Canadian Pacific Railway

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Canadian Pacific Railway is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway company that played a central role in the country’s development and later expanded into a major transportation and hospitality conglomerate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public company ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
transcontinental railway ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1885 ⓘ
formerHeadquartersLocation Montreal, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
formerIndustry aviation ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
formerName Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
founder Donald Smith ⓘ
George Stephen ⓘ
Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada

James J. Hill ⓘ
hasHeritageService Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal Canadian Pacific
hasMerger Kansas City Southern Railway ⓘ
hasPart main line between Montreal and Vancouver ⓘ
rail lines in the United States Midwest ⓘ
rail network in Eastern Canada ⓘ
rail network in Western Canada ⓘ
hasSubsidiary CP Ships ⓘ
CP Telecommunications ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Air Lines ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Pacific Airlines

Fairmont Hotels and Resorts (historical operator) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Pacific Hotels
headquartersLocation Calgary ⓘ
surface form: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
heritageStatus symbol of Canadian nation-building ⓘ
inception 1881 ⓘ
industry freight transportation ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
mergerCompletionDate 2023 ⓘ
mergerResult Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Pacific Kansas City
notableLocation Craigellachie, British Columbia ⓘ
notableStructure Connaught Tunnel ⓘ
Mount Macdonald Tunnel ⓘ
Spiral Tunnels ⓘ
Stoney Creek Bridge ⓘ
officialName Canadian Pacific Railway self-link ⓘ
operatedBy Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
originalPurpose construction of a transcontinental railway to unite Canada ⓘ
owns Banff Springs Hotel (historically) ⓘ
Château Frontenac ⓘ
surface form: Château Frontenac (historically)

The Empress Hotel ⓘ
surface form: The Empress Hotel, Victoria (historically)
parentOrganization Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
primaryCargo coal ⓘ
grain ⓘ
intermodal containers ⓘ
potash ⓘ
routeTerminus Montreal ⓘ
surface form: Montreal, Quebec

Port of Vancouver ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
surface form: Vancouver, British Columbia
shortName Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CP Rail

CPR ⓘ
significantEvent completion of transcontinental line in 1885 ⓘ
significantRole development of Western Canada ⓘ
economic integration of Canada ⓘ
settlement of the Canadian Prairies ⓘ
stockExchange New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
Toronto Stock Exchange ⓘ
tickerSymbol CP ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ
traverses Canadian Shield ⓘ
Western Canada ⓘ
surface form: Prairie Provinces

Rocky Mountains ⓘ

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Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Château Frontenac → builtFor → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Dryden, Ontario → hasRailService → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Sarnia → transportLink → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Port of Hamilton → connectedTo → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Fraser Canyon → traversedBy → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Castlegar, British Columbia → railwayServedBy → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Fort William → transportConnection → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Pan Am Railways → connectedWith → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Moose Jaw → railwayServedBy → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Amtrak Adirondack → usesRailroadInfrastructure → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Brown County, Wisconsin → hasRailService → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Kamloops → railwayJunctionFor → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Maine Central Railroad → connectedTo → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Clarington → hasRailService → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Medicine Hat → isServedByRailway → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Yorkton → hasRailService → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Railway mainline → operator → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Railway mainline → partOf → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway network
Via Rail → usesInfrastructureOf → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Air Lines → parentCompany → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Air Lines → ownedBy → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Pacific Limited
Michel Trudeau → employer → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway (as a seasonal worker)
Heron Bay, Ontario → locatedOnTransportationRoute → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Côte-Saint-Luc → hasRailLine → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Heritage Railway Station of Canada → associatedWith → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Fairmont Royal York Hotel → builtFor → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
CPKC Milwaukee Subdivision → hasOwnerPredecessor → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Milwaukee Road → successor → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Kansas City Southern Railway → connectedTo → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Canadian Northern Railway → competedWith → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway → competedWith → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada → railwayServedBy → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Sault Ste. Marie Canal Swing Bridge → usedBy → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
General Electric Transportation → majorCustomer → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Amtrak Hiawatha Service → usesRailroad → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Pitt Meadows → hasTransportation → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Thompson River → crossedBy → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Lachine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada → hasRailTransport → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Lachine
this entity surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway lines
Canadian Pacific Railway → operatedBy → Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
Canadian Pacific Railway → parentOrganization → Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
Canadian Pacific Railway → officialName → Canadian Pacific Railway self-link ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Railway → shortName → Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP Rail
Canadian Pacific Railway → formerName → Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway → hasHeritageService → Canadian Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Canadian Pacific
Fraser Valley → transportCorridor → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Bruce Price → employer → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway (as architect for hotels and stations)
Pershing Square Holdings (historical significant shareholder) → hasSignificantShareholderRoleIn → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Pershing Square Holdings
Porcupine Gold Rush → associatedWith → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Brockville Railway Tunnel → laterOperator → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Oxford County → hasRailService → Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