Backgrounder: Canada and Alberta invest in projects to support communities and improve the quality of health care facilities
Backgrounder
Funding through the Investing in Canada plan will support five infrastructure projects in Alberta. The Government of Canada is investing more than $27 million in these projects through the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream of theInvesting in Canada Infrastructure Program with the Alberta government providing over $6.8 million. In total, this represents a combined infrastructure investment of more than $33.8 million.
These projects will help keep staff, patients, and visitors safe and healthy, by replacing security and fire systems, upgrading ventilation and plumbing, updating nurse call systems, and more.
Project information
Location |
Project Name |
Project Details |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bonnyville; Lac La Biche County; McLennan |
Medical Devices Reprocessing Upgrades |
Renovations to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Upgrades to medical device reprocessing. |
$5,120,000 |
$1,280,000 |
Brooks; Calgary; Camrose; Edmonton; Fort Saskatchewan; Smoky Lake County; St. Albert; Thorsby |
Safety & Security Upgrades |
Upgrades to life safety equipment and security: |
$7,691,063 |
$1,922,766 |
Calgary; Edmonton |
Functional Program Upgrades |
Upgrades to functional programs: |
$2,747,437 |
$686,859 |
Calgary; Edmonton; Morinville; |
Building Systems Upgrades |
Upgrades to building systems: |
$7,564,001 |
$1,891,000 |
Edmonton |
Renal Upgrade Initiatives |
Expansion of the existing space such as constructing new walls, installing electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning in newly built areas, installing new flooring and millwork. |
$4,160,000 |
$1,040,000 |