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Question

Approximately how many kilometres of track make up Canada's railway system?

  More than 45,000
  More than 100,000
  Less than 30,000

Question

What percentage of all Canadian surface freight is transported by rail?

  75
  100
  25

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In what year did Canada's first railway open?

  1836
  1999
  1910


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