This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Canada.The primary source for Canadian passenger train names is the Official Guide of the Railways, which has been published since 1868, under the following titles: 1868-1869 Travelers’ Official Railway Guide of the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1870-1896 Travelers' Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1897-1900 Travelers’ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1901-1973 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1974-1989 The Official Railway Guide North American Passenger Travel Edition: United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1989-present Via Rail National Train Timetables.
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated Abitibi Via Rail Montreal, QC – Senneterre, QC 1993-2009 (train still operates) Acadian Canadian National Montreal, QC – Halifax, NS 1927-1930Smith, D.N.W. (2004). The Ocean Limited: A Centennial Tribute. Ottawa: Trackside Canada Adirondack Amtrak New York, NY – Montreal, QC 1974–presentAdirondack and Montreal ExpressNew York CentralNew York, NY – Montreal, QC 1893-1895; 1902-1922 Afternoon Puget Sounder Great Northern Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC 1946-1950Alberta ExpressCanadian Northern RailwayWinnipeg, MB – Edmonton, AB 1910-1915 AlouetteBoston & Maine, Canadian PacificBoston, MA – Montreal, QC 1926-1964 The AmbassadorCanadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 26 Canadian National,Central Vermont,Boston & Maine, andNew Haven Montreal, QC – Boston, MA 1927-1966AmbassadorVia RailToronto, ON – Windsor, ON 1982-1984AmericanGreat Northern Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC 1919-1946Apple Blossom SpecialVia RailHalifax, HS – Kentville, NS 1987 Atlantic Via Rail Halifax, NS – Montreal, QC 1979–1981; 1985-1994 Atlantic Express Canadian Pacific Vancouver, BC – Montreal, QC (eastbound) 1886-1911Atlantic ExpressCanadian National Railway Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON 1926-1930Atlantic ExpressGrand Trunk WesternChicago, IL – Montreal, QC 1879-1917 Atlantic Limited Canadian PacificVia Rail Saint John, NB – Montreal, QC CPR: 1955–1978; Via: 1978-1979Atlantic LimitedMinneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, Canadian PacificMinneapolis–Saint Paul – Montreal, QC 1902-1909 Bluenose Canadian National Edmonton, AB – Halifax, NS 1956-?BonaventureCanadian National, Via Rail from 1977Toronto, ON – Montreal, QC1965-1997 Boston ExpressMinneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, Canadian PacificMinneapolis–Saint Paul, MN – Montreal, QC 1898-1910 Bras d'Or Via Rail Halifax, NS – Sydney, NS 2000-2004Buffalo ExpressLehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Toronto, ON – Buffalo, NY 1902-1914Buffalo – Toronto ExpressNew York Central, Canadian PacificNew York, NY – Toronto, ON 1943-1963BytownerCanadian NationalMontreal, QC – Ottawa, ON 1965-1967 Cabot Canadian National Truro, NS – Sydney, NS 1967-1979CanadianNew York Central, Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo RailwayNew York, NY – Toronto, ON 1913-1942 Canadian New York CentralCanadian PacificChicago, IL – Toronto, ON 1961-1964CanadianGreat NorthernSeattle, WA - Vancouver, BC 1919-1946 The Canadian Canadian PacificVia Rail Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Vancouver, BC CPR: 1955–1978; Via: 1978–present Canadian-Niagara New York CentralChicago, IL – Toronto, ON 1946-1961CapitalCanadian National, Via Rail from 1978Toronto, ON – Ottawa, ON 1968-1971; 1978-2009Capital Cities ExpressCanadian Northern Railway, then Canadian National RailwayWinnipeg, MB – Prince Albert, SK 1911-1920Capital CityCanadian NationalToronto, ON – Ottawa, ON 1921-1927 Cariboo Prospector Pacific Great Eastern BC Rail Vancouver, BC – Prince George, BC (aka 'Cariboo