# Canadian National Railway Company > Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero. ## Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 | | Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 | | Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 | | Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Canonical entity | alpha:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7 | | Entity type | Company | | Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/canadian-national-railway | | Publication | PUBLISHED | | Verification | source_reported | | Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 | | Ownership | unclaimed | | Published claims | 23 | | Claims under review | 1 | | Evidence records | 3 | | Conflicts | 0 | | Conflicts in internal review | 0 | | Observed | 2026-09-02T02:38:48.946513+00:00 | | Last reviewed | 2026-09-02T02:38:48.946513+00:00 | ## Identity - Legal name: Canadian National Railway Company - Display name: Canadian National Railway Company ## Alpha Governance Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 | | Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | As of | 2026-10-18T08:38:51.865659+00:00 | | Completeness | 0.318 | | Record Quality | 0.777 | | Directors | 11 | | Committees | 0 | | Governance events | 0 | | Entity class | public_company | ## Section coverage | Section | State | | --- | --- | | identity | PUBLISHED | | corporate_structure | NOT_REVIEWED | | board | PUBLISHED | | committees | NOT_REVIEWED | | leadership | PUBLISHED | | ownership | NOT_REVIEWED | | financials | NOT_REVIEWED | | capital_structure | PUBLISHED | | compensation | NOT_REVIEWED | | governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | shareholder_governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | audit | NOT_REVIEWED | | legal | NOT_REVIEWED | | risk | NOT_REVIEWED | | cyber | NOT_REVIEWED | | ai_governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | agent_governance | RESTRICTED | | markets_external | NOT_REVIEWED | | events | INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE | | relationships | PUBLISHED | | assessments | PUBLISHED | | evidence | PUBLISHED | ## Board - Al Monaco: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:7 - David Freeman: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:8 - Denise Gray: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:9 - Jo-ann dePass Olsovsky: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:10 - Justin M. Howell: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:11 - Madeleine Paquin: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:12 - Michel Letellier: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:13 - Robert Knight: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:14 - Shauneen Bruder: Chair of the Board. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:6 - Susan C. Jones: Director. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:15 - Tracy Robinson: President and Chief Executive Officer. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:16 ## Executive leadership - Bhushan Ivaturi: Executive Vice-President & Chief Information and Technology Officer. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:17 - Ghislain Houle: Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer [CFO]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:18 - Janet Drysdale: Executive Vice-President and Chief Commercial Officer. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:19 - Josée Girard: Senior Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Officer [CHRO]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:20 - Olivier Chouc: Senior Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer [GC]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:21 - Patrick Lortie: Senior Vice-President and Chief Strategy and Stakeholder Relations Officer. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:22 - Patrick Whitehead: Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer [COO]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:23 ## Scoped resources - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=identity - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=corporate-structure - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=board - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=committees - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=leadership - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=ownership - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=financials - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=capital-structure - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=compensation - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=governance - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=shareholder-governance - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=audit - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=legal - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=risk - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=cyber - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=ai-governance - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=agents - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=ecosystem - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=events - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=relationships - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=assessments - `alpha://company/canadian-national-railway/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record§ion=evidence ## Role modules - NOT_ASSERTED ## Attention - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Committee data - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Leadership - Shauneen Bruder: Chair of the Board. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:6. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Al Monaco: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:7. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - David Freeman: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:8. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Denise Gray: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:9. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Jo-ann dePass Olsovsky: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:10. