Canadian National Railway

In 1918, the Government of Canada assumed majority ownership of the near-bankrupt Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR). Another Canadian railway, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR), encountered financial difficulty on March 7, 1919, when its parent company Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) defaulted on repayment of construction loans to the Government of Canada. It was also brought under government control in 1920 but GTR management and shareholders opposed to nationalization took legal action, but the GTR was finally absorbed into the CNR on January 30, 1923. The company name changed to Canadian National or “CN” in 1960. CN was government-owned, as a Canadian Crown corporation, from its founding in 1919 until being privatized in 1995.

1919 – Canadian National Terminal, Vancouver, Canada

Architect: Pratt & Ross

A large, Beaux-Arts-style railway station,

1923 – Former Canadian National Railway Station, Emerson, Manitoba

Architect: John Schofield, Canadian National Railway

Originally constructed by Canadian National at Emerson in southern Manitoba.

1928 – Nova Scotian Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Architect: Archibald & Schofield

One of the later railway hotels,

1928 – Canadian National Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta

Architect: John Schofield

A classical style railway station for Canadian National,

1928 – Canadian National Railway Station, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada

A larger Canadian National station displaying many of the design characteristics of their buildings including the prominent overhanging roof with large wooden supports.