Dayliner') 1956-2002 The CaribouCanadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 5 Canadian National Port aux Basques, NL – St. John's, NL 1950-1969 Cascades (group of trains) Amtrak Portland, OR – Vancouver, BC1995–present Cavalier Canadian NationalVia Rail from 1978 Toronto, ON – Montreal, QC 1965-1989ChaleurCanadian NationalMontreal, QC – Campbellton, NB 1964-1974 Chaleur Via Rail Montreal, QC – Gaspé, QC 1982-2009 (service suspended in 2013)ChamplainCanadian National/Canadian Pacific; Via Rail from 1982Montreal, QC – Quebec City, QC 1964-1966; 1982-2009Chateau ChamplainCanadian PacificToronto, ON – Montreal, QC 1965ChaudièreVia RailMontreal, QC – Quebec City, QC 1993-2009 Chicago Express New York CentralCanadian Pacific Chicago, IL – Montreal, QC 1903-1910; 1931-1960Chicago – Toronto ExpressLehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western RailroadNew York, NY - Philadelphia, PA - Toronto, ON - Chicago, IL 1908-1915; 1925-1928ChinookCanadian PacificCalgary, AB – Edmonton, AB 1942-1954CitadelCanadian NationalMontreal, QC – Quebec City, QC 1926-1934CitadelleVia RailMontreal, QC – Quebec City, QC 1982-2009Cleveland MailNew York CentralCleveland, OH – Toronto, ON 1942-1948Connecticut YankeeBoston and Maine, New York, New Haven and Hartford, Quebec Central RailwayBoston, MA & New York, NY - Sherbrooke, QC - Quebec City, QC 1936-ca. 1952 Continental Limited Canadian National Montreal, QC – Vancouver, BC 1921-1955 ContinentalCanadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 3 Canadian National Montreal, QC – Vancouver, BC 1955-1963Day ExpressCanadian PacificToronto, ON – Montreal, QC 1939-1944DominionCanadian Pacific, Michigan Central RailroadMontreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Chicago, IL 1915-1920 The Dominion Canadian Pacific Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Vancouver, BC 1929-1966Dominion-OverseasMichigan Central Railroad, Canadian PacificChicago, IL - Montreal, QC 1923-1942 Down Easter New Haven,Boston & Maine,Maine Central,Canadian Pacific, andCanadian NationalNew York, NY - Portland, ME (with through cars to Halifax, NS) 1927-1942; 1949-1950Duluth ExpressCanadian Northern RailwayWinnipeg, MB – Duluth, MN 1911-1914Eastern FlyerGrand Trunk Railway, Canadian NationalMontreal, QC – Detroit, MI 1902-1906; 1926-1930 Enterprise Via Rail Toronto, ON – Montreal, QC2000-2005 Erie Via Rail Toronto, ON – Windsor, ON 1982-2009EskimoCanadian PacificCalgary, AB – Edmonton, AB 1950-1960 Evangeline Dayliner Dominion Atlantic Railway Yarmouth, NS – Halifax, NS 1956-1978 Evangeline Via Rail Yarmouth, NS – Halifax, NS 1978-1990 Exec Via Rail Ottawa, ON – Toronto, ON 1981-1989ExecutiveCanadian National; Via Rail from 1978Ottawa, ON – Toronto, ON 1973-1980ExpedoCanadian NationalPort aux Basques, NL – St. John's, NL 1969-1974Expo LimitedCanadian PacificMontreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Vancouver, BC 1967 Flying Bluenose Dominion Atlantic Railway Halifax, NS – Yarmouth, NS 1891-1936 Foreign Express Newfoundland Railway Port aux Basques, NL – St. John's, NL 1898-1928 Forest City Canadian National, Via Rail Toronto, ON – Sarnia, ON Toronto, ON – London, ON 1956-1961 1988-1997Fort MacleodCanadian PacificCalgary, AB – Lethbridge, AB 1967-1971Fraser ExecutiveWhite Pass and Yukon RouteSkagway, AK – Fraser, BC 1982 Frontenac Canadian PacificVia Rail from 1982 Montreal, QC – Quebec City, QC 1921-1971, 1982-1997 Gatineau Canadian National Railway, Via Rail from 1991 Montreal, QC – Ottawa, ON 1965-1967, 1991-1997 General Brock Via Rail Toronto, ON – Niagara Falls, ON 1992-1997Great LakerVia RailToronto, ON – Windsor, ON 1982Great Lakes SpecialCanadian NationalWinnipeg, MB – Port Arthur, ON 1935-1936, 1940Great WestCanadian PacificWinnipeg, MB – Edmonton, AB 1939-1960 Green Mountain FlyerBoston & Maine, New York Central Railroad,