Municipalities

Canada’s major railways worked with Transport Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to build upon the existing process for providing dangerous goods reports to communities. The current practice has been to provide historical dangerous goods information to emergency response agencies that register through a Transport Canada process.

Under this newer legislation, Protective Direction 36, these reports contain more information about the dangerous goods. Registered communities now also receive an annual report which provides information on the type of dangerous goods moving through a jurisdiction which can be shared with the public. As well, CN publishes on its web site information about the DG moving through each province on its network.

CN has long shared dangerous goods information with local communities, but this new process now allows communities to designate and register an Emergency Planning Officer (EPO) through the Canadian Transport Emergency Centre. To register an Emergency Planning Official (EPO)or any change of address, contact information must be provided to the following address:

Canadian Transport Emergency Centre (CANUTEC)
Place de Ville, Tower C
330 Sparks Street, 14th Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A ON5
Attention: Director of CANUTEC
Canadian Transport Emergency Centre (CANUTEC)

CN has been working in conjunction with rail industry partners, municipal leaders and government to establish a process to advance our collaboration with communities on emergency response planning and how to better share relevant information on dangerous goods traffic.

Dangerous Goods by Province

Information about the movement of Dangerous Goods through individual provinces is also available. Click on the name of each province for information about the percentage of CN traffic that was loaded with Dangerous Goods and information on the top 10 products shipped through the province in the last calendar year.

Upon written request, CN will provide emergency response agencies or planning groups with specific commodity flow information covering all hazardous materials transported through the community.

Emergency Response agencies seeking hazardous material information can email our Dangerous Goods Team to request a Commodity Flow Information Request form.

Commodity Flow Information Request

CN is a proud member of TransCAER® (Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response), an outreach program which focuses on assisting communities to prepare for and respond to dangerous goods / hazardous materials transportation incidents.

CN has been awarded the TRANSCAER® National Achievement Award in recognition of our ongoing work to help communities with their emergency preparedness efforts.

 

 

CN is a partner, in both Canada and the United States, in Responsible Care®, an ongoing performance improvement initiative established by the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) and American Chemistry Council (ACC).

As a partner, CN is committed to continuous improvement in the areas of employee and public health and safety and environmental quality.

The principles of Responsible Care® recognize the importance of minimizing risks, meeting or exceeding regulations and standards, and communicating openly with employees and communities.

In 2016, CN was one of three recipients of the prestigious Responsible Care® Partner of the Year award of the American Chemistry Council. The award recognizes the strong performance and safety record of companies involved in the transportation, handling and marketing of chemicals.