00:00The Canadian Pacific Railway, CP. In English, Canadian Pacific Railway, CPR, is a railway company.
00:07Canadian Class I. Its network extends from Vancouver to Montreal and also serves major cities in the United States.
00:11-United states such as Minneapolis, Chicago and New York.
00:14Its headquarters are located in Calgary, Alberta. The network was initially built between eastern Canada and Columbia.
00:20-British from 1881 to 1885, in accordance with a promise of expansion linked to the entry of this province into the
00:27Confederation in 1871.
00:29It was the first transcontinental railway in Canada. While today it is essentially a carrier of
00:35freight, it was for decades the only practical means of long-distance travel in many regions of the
00:40Canada and was the instrument of colonization and economic development of western Canada.
00:44These passenger services were discontinued in 1978 after having been operated for a time by Via Rail Canada.
00:51A beaver was chosen as the railway's logo because it is one of the national symbols
00:55of Canada and that it represents the industrious character of the company.
00:58The subject of as much praise as harsh criticism, the CP remains a symbol of Canadian nationalism. The CP has
01:05purchased Kansas City Southern Railway in December 2021 for US$31 billion.
01:10On April 14, 2023, the railways merged to form CP KC, the first and only railway of
01:16iron currently serves directly Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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