Launch of Rail Safety Week 2025 in Canada

September 15, 2025            Ottawa, Ontario            Transport Canada

The Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, at this time issued the next assertion to acknowledge Rail Safety Week 2025 in Canada:

“Canada’s railways have helped to attach communities and households for generations. Railways are a part of our historical past, and a part of our present-day lives. Many Canadians reside close to a railway observe.

“Every yr, Operation Lifesaver Canada leads vital consciousness efforts round Rail Safety Week, to cut back the variety of fatalities and accidents that proceed to occur far too usually alongside Canada’s rail system.

“Other organizations, together with Canadian Safety Train Express and railways themselves, additionally conduct beneficial outreach and consciousness work all year long.

“Through initiatives just like the Rail Safety Improvement Program, the Government of Canada helps communities and railways bolster security options at crossings and alongside rail corridors. As a regulator of security and safety for the rail sector, Transport Canada’s inspectors work throughout the nation each day, monitoring and imposing security requirements.

“Canada has one of many most secure rail networks on the earth, but it surely’s vital to be vigilant round trains and tracks. Canadians may also help advance rail security in their very own communities by paying cautious consideration at crossings or close to railway tracks.

“On behalf of the Government of Canada, I thank everybody across Canada who makes rail safety a priority, and I encourage all Canadians to always keep safety in mind.”