Dividends paid · 2011–2025

Canadian National Railway dividends paid

$1.6B+1.2% · FY2025

Canadian National Railway (CNI) reported $1.6B in dividends paid for fiscal 2025, +1.2% year on year.

$592M2011$652M2012$703M2013$741M2014$779M2015$875M2016$956M2017$1.0B2018$1.2B2019$1.2B2020$1.5B2022$1.5B2023$1.6B2024$1.6B2025
Canadian National Railway — Dividends paid, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearDividends paidChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$1.6B+1.2%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.6B+1.8%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.5B−0.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.5B+26.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$1.2B+4.8%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$1.2B+13.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$1.0B+7.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$956M+9.2%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$875M+12.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$779M+5.1%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$741M+5.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$703M+7.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$652M+10.2%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$592M—Open →

Dividends paid — Dividends paid is the cash that actually left the company for shareholders during the year, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. It is a total in dollars, not a per-share rate or a yield — a yield needs a share price, which this site does not carry.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +7.3%

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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