Capital expenditure · 2011–2025

Canadian National Railway capital expenditure

$2.6B+1.0% · FY2025

Canadian National Railway (CNI) reported $2.6B in capital expenditure for fiscal 2025, +1.0% year on year.

$1.6B2011$1.7B2012$1.9B2013$2.1B2014$2.1B2015$2.0B2016$2.1B2017$2.7B2018$2.9B2019$2.1B2020$2.1B2022$2.4B2023$2.6B2024$2.6B2025
Canadian National Railway — Capital expenditure, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$2.6B+1.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$2.6B+9.8%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$2.4B+11.7%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$2.1B−1.1%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$2.1B−26.6%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$2.9B+6.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$2.7B+32.3%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$2.1B+1.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$2.0B−3.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$2.1B+1.7%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$2.1B+8.7%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$1.9B+10.6%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$1.7B+5.4%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$1.6B—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +3.4%

Figures are reported under US GAAP in CAD and converted to US dollars at ECB reference rates — fiscal 2025 average 1.397 CAD/$ for income items, year-end 1.369 CAD/$ for balance-sheet items.

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Canadian National Railway capital expenditure}},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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