After the election, a railway syndicate organized by Allan was rewarded with the profitable contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway — the transcontinental railway promised to British Columbia when it joined Confederation in 1871. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP), privately owned company that operates one of Canada’s two transcontinental railroad systems. Allan was given the contract on the assumption that he would remove American control on the syndicate’s board of directors. Methods used by Sir Hugh Allan to secure the charter led to the defeat of Sir John A. Macdonald's government. It was built between Eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885. The company was given a charter on 5 February 1873. November 05, 1873 The company was established to complete a transcontinental railroad that the government had begun under the agreement by which British Columbia entered the confederation in 1871. Although it used to go all the way to Atlantic Canada, it does not do so anymore. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company was formed.

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known as CP Rail (CP) is a railway in North America with track in both Canada and the United States. Canadian Pacific Railway, transcontinental transportation system in Canada and extending into the United States, privately owned and operated. The construction of a railroad crossing the continent in Canadian territory was one of the conditions on which British Columbia entered the confederation in 1871. After many difficulties and a political scandal, intensive work began in 1880, and the company …