Sig Lofstrom's Canadian Pacific Railway Journey to Portland
The Canadian Pacific railway from Quebec to Vancouver BC was completed in 1885, and the first transcontinental train (with two immigrant sleeper Colonial cars) left Montreal 1886 June 28, arriving in Port Moody on July 4.
Canadian Pacific - A Brief History
J. Lorne McDougall, McGill University Press, 1968
PSU Lib HE 2810.C2 M183
p2 North Bay, Ontario 360km north of Toronto
- p3 1901 added Canadian Northern to the prarie west 1916 extended to Vancouver
- p3 Northern Pacific Manitoba
This is about business development and management. I found no specifics about immigrant and passenger services.