Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario invest in public transit infrastructure for North Bay residents

Backgrounder

Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario invest in public transit infrastructure for North Bay residents

The federal government is investing $8,362,099 through the Public Transit Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program for these eight projects. The Government of Ontario is investing $6,896,755. The City of North Bay is contributing $5,433,480.

Project information

Location

Project Name

Project Details

Federal Funding

Provincial Funding

Municipal Funding

City of North Bay

Construction of sidewalks and associated storm water improvements

Constructing 5.19 kilometres of 1.5-metre-wide concrete sidewalk along transit routes, and installing storm sewers, curbs and gutters, tactile walking plates, and associated elements.

$3,937,844

$3,281,208

$2,625,557

City of North Bay

Conventional fleet replacement

Replacing eight conventional transit buses with hybrid buses, improving fuel mileage and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

$3,805,158

$3,170,647

$2,537,088

City of North Bay

Bus wash facility rehabilitation

Refurbishing a transit bus wash facility, bus washing and vacuum systems components, exterior bay doors and frames, and enhancing lighting.

$270,000

$179,982

$90,018

City of North Bay

Transit terminal upgrades

Rehabilitating a transit terminal including interior and exterior lighting and rehabilitating the roof membrane.

$155,825

$103,872

$51,952

City of North Bay

Rolling stock, ITS and security improvements

Upgrading automatic vehicle locator screens and installing driver barriers on approximately 20 conventional buses.

$87,148

$72,616

$58,106

City of North Bay

New bus shelters, concrete pads

Replacing six bus shelters and installing four new concrete pads at bus stops.

$67,546

$56,283

$45,037

City of North Bay

Fare system upgrade

Upgrading the fare system by installing a coin sorting machine, a coin safe, and two coin wrapping machines.

$29,378

$24,479

$19,588

City of North Bay

Bus barn lighting

Replacing and upgrading approximately 56 interior and six exterior lighting fixtures, with LED lighting in a transit bus storage facility.

$9,200

$7,666

$6,134

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2025-08-06