Delays plague Via routes outside southern Ontario, Quebec

Via Rail internal data shows that on certain passenger routes through Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, more than one in five trains will be two or more hours behind schedule. (The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi)

Four Via Rail routes see trains arriving more than two hours late more than 20 per cent of the time, data released by the Crown corporation shows.

The data, released under access-to-information laws, covers about 21,000 passenger trains that ran in 2025.