Covers multiple annual metrics for both freight and passenger rail operations.
• 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.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Collection Method

Likely compiled from annual industry reports and operational data submissions.

Time Range

Annual data; specific years are not stated in the provided metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 12:58:38.756837.

Geography

Canada (inferred from source organization and platform).