Since 2007, ReNew Canada magazine has tracked Canadian infrastructure development in its annual report, the Top 100: Canada’s biggest infrastructure projects. Ahead of the 2015 edition’s release, we take a closer look at the past overall 50 largest projects featured in the Top 100 to see what it might take for a project to earn a spot this year.

1. THE 50 BIGGEST PROJECTS IN CANADA (2007-2014)
ONTARIO
Alberta
Quebec
British Columbia
Elsewhere
PROVINCIAL ONLY
All three levels
Federal and provincial
Federal only
HYDRO DAM
Highway
Light Rapid Transit
Health Care
Transmission
Airport
Other
UNDER $3 BILLION
Between $3-4 billion
Over $5 billion
PUBLIC
P3
Private
Type of
infrastructure
Construction
value
Financing
source
Government
funding involved
Built for
ENERGY
Transportation
Transit
Buildings
Environment
EASTMAIN-1-A/SARCELLE/ RUPERT PROJECT 2007
BRUCE A NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION RESTART 2007
CANADA LINE 2007
CALGARY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2008
KEEPHILLS 3 GENERATING PLANT 2008
POINT LEPREAU NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION REFURBISHMENT 2008
ROMAINE HYDROELECTRIC COMPLEX PROJECT 2009
PORT MANN / HIGHWAY 1 PROJECT 2009
SPADINA SUBWAY EXTENSION 2009
WUSKWATIM GENERATION PROJECT 2009
AUTOROUTE 30 2009
EDMONTON RING ROAD, ANTHONY HENDAY DRIVE NW 2009
INTERNATIONAL FACILITIES PROJECT 2009
TURCOT INTERCHANGE 2010
NAIKUN WIND ENERGY PROJECT 2010
SOUTH HEALTH CAMPUS PHASE 1 2010
EVERGREEN LINE RAPID TRANSIT LINE 2010
RT. HON. HERB GRAY PARKWAY 2010
EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) PROJECT 2011
MUSKRAT FALLS HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT 2011
CHUM (CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL) 2011
LOWER MATTAGAMI HYDROELECTRIC COMPLEX 2011
CONFEDERATION LINE 2011
LABRADOR ISLAND TRANSMISSION LINK 2011
MARITIME TRANSMISSION LINK 2011
GEORGETOWN SOUTH TRACK LAYOUT AND GRADING DESIGN 2011
YORK VIVA BUS RAPID TRANSIT (VIVANEXT) PROJECT 2011
MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE AT GLEN CAMPUS 2011
ROUTE 185 WIDENING 2011
REPLACEMENT OF THE MONTREAL SUBWAY’S ROLLING STOCK 2011
SITE C CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT 2012 2012
BIPOLE III TRANSMISSION LINE 2012
HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL 2012
HR MILNER COAL PLANT EXPANSION 2012
PORT HOPE AREA INITIATIVE 2012
BOUNDARY DAM INTEGRATED CCS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 2012
KEEYASK HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT 2013
NEW BRIDGE FOR THE ST. LAWRENCE 2013
DETROIT RIVER INTERNATIONAL CROSSING 2013
EDMONTON VALLEY LINE (SOUTHEAST TO WEST LRT) 2013
EAST SIDE TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE 2013
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT UPGRADES 2013
EDMONTON RING ROAD ANTHONY HENDAY DRIVE NE 2013
OUTREMONT CAMPUS, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL 2013
RENOVATIONS TO BEAUHARNOIS HYDROELECTRIC STATION 2013
HURONTARIO – MAIN LRT 2013
ROCKY CREEK WIND ENERGY PROJECT 2013
SHEPARD ENERGY CENTRE 2013
SCARBOROUGH SUBWAY EXTENSION 2014
WESTERN ALBERTA TRANSMISSION LINE 2014
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What will Canada’s
next big infrastructure
project look like?
Since 2007, ReNew Canada magazine has tracked Canadian infrastructure development in
its annual report, the Top 100: Canada’s biggest infrastructure projects. Ahead of the 2015
edition’s release, we take a closer look at the past overall 50 largest projects featured in the
Top 100 to see what it might take for a project to earn a spot this year.
Look out for the 2015 edition of the Top 100, due out in January, by visiting top100projects.ca.
#CanadaBuildsBig
What’s been on top?
The 50 largest of Canada’s recent projects
represent a combined construction value
of more than $124 billion in infrastructure
spending alone.
Energy
Hydroelectric is still king of the big
energy projects in Canada.
Transportation
Bridges are project heavyweights when
it comes to large-scale infrastructure
investments.
Transit
Light Rapid Transit networks have
emerged transit solution in Canada.
Major urban infrastructure
Projects in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and
Calgary account for 24 of the overall biggest 50 of the Top
100 projects, worth more than $53.2 billion.
#CanadaBuildsBig
$57.6 B
$31.9 B
$24.5 B
$8.7 B
$34.3 B
8 projects
$17.4 B
8 projects
$13.2 B
5 projects
$8.3 B
4 projects
$1.5 B
1 project
$1.4 B
1 project
$3.5 B
2 projects
$9.0 B
2 projects
$8.5 B
4 projects
$5.5 B
3 projects
$5.6 B
2 projects
$5.6 B
4 projects
$8.3 B
4 projects $6.4 B
4 projects
Energy
Hydroelectric
Highway Bridge Airport
$15.1 B
6 projects
Toronto,
Ontario
Transportation
Wind
Transit
Transmission
Vancouver,
British Columbia
Calgary,
Alberta
Buildings
Nuclear Coal
LRT Rapid Transit Rail BRT
$6.4 B
3 projects
Edmonton,
Alberta
$16.9 B
7 projects
Montreal,
Quebec