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TABLE A6 – 4: RAILWAY EMPLOYMENT, 1995 – 2005




Total Employees







1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Class I 46,153 42,633 41,114 39,615 37,759 35,422 34,016 32,005 31,595 30,966 31,526
Regional 4,475 4,338 4,178 3,947 3,854 3,674 3,427 3,258 2,773 2,550 1,295
Short Line 517 694 1,179 1,553 1,633 1,830 2,087 2,015 2,029 2,072 2,136
Total 51,145 47,665 46,471 45,115 43,246 40,926 39,530 37,279 36,397 35,588 34,957




Percentage of total






Class I 90.2 89.4 88.5 87.8 87.3 86.6 86.1 85.9 86.8 87.1 90.2
Regional 8.7 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.9 9.0 8.7 8.7 7.6 7.2 3.7
Short Line 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.4 3.8 4.5 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.1




Railway Compensation (Millions of dollars)







1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Class I 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 2,068.0 2,263.8
Regional 204.4 201.0 193.0 188.0 179.2 184.0 181.8 177.6 165.8 154.7 86.1
Short Line 22.3 32.0 55.6 78.6 86.8 97.6 112.5 112.7 114.0 120.3 124.3
Total 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 2,343.0 2,474.2




Percentage of total






Class I 91.4 90.6 90.1 89.4 89.3 88.4 87.9 87.7 88.2 88.3 91.5
Regional 7.7 8.1 7.7 7.5 7.2 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.0 6.6 3.5
Short Line 0.8 1.3 2.2 3.1 3.5 4.0 4.6 4.8 4.8 5.1 5.0




Compensation per Employee






Class I 52,346 52,709 54,798 56,465 58,887 60,724 62,720 64,564 66,294 66,784 71,808
Regional 45,670 46,337 46,200 47,623 46,494 50,083 53,057 54,520 59,790 60,673 66,493
Short Line 43,151 46,131 47,201 50,638 53,164 53,333 53,884 55,904 56,181 58,043 58,181

Source: Transport Canada, Statistics Canada

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