| LC control no. | n 84037887 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Canadian Pacific Railway Company |
| Variant(s) | Canadian Pacific Railway (Firm) Canadian Pacific (Firm : 1881-1971) |
| See also | Successor: CP Rail Successor: Canadian Pacific Limited |
| Biography/History note | Canadian Pacific Railway Company was established in 1881. CP Rail was adopted as the name for the company's railway enterprises in 1968 and the company officially changed its name to Canadian Pacific Limited July 1971. |
| Beginning date | 1881 |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Field of activity | Railroads |
| Found in | LC data base, 2-15-85 (hdg.: Canadian Pacific Railway Company; usage: Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company) NLC, 07/12/84 (AACR2: Canadian Pacific Railway Company) NLC, Dec. 24, 1996 (CP Rail; Canadian Pacific Railway Company which changed it name, 1971, to Canadian Pacific Limited, began using CP Rail as name for its railway enterprises 1968) Canadian Encyclopedia, May 7, 2015 (inc. 1881) <http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-pacific-railway/> Railway nation, 2020: CIP title page (Canadian Pacific) LAC internal file, July 15, 2020 (heading: Canadian Pacific Railway Company; variants: Canadian Pacific; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Line; Canadian Pacific Limited; CP Rail; established 1881; began using name Canadian Pacific June 1968, retaining earlier name for legal purposes; name officially changed to Canadian Pacific Limited July 1971; CP Rail adopted 1968 as name for company's railway enterprises; absorbed Kettle Valley Railway in 1930) Annual report, 1997: page 38 (As part of a corporate reorganization on July 4, 1996, Canadian Pacific Limited changed its name to Canadian Pacific Railway Company and became a subsidiary of a newly created publicly held Canada Pacific Limited) |
| Not found in | LC data base, 2-15-85 (hdg.: Canadian Pacific Limited; name chgd 7/3/1971 from Canadian Pacific Railway Company to Canadian Pacific Limited) |
| National bib agency no. | 0003J0122E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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