Canadian National Railway (CNI) Total Debt (2009 - 2026)
Canadian National Railway's Total Debt came in at $16.09 billion for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 9.1% from $14.74 billion a year earlier but down 0.6% from the prior quarter.
Powered by 
Analysis
Canadian National Railway (CNI) Total Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
As of Dec 31, 2025, Canadian National Railway's Total Debt was $15.18 billion, down 0.5% from the prior year.
- Total Debt carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.8% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Going back by year, Total Debt was $15.26 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+11.5%), $13.69 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+15.4%), $11.87 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+19.1%) and $9.96 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (unchanged).
- The five-year range for quarterly Total Debt is $9.9 billion (the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021) to $16.19 billion (the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026).
- Year-over-year, Total Debt has increased for four consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 5.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Total Debt over five years came in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 (growth of 19.4%), and the weakest in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021 (a decline of 3.3%).
- Business Quant data shows CNI's Total Debt at $16.19 billion (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $15.21 billion (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $15.35 billion (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025) in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.66 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.94 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 15.48 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.18 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.93 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.53 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.56 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 15.32 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.97 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 14.60 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.96 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.63 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.78 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.31 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.39 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.26 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.16 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.72 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.80 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.63 Bn |
API Access
Canadian National Railway Total Debt API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "ticker": "CNI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();