VIA Rail Canada

Last modified: 2021-08-07 by rob raeside
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VIA Rail Canada flag
image by Garry M. Borgacci, 12 November 2007

• VIA Rail Canada
• Variant seen in Winnipeg
• VIA Rail Police

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VIA Rail Canada

VIA Rail Canada is an independent Crown corporation established in 1978. VIA operates trains in all regions of Canada over a network spanning the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay.
Source: VIA Canada website

Variant seen in Winnipeg

VIA Rail Canada variant reported in Winnipeg
image by António Martins-Tuválkin 8 December 2007
from an image by David Kendall, 12 November 2007

I've seen a VIA flag flying over the train station in downtown Winnipeg. It may have changed since I last saw it (couldn't have been more than a month ago), but last time I remember, it was just the yellow "VIA" logo on the blue background.
David Kendall, 12 November 2007

VIA Rail Canada Police

image located by Dave Fowler, 24 July 2021

source: https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry

Sable charged with the Badge [An escutcheon of the Arms within an annulus Sable fimbriated and inscribed VIA RAIL CANADA in letters Or, ensigned by the Royal Crown proper and environed by a wreath of maple leaves Or, overall in base a scroll Sable inscribed POLICE in letters Or].

Published today in the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada.
Dave Fowler, 24 July 2021