Properties (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Properties including finance leases

The following table provides the breakdown of Properties as at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31, 2021								December 31, 2020
In millions	Depreciation rate		Cost		Accumulated Depreciation		Net		Cost		Accumulated Depreciation		Net
Properties including finance leases
Track and roadway (1) (2)	2	%	$	41,262	$	9,148	$	32,114	$	39,805	$	8,717	$	31,088
Rolling stock	4	%	7,767		3,062		4,705		7,665		2,986		4,679
Buildings	2	%	2,043		695		1,348		2,047		727		1,320
Information technology (3)	10	%	2,412		959		1,453		2,218		833		1,385
Other	5	%	2,787		1,229		1,558		2,777		1,180		1,597
Total properties including finance leases (4)			$	56,271	$	15,093	$	41,178	$	54,512	$	14,443	$	40,069

Finance leases included in properties

Finance leases included in properties
Track and roadway (5)	$	406	$	94	$	312	$	406	$	90	$	316
Rolling stock	11		1		10		61		3		58
Buildings	27		10		17		27		10		17
Other	94		25		69		107		21		86
Total finance leases included in properties	$	538	$	130	$	408	$	601	$	124	$	477

(1)    As at December 31, 2021, includes land of $2,308 million (2020 - $2,316 million).

(2) In 2021, the Company made an adjustment of $33 million for assets held for sale (2020 - $576 million). See Note 5 – Assets held for sale for additional information.

(3)    In 2021, the Company capitalized costs for internally developed software and related licenses of $191 million (2020 - $205 million).

(4)    In 2021, property additions, net of finance leases, were $2,891 million (2020 - $2,863 million), of which $1,580 million (2020 - $1,427 million) related to track and railway infrastructure maintenance, including the replacement of rail, ties, bridge improvements, and other general track maintenance.

(5)    As at December 31, 2021, includes right-of-way access of $106 million (2020 - $106 million).