CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - CAD CAD in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Operating activities
Net income	CAD 1,352	CAD 1,476	CAD 875
Reconciliation of net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	595	552	565
Deferred income taxes	234	354	212
Pension funding in excess of expense	(49)	(132)	(55)
Asset impairment	0	0	435
Other operating activities, net	52	(3)	(80)
Change in non-cash working capital balance related to operations	275	(124)	(2)
Cash provided by operating activities	2,459	2,123	1,950
Investing activities
Additions to properties	(1,522)	(1,449)	(1,236)
Proceeds from the sale of west end of Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad	0	236	0
Proceeds from the sale of Delaware & Hudson South	281	0	0
Proceeds from sale of properties and other assets	114	52	73
Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents used to collateralize letters of credit	0	411	(411)
Other	4	0	(23)
Cash used in investing activities	(1,123)	(750)	(1,597)
Financing activities
Dividends paid	(226)	(244)	(244)
Issuance of CP Common Shares	43	62	83
Purchase of CP Common Shares	(2,787)	(2,050)	0
Issuance of long-term debt, excluding commercial paper	3,411	0	0
Repayment of long-term debt, excluding commercial paper	(505)	(183)	(56)
Net (repayment) issuance of commercial paper	(893)	771	0
Settlement of foreign exchange forward on long-term debt	0	17	0
Other	0	(3)	(3)
Cash used in financing activities	(957)	(1,630)	(220)
Effect of foreign currency fluctuations on U.S. dollar-denominated cash and cash equivalents	45	7	10
Cash position
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	424	(250)	143
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	226	476	333
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	650	226	476
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Income taxes paid	176	226	31
Interest paid	CAD 336	CAD 309	CAD 295