2011 CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund campaign raises almost
C$1.1 million for Quebec charities

MONTREAL, Dec. 22 /CNW Telbec/ - CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) announced today that the 2011 CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund campaign raised almost C$1.1 million for approximately 185 Quebec charities - the third successive year that the Fund has generated more than C$1 million in charitable contributions.

Over the past ten years, the Fund has raised more than C$8.5 million in donations to assist a range of Quebec agencies, including Centraide, to help the poor and less fortunate.

CN President and Chief Executive Officer Claude Mongeau said: "CN is proud of the continuing generosity of its employees and retirees in supporting agencies and institutions helping society's less-fortunate meet the challenges of daily life. It's a great example of the Company, its union partners, the employees and pensioners all teaming up to help others. At this time of year, it represents the true gift of giving.

"We also think it's important that 100 per cent of each donation dollar raised by the Fund goes directly to organizations that employees and pensioners wish to support because the Fund relies exclusively on volunteers and the services and facilities of the company.

"At CN, community investment is a core value and we remain committed to supporting programs and initiatives that strengthen the communities through which we operate and help make them better places to live and work. "

CN -- Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries - spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.

For further information: Media: Louis-Antoine Paquin, Manager, Corporate Communications, [phone]; Investors: Robert Noorigian, Vice-President, Investor Relations, [phone]