Via Rail Canada - statistics & facts
Via Rail Canada is an Canadian state-owned corporation which operates passenger rail services throughout Canada. In 2022, their number of employees reached 3,668. The company recorded an overall ridership of over 4.1 million passengers on a total of 910 million passenger-miles, with corridor travel, being their most popular service. Their most traveled route was Montréal-Ottawa-Toronto, accounting for over 2.1 million passengers during that year. The overall performance of the company had slumped in 2020 due to the economic impact of the railway blockades at the beginning of the year and of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was followed by a recovery between 2021 and 2023, although continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that passenger performance indicators remained below 2019 figures.