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Justin M. Howell: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:11. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Madeleine Paquin: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:12. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Michel Letellier: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:13. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Robert Knight: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:14. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Susan C. Jones: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:15. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Tracy Robinson: President and Chief Executive Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:16. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233. - Bhushan Ivaturi: Executive Vice-President & Chief Information and Technology Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:17. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9480e6e9b12e9868e72ad2162788e087432b6455a6b05fb65084028733b0e78b. - Ghislain Houle: Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:18. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9480e6e9b12e9868e72ad2162788e087432b6455a6b05fb65084028733b0e78b. - Janet Drysdale: Executive Vice-President and Chief Commercial Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:19. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9480e6e9b12e9868e72ad2162788e087432b6455a6b05fb65084028733b0e78b. - Josée Girard: Senior Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:20. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9480e6e9b12e9868e72ad2162788e087432b6455a6b05fb65084028733b0e78b. - Olivier Chouc: Senior Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:21. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9480e6e9b12e9868e72ad2162788e087432b6455a6b05fb65084028733b0e78b. - Patrick Lortie: Senior Vice-President and Chief Strategy and Stakeholder Relations Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:22. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9480e6e9b12e9868e72ad2162788e087432b6455a6b05fb65084028733b0e78b. - Patrick Whitehead: Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:leadership_role:23. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9480e6e9b12e9868e72ad2162788e087432b6455a6b05fb65084028733b0e78b. ## Roles - PUBLISHED ## Governance - NOT_ASSERTED ## Board committees - PUBLISHED ## Financials - NOT_ASSERTED ## Workforce - NOT_ASSERTED ## Market and index context - PUBLISHED ## Legal Name - Canadian National Railway Company. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:legal_name:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:293c124821edca691143d2215f0c761fa1897441c43288b09267358928d09e5c. ## Entity Status - Public listing published. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:entity_status:3. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:293c124821edca691143d2215f0c761fa1897441c43288b09267358928d09e5c. ## Published Fact - CA. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:published_fact:4. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:293c124821edca691143d2215f0c761fa1897441c43288b09267358928d09e5c. - Industrial Products & Services. Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:published_fact:5. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:293c124821edca691143d2215f0c761fa1897441c43288b09267358928d09e5c. ## Security Listing - CNR.TO (TSX). Claim: alpha:claim:company:165df878-285b-40c8-9246-7e31c99e68a7:security_listing:24. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:293c124821edca691143d2215f0c761fa1897441c43288b09267358928d09e5c. ## Coverage states | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Identity | PUBLISHED | | Business | PUBLISHED | | Leadership | PUBLISHED | | Board and committees | PUBLISHED | | Governance | NOT_ASSERTED | | Financials | NOT_ASSERTED | | Workforce | NOT_ASSERTED | | Ownership | NOT_ASSERTED | | Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED | | Market and index context | PUBLISHED | ## Public sources - alpha:projection-evidence:293c124821edca691143d2215f0c761fa1897441c43288b09267358928d09e5c: [Alpha canonical company public projection](https://www.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:56a1f9672ad644b24e9e7c4036328ec99dffff4685e695f0ce0e6086bfdbf233: [CN Announces Election of Directors (issuer IR, 1 May 2026)](https://www.cn.ca/en/news/2026/05/cn-announces-election-of-directors/). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:9480e6e9b12e9868e72ad2162788e087432b6455a6b05fb65084028733b0e78b: [CN Leadership Team (issuer IR)](https://www.cn.ca/en/about-cn/leadership-team/). ## Rights | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | public_retrieval | allowed | | agent_retrieval | allowed | | redistribution | not_granted | | model_training | not_granted | | commercial_use | not_specified | | relationship_pathfinding | not_granted | | direct_contact | not_granted | ## Limitations - Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist. - Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included. - Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist. - Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights. - This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating. ## Alternate representations - [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/canadian-national-railway) - [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/canadian-national-railway.md) - [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=record) - [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/canadian-national-railway?format=jsonld) - MCP resource: `alpha://companies/canadian-national-railway` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp ## Connected governance records Only explicitly published, rights-cleared records. Missing records do not establish absence, safety, or complete coverage. ## Critical-risk oversight Snapshot as of 2026-10-18T08:38:51.658988+00:00; recorded 2026-10-18T08:38:51.658988+00:00. Every published assignment for this snapshot is listed. Only explicitly reviewed, rights-cleared assignments in effect on the as-of date, in the company's own wording. An assignment shows where oversight is placed, not whether it is effective. Missing records do not establish absence.