Backgrounder: The Investing in Canada plan: Budget 2017 programs and progress

Backgrounder

The Investing in Canada plan, the federal long-term infrastructure plan, makes over $180 billion available to support local and provincial or territorial infrastructure projects over 12 years.

Budget 2017 built on the initial investments announced in Budget 2016 by introducing an additional $81.2 billion in new funding programs across five priority areas: public transit, green, social, trade and transportation and rural and northern communities' infrastructure. The funding under these programs is focused on supporting longer-term, transformative projects.

To date, Infrastructure Canada has signed seven new bilateral agreements with provinces and territories. Once all signed, these agreements will make $33 billion in federal infrastructure funding available to fund local and regional infrastructure projects across Canada. Employment and Social Development Canada has signed agreements with most provinces and territories for the Early Learning and Child Care initiative (ELCC). Provinces and territories are currently also signing bilateral agreements with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) under the National Housing Strategy. Other programs are delivered through additional means, including through partners such as the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Of the 24 programs introduced in Budget 2017, provinces, territories and communities can already access funding to support their priority projects through 11 of these programs (noted below through an asterisk*).

Departments and Programs	Funding from Budget 2017 (millions of $)
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
FPT Housing Partnership Framework	7,700.0
National Housing Co-Investment Fund	5,100.0
Other National Housing Strategy Initiatives	1,100.0
Canadian Heritage
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund*	300.0
Community Educational Infrastructure	80.0
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program	72.7
Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program – Implementation of Adaptation Actions in the North	55.9
First Nation Adapt Program – Flood Plain Mapping	27.0
Employment and Social Development Canada
Early Learning and Child Care*	7,000.0
Homelessness Partnering Strategy	2,130.0
Enabling Accessibility Fund	77.0
Women in Construction Fund	10.0
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Canadian Centre for Climate Services	107.9
Finance Canada
Reserved Green Funding	2,000.0
Health Canada
Home Care Infrastructure	1,000.0
Indigenous Services Canada
Improving Indigenous Communities	4,000.0
Capital Facilities and Maintenance Program	15.0
Infrastructure Canada
Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program*	33,000.0
Canada Infrastructure Bank*	15,000.0
Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund	2,000.0
Smart Cities Challenge*	300.0
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation Superclusters Initiative*	150.0
Natural Resources Canada
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities*	220.0
Emerging Renewable Power*	200.0
Energy Efficient Buildings	182.0
Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels Infrastructure*	120.0
Smart Grids*	100.0
Building Regional Adaptation Capacity and Expertise	16.0
National-Scale Knowledge Synthesis and Dissemination	2.0
Transport Canada
National Trade Corridors Fund*	2,000.0
Connecting Communities by Rail and Water	1,925.0
Oceans Protection Plan	1,325.0
Modernizing Transportation	76.7
Trade and Transportation Information System	50.0
Climate Risk Assessments	16.4
Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Off-Road Regulations	16.0
Less: Funds in the fiscal framework and other revenues	($6,412)
Total	$81,200M

*Information presented in this table is valid as of April 19, 2018.

For more information about the Investing in Canada plan, please visit http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/about-invest-apropos-eng.html.

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Date modified:: 2018-04-20