Resilient and reliable infrastructure

People living in Canada want to know that their community's infrastructure is able to withstand increasingly frequent and extreme weather events. Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada is supporting communities by investing in climate resilient buildings and infrastructure, including natural infrastructure, while also investing in research and tools to find the best ways to protect Canadian communities.

By investing in a wide range of projects, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada is helping to prevent and protect against current and future impacts of climate change across the country.

We're developing knowledge and data to design, construct and maintain infrastructure that is resilient and built to last

Infrastructure must be designed to withstand the impacts of its region's changing climate conditions. That is why Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada is partnering with the National Research Council of Canada and the Standards Council of Canada to provide communities with guidance, tools, resources and hands-on support to help them build climate resilient infrastructure.

We're investing in projects that build resilient infrastructure

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada funding is helping protect communities across the country from socio-economic, environmental, and cultural impacts triggered by natural hazards and extreme weather. It is essential that communities and the infrastructure they rely on every day are protected not only from extreme weather events but also gradual, longer-term impacts. Thanks to our programs, we are helping improve service continuity, and protect critical infrastructure on which people in Canada rely.

We're using every investment as an opportunity to increase the climate-readiness of Canada's infrastructure

It is key that every infrastructure investment, such as building or retrofitting a water treatment plant, be forward-looking to make our communities more climate-safe for decades to come. We are using each investment decision as an opportunity to make infrastructure systems across Canada more reliable and resilient in the face of changing climate conditions. Projects applicants will be required to account for future-looking climate conditions in assessing climate risks and risk reduction measures will be applied to address risk as appropriate.