Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP), privately owned company that operates one of Canada’s two transcontinental railroad systems. The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. The construction of a railroad crossing the continent in Canadian territory was one of the conditions on which British … The construction of a railroad crossing the continent in Canadian territory was one of the conditions on which British Columbia entered the confederation in 1871. Although it used to go all the way to Atlantic Canada, it … Canadian Pacific Railway, transcontinental transportation system in Canada and extending into the United States, privately owned and operated. It was built between Eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885. The company was established to complete a transcontinental railroad that the government had begun under the agreement by which British Columbia entered the confederation in 1871. Canadian Pacific Railway, transcontinental transportation system in Canada and extending into the United States, privately owned and operated.

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known as CP Rail (CP) is a railway in North America with track in both Canada and the United States.