Rail Freight in Canada

Rail Freight in Canada industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2010-14, and forecast to 2019). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Canada rail freight market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

The rail freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by rail. Units of volume are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Rail freight volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this report is counted as the activity realized in the national territory of each country. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2013 annual average exchange rates.

The Canadian rail freight sector is expected to generate total revenues of $11.8bn in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% between 2010 and 2014.

Sector consumption volume is forecast to increase with a CAGR of 4.5% between 2010 and 2014, to reach a total of 428.1 billion FTK in 2014.

The performance of the sector is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 6.3% for the five-year period 2014 – 2019, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $16.1bn by the end of 2019.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Canada economy

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What was the size of the Canada rail freight market by value in 2014?

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How has the market performed over the last five years?

Companies mentioned

Canadian National Railway Company and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market volume 9

Market Segmentation 10

Geography segmentation 10

Market Outlook 11

Market value forecast 11

Market volume forecast 12

Five Forces Analysis 13

Summary 13

Buyer power 14

Supplier power 15

New entrants 16

Threat of substitutes 17

Degree of rivalry 18

Leading Companies 19

Canadian National Railway Company 19

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 23

Macroeconomic Indicators 26

Country Data 26

Appendix 28

Methodology 28

Industry associations 29

Related MarketLine research 29

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Canada rail freight sector value: $ billion, 201014 8

Table 2: Canada rail freight sector volume: billion FTK, 201014 9

Table 3: Canada rail freight sector geography segmentation: $ billion, 2014 10

Table 4: Canada rail freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 201419 11

Table 5: Canada rail freight sector volume forecast: billion FTK, 201419 12

Table 6: Canadian National Railway Company: key facts 19

Table 7: Canadian National Railway Company: key financials ($) 20

Table 8: Canadian National Railway Company: key financials (C$) 20

Table 9: Canadian National Railway Company: key financial ratios 21

Table 10: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: key facts 23

Table 11: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: key financials ($) 24

Table 12: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: key financials (C$) 24

Table 13: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: key financial ratios 24

Table 14: Canada size of population (million), 201014 26

Table 15: Canada gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 201014 26

Table 16: Canada gdp (current prices, $ billion), 201014 26

Table 17: Canada inflation, 201014 27

Table 18: Canada consumer price index (absolute), 201014 27

Table 19: Canada exchange rate, 201014 27

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Canada rail freight sector value: $ billion, 201014 8

Figure 2: Canada rail freight sector volume: billion FTK, 201014 9

Figure 3: Canada rail freight sector geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2014 10

Figure 4: Canada rail freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 201419 11

Figure 5: Canada rail freight sector volume forecast: billion FTK, 201419 12

Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the rail freight sector in Canada, 2014 13

Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the rail freight sector in Canada, 2014 14

Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the rail freight sector in Canada, 2014 15

Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the rail freight sector in Canada, 2014 16

Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the rail freight sector in Canada, 2014 17

Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the rail freight sector in Canada, 2014 18

Figure 12: Canadian National Railway Company: revenues & profitability 21

Figure 13: Canadian National Railway Company: assets & liabilities 22

Figure 14: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: revenues & profitability 25

Figure 15: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: assets & liabilities 25

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