A Brief History of the
Canadian Pacific Railway

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Companies go through many changes. With 119 years of history, Canadian Pacific Railway has had its share. Among the most visible to the public has been the periodic changes to the railway's logo; some discreet, others striking.
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Windsor Station
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Always conscious of the great significance of the CPR to the development of Canada and immensely proud of those achievements, company officers ensured that a tangible corporate memory was created and retained.
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CPR timeline (Acrobat file)
Canadian Pacific Railway was incorporated in 1881. When CPR completed Canada’s first cross-country rail link in 1885, it united the nation and opened up the Canadian West to settlement. Today, CPR is a North American Class 1 railway, and a leader in bulk and intermodal transportation services.
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