Via
Fast Facts
Our vision: to be the best passenger transport company in Canada.
VIA Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation set up in 1978. VIA operates trains
in all regions of Canada over a network spanning the country from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay.
- 3.8 million passengers
- staff numbering close to 2,900
- 460 trains per week, including 300 in southern Quebec and southern Ontario
- 14,000 km of track serving some 450 Canadian communities
