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Organizational profile

Appropriate minister(s): The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, P.C., M.P., The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, P.C., M.P.

Institutional head: Kelly Gillis

Ministerial portfolio: Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion

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 xii}, a Crown corporation whose mandate is to ensure users' safe passage on its structures located in the Greater Montreal Area by their proper management, maintenance and repair, while respecting the environment and optimizing traffic flow.
• Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA),^{Endnote xiii} 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 PPP. Responsibility for WDBA was transferred from the Minister of Transport to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities on November 4, 2015.
• The Canada Infrastructure Bank,^{Endnote xiv} 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 to 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 Prime Minister announced the new portfolio of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion^{Endnote xv}, which will be led by the Honourable Ahmed Hussen. This portfolio will be supported by Infrastructure Canada, and by our colleagues at Women and Gender Equality and Canadian Heritage. The new portfolio’s overarching goal is to help ensure Canadians can get a home of their own, by working to improve housing affordability and end chronic homelessness, and by championing the full breadth of our country’s vibrant diversity through greater inclusion. These gaps will be addressed by engaging with Indigenous partnerships, leading a whole-of-government approach to build a more inclusive, equitable, and just society while working to combat systemic racism, discrimination and xenophobia. As part of INFCs new portfolio, the Department is also responsible for the Canadian Housing Mortgage Association (CMHC). The CMHC is leading and delivering federal initiatives under the National Housing Strategy, which includes building new affordable housing and renewing the existing affordable housing stock.
• The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities was designated as the Minister responsible for federal matters relating to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative (TWRI),^{Endnote xvi}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 TWRI. Waterfront Toronto is a non-share capital corporation established in 2001 to lead and implement the TWRI. The next phase of the TWRI includes flood protection of the Port Lands for which Canada, Ontario and Toronto are contributing equal funding for a total of $1.25 billion.

Enabling instruments(s):

• Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund Act (2002, c. 9, s. 47) (CSIF)^{Endnote xvii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2004-0325^{Endnote xviii}
• 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 xix}
• Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1, S.C. 2013, c. 33, section 233^{Endnote xx}
• 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 xxi}
• Order in Council P.C. 2014-0144^{Endnote xxii}
• The following legislation, Orders in Council and Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement related to the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project:
• Crossing Agreement^{Endnote xxiii}
• Bridge to Strengthen Trade Act, S.C. 2012, c. 31, s. 179^{Endnote xxiv}
• Order in Council P.C. 2012-1350^{Endnote xxv}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1236^{Endnote xxvi}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1237^{Endnote xxvii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1238^{Endnote xxviii}
• The following Orders in Council related to Waterfront Toronto:
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1239^{Endnote xxix}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1240^{Endnote xxx}
• 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 xxxi}
• Order in Council P.C. 2017-1007^{Endnote xxxii}
• The following Orders in Council transferred responsibilities from Employment and Social Development Canada to the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion:
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0924^{Endnote xxxiii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0952^{Endnote xxxiv}
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0949^{Endnote xxxv}
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0948^{Endnote xxxvi}
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0947^{Endnote xxxvii}

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.

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.^{Endnote xxxviii}

For more information on the department’s organizational mandate letter commitments, see the Ministers’ mandate letters. ^{Endnote xxxix}

Operating context

Information on the operating context is available on Infrastructure Canada’s website.^{Endnote xl}

Reporting framework ^Footnote1

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

Departmental Results Framework	Public Infrastructure and Communities	Public Infrastructure and Communities Policy	Allocation and Merit-Based Funding Oversight	Internal Services
	Result 1.1: Infrastructure and communities policies are evidence-based	Result 2.1: Investments in public infrastructure meet national interests and community needs	Result 3.1: Infrastructure investments and assets are managed through their lifecycle
	Indicator 1.1.1: Percentage of assessments that find Infrastructure Canada's policies assist in the development of effective programs and federal initiatives	Indicator 2.1.1: Infrastructure Canada funding committed to projects	Indicator 3.1.1: Percentage of projects completed
	Indicator 1.1.2: Percentage of management action plan (MAP) items implemented as planned	Indicator 2.1.2: Number of transactions and amount of private investment in public infrastructure	Indicator 3.1.2: Percentage of programs/projects that comply with funding documents
	Result 1.2: Infrastructure improves the quality of life for all Canadians		Indicator 3.1.3: Value of Infrastructure Canada's funding contribution disbursed in the fiscal year
	Indicator 1.2.1: Change in real Gross Domestic Product attributable to federal investments in infrastructure		Indicator 3.1.4: Percentage of transfer payment program service standards that are met
	Indicator 1.2.2: Change in the remaining useful life ratio of public infrastructure assets
	Indicator 1.2.3: GHG emissions per capita in current year less 0.0000085 megatons (2005 reference year)
	Indicator 1.2.4: Remaining useful life of public infrastructure assets particularly relevant to vulnerable populations: public transit, as well as recreational and sports facilities

Program Inventory	Public Infrastructure and Communities	Public Infrastructure and Communities Policy	Allocation and Merit-Based Funding Oversight
	Alternative Financing Policy	Alternative Financing Investment	Alternative Financing Oversight
	Major Bridges Policy	Major Bridges Investment	Major Bridges Oversight
	Homelessness Policy	Homelessness Investment	Homelessness Funding Oversight

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 i}

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