TABLE A6-4: RAILWAY EMPLOYMENT, 1993 - 2003

Total Employees
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Class I	53,445	49,945	46,153	42,633	41,114	39,615	37,759	35,422	34,016	32,005	31,595
Regional	4,684	4,652	4,475	4,338	4,178	3,947	3,854	3,674	3,427	3,258	2,773
Shortline	466	497	517	694	1,179	1,553	1,633	1,830	2,087	2,015	2,029
Total	58,595	55,094	51,145	47,665	46,471	45,115	43,246	40,926	39,530	37,279	36,397
(Percentage of total)
Class I	91.2	90.7	90.2	89.4	88.5	87.8	87.3	86.6	86.1	85.9	86.8
Regional	8.0	8.4	8.7	9.1	9.0	8.7	8.9	9.0	8.7	8.7	7.6
Shortline	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.4	3.8	4.5	5.3	5.4	5.6
Railway Compensation (Millions of dollars)
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Class I	2,556.0	2,462.0	2,415.9	2,247.1	2,253.0	2,236.9	2,223.5	2,151.0	2,133.5	2,066.4	2,094.6
Regional	186.0	194.8	204.4	201.0	193.0	188.0	179.2	184.0	181.8	177.6	165.8
Shortline	17.7	21.5	22.3	32.0	55.6	78.6	86.8	97.6	112.5	112.7	114.0
Total	2,759.7	2,678.4	2,642.6	2,480.2	2,501.6	2,503.5	2,489.5	2,432.6	2,427.8	2,356.7	2,374.4
(Percentage of total)
Class I	92.6	91.9	91.4	90.6	90.1	89.4	89.3	88.4	87.9	87.7	88.2
Regional	6.7	7.3	7.7	8.1	7.7	7.5	7.2	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.0
Shortline	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.3	2.2	3.1	3.5	4.0	4.6	4.8	4.8
Compensation per Employee
Class I	47,825	49,295	52,346	52,709	54,798	56,465	58,887	60,724	62,720	64,564	66,294
Regional	39,713	41,876	45,670	46,337	46,200	47,623	46,494	50,083	53,057	54,520	59,790
Shortline	37,963	43,323	43,151	46,131	47,201	50,638	53,164	53,333	53,884	55,904	56,181

Source: Transport Canada, Statistics Canada