1919 – Canadian National Terminal, Vancouver, Canada
Architect: Pratt & Ross
A large, Beaux-Arts-style railway station,
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.
1923 – Former Canadian National Railway Station, Emerson, Manitoba
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 – Johnston Terminal, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: John Schofield, Canadian National Railway
The Johnston Terminal is the largest of the buildings in the Forks and contains some commercial space as well as retail.
1932 – Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon, Canada
Architect: Archibald & Schofield
One of Canada’s grand railway hotels built for Canadian National Railway.
1939 – Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Architect: Archibald & Schofield
Construction started in 1928 by Canadian National Railways,
1942 – Canadian National Building, Winnipeg
Architect: John Schofield, Canadian National Railway
Telecommunications building constructed by Canadian National Railways.
1958 – Le Reine Élizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec
Architect: George Drummond, Canadian National Railway
Completed in 1958,
1966 – CN Tower, Edmonton, Canada
Architect: Abugov & Sunderland
Constructed on the site of the former Canadian Northern Railway station,
1976 – CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario
Architect: WZMH Architects
Defining the Toronto skyline,
