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Top 25 Heavy haul rail companies based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 252 heavy haul rail companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 14,635 professional contacts across them, including 5,977 with verified work emails. Edmonton is the largest hub.
This list covers heavy haul rail companies headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
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The 25 largest heavy haul rail companies based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,953 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CN is a North American transportation and logistics leader focused on supply chain innovation and collaboration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 376 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cando Rail & Terminals is Canada’s leading provider of specialized rail operating services that allow industrial shippers to optimize their supply chains and connect to Class 1…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RST Industries is a recognized leader in safe, efficient tank transportation throughout Atlantic Canada, Ontario, Quebec and the eastern United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Canada’s largest provider of track maintenance and construction services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Caron Transportation Systems is the leading name in bulk commodity transportation across Western Canada and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Kleysen Group of Companies, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba was founded in 1928.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The objective of Caravan Group of Companies is to provide our customers with a level of service that not only meets their needs but exceeds their expectations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With over a century’s tradition of providing the best possible service, Southern Railway of British Columbia Limited (SRY) is a major transporter of freight in British Columbia…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Laidlaw Carriers Bulk GP is a leader in the transportation of bulk materials in dump trailers, b-trains, walking floor and tipper trailers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Inter-Rail Transport Ltd is a specialized transportation company providing transportation and logistics services across North America for over 40 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in Edmonton (AB), T-Lane Transportation has additional offices in Abbotsford (BC), and Toronto (ON), to address all your transportation and logistics requirements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kingsway vrac est le chef de file dans la logistique et le transport routier de produits en vrac dans toute l’Amérique du Nord.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Overview Fortus Group is a leading and reliable name in the transportation industry of North America, based out of Quebec, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “VTL TRANSPORT is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of 1221 32 Ave, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fondée en 1995 par les frères Éric, Dany et Billy Mondor, Express Mondor est bien plus qu'une entreprise de transport - c'est une histoire de passion et d'innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mullen Group is one of North America's largest logistics providers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Linear Logistics is a North American customer service focused, Transportation & Logistics provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Altex is a rail terminal and logistics company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Scott-Woods Transport Inc, we’ve been moving oversized and overweight freight across North America for over 100 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Transport HEAVY HAUL Our commitment : To safely deliver heavy loads and oversized cargo with precision, at a fair price, respecting rules and regulations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jean-Claude Germain founded Transport J.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Classic Freight Systems (2011) Ltd is both a US and Canadian Bonded Carrier that specializes in providing “must have” service in Flatbed, Over Dimensional and Intermodal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lomak was established over 40 years ago as a heavy equipment hauler.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: heavy haul rail companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names heavy haul rail companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of heavy haul rail companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name heavy haul rail companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Heavy haul rail companies based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 252 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among heavy haul rail companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “heavy haul rail companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names heavy haul rail companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among heavy haul rail companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,977 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names heavy haul rail companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many heavy haul rail companies are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 252 heavy haul rail companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
CN, headquartered in Montreal, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most heavy haul rail companies?
Edmonton leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by Brampton (14) and Calgary (13).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,977 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 252 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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