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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network,<ref name="railwaysuppliers">{{Cite web |title=The Canadian Transportation Network - Industry Statistics |access-date=2024-07-02 |url=https://railwaysuppliers.ca/english/industry/industry-information.html/industry-statistics |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=The Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers |publisher=CARS/ACFCF}}</ref> spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in [[Nova Scotia]] to the Pacific coast in [[British Columbia]] across approximately {{convert|20,000|rtmi|km|sigfig=2}} of track.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps and Network |access-date=2024-07-02 |url=https://www.cn.ca/en/our-services/maps-and-network|author=<!--Not stated--> |website=cn.ca |publisher=Canadian National Railway}}</ref> In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the [[Illinois Central Railroad|Illinois Central]].<ref name="railwaysuppliers"/>
 
CN is a public company with 22,600 employees<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cn.ca/en/about-cn/|title=About CN |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=cn.ca |publisher=Canadian National Railway |access-date=2024-07-02}}</ref> and, {{as of|July 20192024|lc=y}}, a market cap of approximately CAUS$9075&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/cni?ltr=1 |title=Canadian National Railway Company (CNI) |language=en-CA |access-date=2024-07-02 |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Yahoo! Finance |publisher=Yahoo}}</ref> CN was government-owned, as a [[Crown corporations of Canada|Canadian Crown corporation]], from its founding in 1919 until being [[privatized]] in 1995. {{As of|2019}}, [[Bill Gates]] was the largest single shareholder of CN stock, owning a 14.2% interest through [[Cascade Investment]] and his own [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian National Railway Company {{!}} SC 13G |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16868/000110465920020187/a20-7783_1sc13ga.htm |website=www.sec.gov |access-date=2024-07-02 |date=2019-12-31 |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]}}</ref>
 
From 1919 to 1978, the railway was known as "Canadian National Railways" (CNR).