Strategic investments in public infrastructure, including funding for water and wastewater infrastructure, improved roads and highways, and community and cultural centres, play a key role in ensuring Canadians and their families have access to modern, reliable infrastructure that meets their needs, while creating good jobs that help grow the middle class.

“Smart investments in green infrastructure, roads and highways, and community centres, help build strong communities and improve the quality of life for our residents. We are proud to support projects that ensure that our communities remain among the best places to live, work and raise a family.”

Scott Simms, Member of Parliament for Coast of Bays–Central–Notre Dame, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

“Ensuring that communities across Canada have modern infrastructure is essential to building a healthy, sustainable future. These investments are critical to ensuring communities in Central Newfoundland can reach their full potential.”  

The Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Rural and Economic Development

• Through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan, the Government of Canada is investing more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada’s rural and northern communities.

• $26.9 billion of this funding is supporting green infrastructure projects, including $5 billion available for investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

• $25.3 billion of this funding is supporting social infrastructure in Canadian communities.

• More than $10.1 billion of this funding is supporting trade and transportation projects, including $5 billion available for investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

• $2 billion of this funding is supporting infrastructure projects that meet the unique needs of rural and northern communities like facilities to support food security, local access roads and enhanced broadband connectivity.

• The Rural Economic Development Strategy leverages ongoing federal investments and provides a vision for the future, identifying practical steps to take in the short term, and serving as a foundation to guide further work.

• These investments complement the Atlantic Growth Strategy, a federal-provincial action plan aimed at stimulating economic growth in the region through five priority areas: 

  • Skilled workforce/Immigration;
  • Innovation;
  • Clean growth and climate change;
  • Trade and investment;
  • Infrastructure.

Related products

• Backgrounder: Government of Canada supports 24 infrastructure projects in Central Newfoundland

Associated links

• Investing in Canada: Canada’s Long-Term Infrastructure Plan
• Federal infrastructure investments in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Investing in Canada plan project map
• Rural Opportunity, National Prosperity: An Economic Development trategy for Rural Canada:

Ann-Clara Vaillancourt
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
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Emilie Simard
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Rural Economic Development
613-996-4649
emilie.simard3@canada.ca

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