FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of July 2020

Commission File Number: 001-02413

Canadian National Railway Company

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

935 de la Gauchetiere Street West

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H3B 2M9

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		Canadian National Railway Company
Date:	July 21, 2020	By:	/s/ Cristina Circelli
			Name:	Cristina Circelli
			Title:	Vice-President Deputy Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY

Table of Contents

Items	Description
1	Dividend News Release July 21, 2020

Celebrating 100 years

NEWS RELEASE

CN Declares Third-Quarter 2020 Dividend

MONTREAL, July 21, 2020— CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a third-quarter 2020 dividend on the Company’s common shares outstanding. A quarterly dividend of fifty-seven and a half cents (C$0.5750) per common share will be paid on September 30, 2020, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 9, 2020.

CN is a true backbone of the economy transporting more than C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network of approximately 20,000 route-miles spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries – serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information about CN, visit the Company's website at www.cn.ca.

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