Location
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada Contact
Last updated
2 years 9 months ago
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Status:
Historical
Timeframe:
1879 to 1936
Review:
Company merged
About this company
General information
The Department of Railways and Canals is a former department of the Government of Canada. It had responsibility for the construction, operation, and maintenance of federal government-owned railways, as well as the operational responsibility for canals in Canada. One of the most powerful departments in early governments of Canada, it was amalgamated with the Department of Marine and the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of National Defence in 1936 to form the Department of Transport.