CALGARY, Alberta — CPKC broke its January record for Canadian grain shipments in the just-completed month, moving 2.396 million metric tons and 24,688 carloads, the railroad announced today (Feb. 2, 2026).
Both figures surpass records set in January 2023.
“By working closely with our grain customers and working efficiently with our supply chain collaborators, our railroaders have delivered record amounts of grain and grain products across Western Canada to start the year,” Jonathan Wahba, senior vice-president, Sales and Marketing, said in a press release. “This performance and record volumes have been made possible through significant investment in the grain supply chain made by CPKC and our customers in new and upgraded grain-handling capacity and high-capacity hopper cars.”
Through the first 26 weeks of the 2025-26 crop year, CPKC has shipped more than 15.1 million metric tons of grain and grain products, the largest totals since a record-setting crop year in 2020-21.
Details on CPKC’s grain service are available in its annual grain plan.
CN has near-record month
MONTREAL — Canadian National said on Feb. 5 that it. had its second-best month January on record for grain movements, shipping more than 2.27 million metric tons from Western Canada. The record for the month remains 2.85 million metric tons in 2020. The railroad says it adjusted its operations to handle the grain movements despite extreme cold across the network.
— Updated Feb. 6 with CN information. To report news or errors, contact trainsnewswire@firecrown.com.
