Exhibit 5.2
March 20, 2023
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
7550 Ogden Dale Road S.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2C 4X9
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re: Canadian Pacific Railway Company – Exchange Offer
Introduction
We have acted as Canadian counsel to Canadian Pacific Railway Company (the “Issuer”), a corporation governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “CBCA”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, relating to the registration under the Act of, US$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.125% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), US$425,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), US$448,651,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.300% Notes due 2043 (the “2043 Notes”), US$499,165,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.950% Notes due 2045 (the “2045 Notes”), US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.700% Notes due 2048 (the “2048 Notes”), US$550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.500% Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes”) and US$425,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.200% Notes due 2069 (the “2069 Notes”, and, together with the 2026 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2043 Notes, the 2045 Notes, the 2048 Notes and the 2050 Notes, the “Debt Securities”) of the Issuer, and the related guarantee thereof (the “Guarantee”) by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (the “Guarantor”).
The Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to the provisions of a trust indenture dated as of September 11, 2015 (the “Indenture”) between the Issuer and Computershare Trust Company N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a sixth supplemental indenture among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee relating to the Debt Securities and the provision of the Guarantee (the “Supplemental Indenture”).
As to various questions of fact material to our opinions that we have not verified independently, we have relied upon the following documents, copies of which have been provided to you:
| (a) | a certificate of compliance dated March 17, 2023 in respect of the Issuer and the Guarantor each issued pursuant to the CBCA, on which we have relied exclusively in giving the opinion expressed in paragraph 1 below; and |
| (b) | a certificate of an officer of the Issuer and the Guarantor dated March 20, 2023 on which we have relied as to various matters of fact expressed therein (the “Officer’s Certificate”). |