About us

The Major Projects Office’s mandate is to advance nation-building projects in Canada. The kind of projects and transformative strategies Canada needs to connect our economy, diversify our industries and trade opportunities, and create high-paying careers while protecting the environment and upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

We bring together people and processes to move major projects forward faster, responsibly, and sustainably, while respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and protecting the environment.

We provide a single point of contact and leadership on major projects that are referred to the Office. This includes partnering with federal departments, provinces, territories, Indigenous Peoples and private-sector participants.

Overview

The Major Projects Office is driving transformative change in Canada’s regulatory and decision-making processes. By streamlining approvals and committing to a two-year timeline for major project decisions, the Government of Canada is creating a more efficient and predictable environment to give investors and project proponents the certainty they need.

To get nation-building projects built faster, accelerating sustainable growth, strengthening national unity, and putting Canada on a stronger path to long-term economic prosperity:

• We focus on reducing risks for projects by collaborating with key partners, including project proponents, Indigenous Peoples, investors, and all levels of government, to facilitate the development of major projects that will benefit Canada.

  

• We work to resolve policy challenges, financing structures, and streamlined decision-making, to ensure projects remain competitive from development to operation.

  

• We act as a single window for project proponents into the federal regulatory process to simplify and accelerate project approvals.

  

• We support projects in other ways, including multi-departmental coordination and leveraging financial expertise to secure final investment decisions.

  

• Collaborate with key partners, including project proponents, Indigenous Peoples, investors, and all levels of government, to facilitate the development of major projects that will benefit Canada.
• Work to identify and advance nation-building projects through the Building Canada Act.
• Act as a single window for project proponents into the federal regulatory process to simplify and accelerate project approvals.
• Support projects in other ways, including multi-departmental coordination and leveraging financial expertise to secure final investment decisions.

Indigenous Advisory Council

Our work will be guided by an Indigenous Advisory Council to ensure that reconciliation, partnership, and Indigenous economic participation are embedded in the way major projects are advanced in Canada.