Canada's major railways report strong grain shipments in week 49: Ag Transport Coalition

Jul 21, 2026

CN Rail performance improved last week for a third consecutive week, while CPKC Rail performance held steady and near perfect for an eighth straight week.

CN and CPKC combined, supplied 96% of shipper orders, a slight improvement from the 95% performance seen in week 48.

System performance remains north of the 90% threshold for a third straight week.

In supplying 93% of cars ordered by shippers in week 49, CN saw performance improve from the 91% order fulfillment

performance seen in week 48.

CN performance remains above the 90% threshold for a second straight week.

Meanwhile, in supplying 99% of shipper orders last week, CPKC matched the performance seen in week 48.

CPKC performance has now been at 90% or better for ten consecutive weeks, averaging 97% order fulfillment performance weekly, over that period.

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