I have started (and not finished - clearly) culling information for legislative records of railway charters. This dovetails with the information on Frank Smith…more info to come.

 
 
Name
Year
 Act
Abitbi and Hudson Bay Railway Company
1907
 c.50
Albert and Moncton Railway Company
1911
 c.28
Albert Railway Company
1886
 c.19
Albert Railway Company of New Brunswick
1888
 c.3
Albert Southern Railway Company
1889
 c.3
Alberta and Athabasca Railway Company Incororporated
1885
 c,88
Alberta and Brazeau River Railway Company
1903
 c.79
Alberta and British Columbia Railway Company
1908
 c.78
Alberta Central Railway Company, Incorporated
1901
 c.44
Alberta Electric Railway Company, Incorporated
1911
 c.31
Alberta Interurban Railway Company
1913
 c.59
Alberta Midland Railway Company
1912
 c.77
Alberta Pacific Railway Company
1912
 c.48
Alberta, Peace River and Eastern Railway Company
1910
 c.64
Alberta Railway and Coal Company, Incorporated
1884
 c.86
Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company, Incorporated
1904
 c.42
Alberta Soutern Railway Company
1894
 c.61
Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company
1901
 c.7
Algoma Central Railway Company, Incorporated
1899
 c.50
Algoma Copper Range Railway Company
1905
 c.54
Algoma Eastern Railway Company
1911
 c.111
Algonquin Railway Company
1914
 c.60
Alsek and Yukon Railway Company
1907
 c.58
Amherstburg, lake Shore and Blenheim Railway Comp
1889
 c.3
Annapolis Atlantic Railway Company
1888
 c.73
Anthracite Coal Railway Company
1905
 c.56
Arnprior and Pontiac Railway Company
1901
 c.47
Arthabaska Railway Company
1899
 c.51
Ashcroft, barkerville and Fort George Railway Compa
1906
 c.58
Assiniboia, Edmonston and Unjiga Railway Company
1889
 c.53
Athabasca and Grande Prairie Railway Company
1913
 c.64
Athabasca Northern Railway Company, Incorporated
1905
 c.57
Athabasca Railway Company
1905
 c.58
Atikokan Iron Range Railway Company
1891
 c.61
Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway Company, Incorpor
1893
 c.39
Atlantic and Northwest Railway Company, Incorporate
1879
 c.65
Atlantic, Quebec and Western Railway Company
1903
 c.57
Atlin Railway Company
1914
 c.61
Baie des Chaleurs Railway Company
1883
 c.25
Battleford and lake Lenore Railway Company
1902
 c.39
Bay of Quinte Railway and Navigation Company, Incor
1991
 c.46
Bay of Quinte Railway Company
1896
 c.15
Beauharnois Junction Railway Company
1887
 c.24
Bedlington and Nelson Railway Company
1899
 c.53
Beersville Coal and Railway Company
1903
 c.57
Belleville and lake Nippissing Railway Company, Incorp
1888
 c.68
Berlin and Canadian Pacific Junction Railway Company
1887
 c.89
Berlin, Waterloo, Wellesley and Lake Huron Railway C
1903
 c.84
Bessemer and Barry’s Bay Railway Company
1904
 c.48
Boston and Nova Scotia Coal and Railway Company
1904
 c.4
Boundary, Kamloops and Cariboo Central Railway Co
1904
 c.49
Bow River Coal Mine Railway and Transportation Com
1886
 c.87
Boynton Bicycle Electric Railway Company
1891
 c.61
Bracebridge and Baysville railway Company
1904
 c.34
Brandon and South-Western Railway Company, Incor
1890
 c.83
Brandon, Saskatchewan and Hudson’s Bay Railway C
1903
 c.86
Brandon Transfer Railway Company
1906
 c.63
Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway Company
1904
 c.50
Brantford and Woodstock Railway Company
1905
 c.63
Brantford, Norfolk and Port Burwell Railway Company
1893
 c.47
Brantford, Waterloo and Lake Erie Railway Company, I
1885
 C.20
Brighton, Warkworth and Norwood Railway Company
1891
 c.64
British American Pulp, paper and railway Company
1900
 c.89
British Columbia and Central Canada Railway Company
1911
 c.43
British Columbia and Dawson Railway Company
1911
 c.44
British Columbia and Manitoba Railway Company
1909
 c.79
British Columbia and White River Railway Company
1911
 c.45
British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Limited
1907
 c.66
British Columbia Southern Railway Company
1897
 c.36
British Yukon Mining, Trading and Transporttation Com
1897
 c.89
British Yukon Railway Company
1901
 c.50
Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company
1874
 c.69
Brockville, Westport and Northwestern Railway Comp
1903
 c.88
Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Com
1885
 c.59
Bruce Mines and Algoma Railway Company
1903
 c.57
Bruce Pennisula Railway Company
1914
 c.62
Brule, Grande Prairie and Peace River Railway Compa
1915
 c.25
Buckingham and Lievre River Railway Company
1892
 c.32
Buctouche and Moncton Railway Company
1886
 c.10
Buctouche Railway and Transportation Company
1910
 c.73
Source: Index to Private Acts 1867-1916