Before applying for producer railway cars
Review the following information prior to submitting your application:
Orders of the Canadian Grain Commission
About applications
- Producers may submit applications for a producer railway car to the Canadian Grain Commission through an administrator or directly to the Canadian Grain Commission if they are self-administering a producer railway car.
- Administrators and producers must apply for producer railway cars online.
- Producers must include their email addresses on their applications. Administrators must provide producer email addresses.
Each application must be a distinct order for a single grade of grain going to a particular station and destination. The application must include information about the precise siding (for example, lease site name if applicable).
- A complete list of CN producer car loading sites is available for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
- Complete lists of CPKC producer car loading sites are available for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
- Each producer must have a confirmed sale and destination. After the application is completed, the producer may be asked to verify a confirmed sale by email.
- The application must specify which shipping week the producer requires the producer railway car.
- Before cars are authorized, the administrator (or self-administering producer) may make the following changes to an application:
- requested shipping week
- station and precise siding
- administrator (if self-administering)
- number of cars applied for
The number of cars applied for can only be reduced. To increase the number of cars, the administrator or self-administering producer must complete and forward a new application to the Canadian Grain Commission.
Important: Producer identification numbers
The Canadian Grain Commission issues producer identification numbers to each producer taking part in the producer railway car program. These identification numbers replace Canadian Wheat Board identification numbers. Contact the Canadian Grain Commission producer railway car unit at railwaycars-wagons@grainscanada.gc.ca or 1-800-853-6705 to get a producer railway car identification number.
About producer railway cars
- Self-administrating includes arranging for credit for shipping charges with railways and paying freight costs yourself. An administrating company can do this for producers as part of their services.
- Up to 5 producers may load grain into a single producer railway car. One producer must be designated as the principal producer and act as the administrator for documentation and correspondence for the group.
- Shipping infested or contaminated grain, grain products or screenings is prohibited.
- Shipping a car that has been fumigated is prohibited.
- Producer railway car loading facilities are not licensed under the Canada Grain Act. Grain handled and stored at producer car loading facilities is not protected by the security held by the Canadian Grain Commission.
- A producer must have written permission to load at a leased site. A copy of this written permission must be forwarded to the Canadian Grain Commission. A producer must also have a confirmed sale.