"Strong cereals volumes - particularly wheat - helped offset sharp declines in freight received from U.S. rail connections in 2025, with total freight moved by rail in Canada during the year down only marginally from 2024, Statistics Canada reported on Feb. 24. A record volume of intermodal traffic - mainly containers - also buoyed freight volumes. Canadian railways moved 376.6 million tonnes of freight in 2025, down 0.2 per cent from 2024...." (Geralyn Wichers, 2026)
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Wichers, Geralyn. (2026, February 24th) Strong grain shipments by rail offset freight losses in 2025. Available from Grainews: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/strong-grain-shipments-by-rail-offset-freight-losses-in-2025/
Published on February 26, 2026