Port of Churchill, Hudson Bay Railway get $51M in provincial money toward improvements – CBC

Nov 16, 2025

Port expansion still not included on Canada’s major projects list, as Carney and Kinew meet in Winnipeg

Manitoba is putting up $51 million in new funding to help upgrade the Hudson Bay Railway line as federal and provincial government officials met in Winnipeg Sunday to work toward the possibility of expanding the Port of Churchill.

Arctic Gateway Group, a partnership of dozens of First Nations and Hudson Bay communities that owns the port, said in a news release that the new money would pay for engineering work required to allow construction on the northern rail line to bring it up to Class I status, which means it could accommodate heavier loads.

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