Corporate information

Organizational profile

Appropriate ministers: The Honourable Catherine McKenna, P.C., M.P., The Honourable Maryam Monsef, P.C., M.P.

Institutional head: Kelly Gillis

Ministerial portfolios: Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development

The Office of Infrastructure of Canada is part of the Infrastructure and Communities portfolio. The portfolio includes the following:

• The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated,^{Endnote iv} a Crown corporation whose mandate is to ensure users' safe passage on its structures located in the Greater Montréal Area by their proper management, maintenance and repair, while respecting the environment and optimizing traffic flow.
• The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA),^{Endnote v} a Crown corporation with the responsibility to design, finance, build, operate and maintain a new, publicly owned international crossing between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan that will be delivered through a public-private partnership. Responsibility for the WDBA was transferred from the Minister of Transport to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities on November 4, 2015.
• The Canada Infrastructure Bank,^{Endnote vi} a Crown corporation, uses federal support to attract private sector and institutional investment to new revenue-generating infrastructure projects that are in the public interest. The CIB leverages the capital and expertise of the private sector and help government partners build new infrastructure across Canada. The Canada Infrastructure Bank Act received Royal Assent on June 22, 2017, and the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities was designated the responsible Minister on July 4, 2017.
• The Centre for Rural Economic Development was established following the appointment of a Minister of Rural Economic Development in January 2019 and the subsequent launch of the Rural Economic Development Strategy. The Centre provides leadership for strong and resilient rural communities as an integral part of the Canadian economy. It does so by providing a focus on rural needs, working across departments and agencies (particularly with the Regional Development Agencies for rural community development, and collaborating with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada on rural broadband), with other orders of government, and a range of stakeholders.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities was designated as the Minister responsible for federal matters relating to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative^{Endnote vii} effective November 4, 2015. In 2000, the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the City of Toronto each announced a commitment of $500 million to fund the Initiative. Waterfront Toronto is a non-share capital corporation established in 2001 to lead and implement the TWRI.

Enabling instruments:

• Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund Act (2002, c. 9, s. 47) (CSIF)^{Endnote viii};
• Order in Council P.C. 2004-0325^{Endnote ix};
• The following pieces of legislation related to the Gas Tax Fund:
• Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act, S.C. 2011, c. 24^{Endnote x}
• Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1, S.C. 2013, c. 33, section 233^{Endnote xi}
• The following legislation and Order in Council related to the New Bridge for the St. Lawrence Corridor Project (commonly known as the New Champlain Bridge Corridor Project):
• New Bridge for the St. Lawrence Act^{Endnote xii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2014-0144^{Endnote xiii}
• The following legislation, Orders in Council and Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement related to the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project:
• Crossing Agreement^{Endnote xiv}
• Bridge to Strengthen Trade Act, S.C. 2012, c. 31, s. 179^{Endnote xv}
• Order in Council P.C. 2012-1350^{Endnote xvi}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1236^{Endnote xvii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1237^{Endnote xviii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1238^{Endnote xix}
• The following Orders in Council related to Waterfront Toronto:
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1239^{Endnote xx}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1240^{Endnote xxi}
• The following legislation and Order in Council related to the Canada Infrastructure Bank:
• Canada Infrastructure Bank Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 403^{Endnote xxii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2017-1007^{Endnote xxiii}

Year of incorporation/commencement: 2002.

Other: Infrastructure Canada works in collaboration with Transport Canada to deliver some of its sunset transfer payment programs. Infrastructure Canada also works with Public Services and Procurement Canada for the New Champlain Bridge Corridor as the contract authority.

In its role as lead department in the Government of Canada’s Investing in Canada plan, Infrastructure Canada works with 13 other federal organizations: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canadian Heritage, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Parks Canada Agency, Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Safety Canada, and Transport Canada

Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do

"Raison d'être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do" is available on Infrastructure Canada's website.

For more information on the department’s organizational mandate letter commitments, see the “Ministers’ mandate letters”.

Operating context

Information on the operating context is available on Infrastructure Canada’s website.

Reporting framework

Infrastructure Canada’s approved departmental results framework and program inventory for 2020–21 are as follows.

Departmental Results Framework	Core Responsibility: Public Infrastructure		Internal Services
	Departmental Result 1: Infrastructure projects are funded and supported by Infrastructure Canada	Indicator 1.1: INFC funding committed to projects
		Indicator 1.2: Value of INFC's funding contribution in the fiscal year
		Indicator 1.3: Implementation status and oversight of major bridge projects
	Departmental Result 2: Public infrastructure is managed in a more sustainable way	Indicator 2.1: Total annual investments from all levels of government in infrastructure projects supported by INFC
		Indicator 2.2: Percentage of municipalities that strengthened their asset management practices as a result of federal funding
		Indicator 2.3: Change in remaining useful life of infrastructure assets
	Departmental Result 3: Rate of economic growth is increased in an inclusive and sustainable way	Indicator 3.1: Change in real GDP attributable to federal investments in infrastructure
	Departmental Result 4: Improved urban mobility in Canadian communities	Indicator 4.1: Percentage of Canadians living within 400 metres of a transit station or stop
		Indicator 4.2: Modal share of public transit and active transportation
	Departmental Result 5: Environmental quality is improved, GHG emissions are reduced and resilience of communities is increased	Indicator 5.1: Percentage of municipalities that built or enhanced their capacity to reduce GHG emissions and adapt to climate change as a result of federal funding
		Indicator 5.2: Percentage of municipalities that built or enhanced their drinking water system as a result of federal funding
		Indicator 5.3: Percentage of municipalities that built or enhanced their wastewater treatment system as a result of federal funding
	Departmental Result 6: Canadian communities are inclusive and accessible	Indicator 6.1: Number of community, cultural and recreational facilities that were enhanced or built as a result of federal funding, and that are accessible
		Indicator 6.2: Number of public transit systems that were enhanced or built as a result of federal funding, and that are accessible

Program Inventory	Investing in Canada Phase 1 – Funding Allocations for Provinces and Territories
	Investing in Canada Phase 1 – Funding for Federation of Canadian Municipalities
	Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
	Gas Tax Fund – Permanent Funding for Municipalities
	New Building Canada Fund – National Infrastructure Component
	New Building Canada Fund – Funding Allocations for Provinces and Territories
	Historical Programs
	New Champlain Bridge
	Gordie Howe International Bridge Team
	Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative
	Smart Cities Challenge
	Disaster Mitigation and Adaption Fund
	Research and Knowledge Initiative

Supporting information on the Program Inventory

Supporting information on planned expenditures, human resources, and results related to Infrastructure Canada's Program Inventory is available in the GC InfoBase.^{Endnote xxiv}

Supplementary information tables

The following supplementary information tables are available on the Infrastructure Canada website.

• Details on Transfer Payment Programs
• Gender–Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)
• Horizontal initiatives
• Status report on transformational and major Crown projects

Federal tax expenditures

Infrastructure Canada’s Departmental Plan does not include information on tax expenditures that relate to its planned results for 2020–21.

Tax expenditures are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance, and the Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for government‑wide tax expenditures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures^{Endnote xxv}. This report provides detailed information on tax expenditures, including objectives, historical background and references to related federal spending programs, as well as evaluations, research papers and gender-based analysis. The tax measures presented in this report are solely the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.

Organizational contact information

Infrastructure Canada
180 Kent Street, Suite 1100
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 0B6
Telephone: 613-948-1148
Telephone (toll free number): 1-877-250-7154
TTY: 1-800-465-7735
Email: infc.info.infc@canada.ca
Website(s): www.infrastructure.gc.ca