What is Canadian National Railway?
{{Infobox Company | company_name = Canadian National Railway Company<br/>Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Canada | company_logo = CN 8880 rolls past Wood Street Crossing in Harvey.jpg | company_type = Public<br>({{TSX|CNR}})<br>({{NYSE|CNI}}) | foundation = December 20, 1918 | location = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] | key_people = David McLean (Chairman)<br>Claude Mongeau (President and CEO) | industry = [[Transportation]], [[Railway]] | parent = [[Government of Canada|Federal Govt. of Canada]] (1918–1995) | products = | revenue = | net_income = | homepage = {{url|http://www.cn.ca/}} }} The '''Canadian National Railway Company''' ({{lang-fr|Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Canada}}) is a Class I [[railway]]. Its headquarters are in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. It serves [[Canada]] and both the [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] and [[Southern United States]]. In 2011, [[Bill Gates]] was the largest single shareholder of CN stock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bill-gates-now-biggest-cn-shareholder-1.1036661|access-date=2014-03-14|title=Bill Gates now biggest CN shareholder|publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> CN owns around 20,400 route miles (32,831&nbsp;km) of track in eight provinces. There is also a 70-mile (113&nbsp;km) stretch of track into the [[Northwest Territories]], to [[Hay River, Northwest Territories|Hay River]] on the southern shore of [[Great Slave Lake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dividendsvalue.com/1473/stock-analysis-canadian-national-railway-company-nysecni-a-value-buy-but-not-a-dividend-buy/|access-date=2014-03-14|title=Stock Analysis: Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI) A Value Buy, But Not a Dividend Buy *|publisher=Dividends Value|archive-date=2018-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106184828/http://dividendsvalue.com/1473/stock-analysis-canadian-national-railway-company-nysecni-a-value-buy-but-not-a-dividend-buy/|url-status=dead}}</ref>