Completed Access to Information Requests

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Search the summaries of completed Access to Information (ATI) requests to find information about ATI requests made to the Government of Canada after January 2020. If you find a summary of interest, you can request a copy of the records at no cost using the form below each summary. Requests made through this form are considered informal requests and are not subject to the same requirements as requests under the Access to Information Act (ATIA).

If you don’t find what you are looking for you can request additional government records under an institution’s control by contacting the institution’s Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator or by submitting a formal access to information request.

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Req # 20-2034

Provide all briefing notes, memos or policy briefs that mention the implementation of high-speed services across Canada from July 1 2019 to the day this request is received. Include, but do not limit the scope of the request to, budget projections and cost benefit analyses of any such proposals.

Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.

0 page(s)
January 2021

Req # 20-2041

Requesting all communications between VIA Rail and the Ministry of Transportation, the mayors, town councils, indigenous leaders and any other affected parties regarding the High Frequency Rail proposal. Between Toronto and Ottawa from 2017-2020. In particular, discussions regarding the environmental impact, land expropriation, rail bed, bridge causeway construction of the HFR on the towns of Tweed and Sharbot Lake Ontario. Proposed station stops and construction timeline.

Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.

0 page(s)
January 2021

Req # 20-2039

(1) the official name and classification of the rail line in question (1041 Lakeshore Road East – Oakville Subdivision Line); (2) the number of rail tracks; (3) the width of the railway corridor at tis subdivision; (4) the type and average number of train movements during the daytime and nighttime; (5) the average number of locomotives for each type of train; (6) the average number of cars for each train; (7) the average speed of each type of train; (8) the presence of any special operating conditions likely to increase the sound levels such as siding tracks, frogs or switches, whistle noise, etc.

Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.

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December 2020

Req # 20-2043

I am writing to look for VIA Rail traffic data on the Beachburg Subdivision, near the intersection of Smyth Road and Riverside Drive in Ottawa, ON. Please provide the following (1) type of train; (2) engine type; (3) welded rail; (4) number of trains; (5) number of locomotives and number of cars per train; (6) speed; and (7) whistle by-laws – at grade crossings in the area and if any whistles are blown (specifically the at-grade crossing at Pleasant Park Rd, or any other nearby ones that may have missed).

Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.

1 page(s)
December 2020