John Shedden (November 4, 1825 – May 16, 1873) was a Scottish-born Canadian business owner and contractor involved in railway development.
[1] The son of John Shedden and Jean Wyllie, he was born in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire and was educated at the Irvine Academy.
The partnership dissolved around 1859 with Shedden remaining as cartage agent for the Grand Trunk Railway.
Shedden was also involved in constructing, having worked on the Grand Trunk grain elevator in Toronto and Union Station.
[1] His nephew Hugh Paton took over the operation of his cartage company[2] moved onto Montreal to develop his career.