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Organizational profile

Appropriate minister(s): The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, P.C., K.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 xvii} 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 xviii} 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 xix} 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 Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Portfolio, ^{Endnote xx} is supported by Infrastructure Canada, and by our colleagues at Women and Gender Equality and Canadian Heritage. The 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 this portfolio, the Department is also responsible for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Association (CMHC). ^{Endnote xxi} 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 Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities was designated as the Minister responsible for federal matters relating to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative (TWRI),^{Endnote xxii} 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 xxiii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2004-0325^{Endnote xxiv}
• 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 xxv}
• Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1, S.C. 2013, c. 33, section 233^{Endnote xxvi}
• 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 xxvii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2014-0144^{Endnote xxviii}
• The following legislation, Orders in Council and Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement related to the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project:
• Crossing Agreement^{Endnote xxix}
• Bridge to Strengthen Trade Act, S.C. 2012, c. 31, s. 179^{Endnote xxx}
• Order in Council P.C. 2012-1350^{Endnote xxxi}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1236^{Endnote xxxii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1237^{Endnote xxxiii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1238^{Endnote xxxiv}
• The following Orders in Council related to Waterfront Toronto:
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1239^{Endnote xxxv}
• Order in Council P.C. 2015-1240^{Endnote xxxvi}
• 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 xxxvii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2017-1007^{Endnote xxxviii}
• 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 xxxix}
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0952^{Endnote xl}
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0949^{Endnote xli}
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0948^{Endnote xlii}
• Order in Council P.C. 2021-0947^{Endnote xliii}

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

Information on Infrastructure Canada’s raison d’être, mandate and role is available on the department’s website.^{Endnote xliv}

Information on Infrastructure Canada’s mandate letter commitments is available in the Ministers’ mandate letters. ^{Endnote xlv}

Operating context

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

Reporting framework

Infrastructure Canada’s approved departmental results framework and program inventory for 2023–24 are as follows.

Departmental Results Framework	Core responsibility 1: Public Infrastructure, Communities, Affordable Housing and Homelessness Policy	Core responsibility 2: Public Infrastructure, Communities, and Homelessness Investments	Core responsibility 3: Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment Stewardship and Delivery	Internal Services
	Result 1.1: Infrastructure, communities and homelessness policy are informed by evidence	Result 2.1: Funding is invested and leveraged to support public infrastructure, affordable housing and homelessness projects in Canada	Result 3.1: Investments are delivered with appropriate stewardship
	Indicator 1.1.1: Canada Core Public Infrastructure Survey response rate	Indicator 2.1.1: Infrastructure Canada funding committed to projects in the fiscal year	Indicator 3.1.1: Percentage of projects completed in the fiscal year
	Indicator 1.1.2: Usage of Infrastructure Economic Accounts (INFEA) and Canada Core Public Infrastructure Survey (CCPI) data	Indicator 2.1.2: Number of projects considering and using alternative finance procurement models by public sponsors in Canada	Indicator 3.1.2: Percentage of claims paid in the fiscal year
	Indicator 1.1.3: Number of national homelessness reports that are published		Indicator 3.1.3: Percentage of Reaching Home Annual Results reports submitted in a timely fashion
	Result 1.2: Infrastructure, affordable housing and homelessness policies improve the quality of life for all Canadians
	Indicator 1.2.1: Gross Domestic Product attributable to public investments in infrastructure (current dollars)
	Indicator 1.2.2: Remaining useful life ratio of infrastructure assets
	Indicator 1.2.3: Reduction in per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation, buildings, solid waste, construction and wastewater sectors since 2005
	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
	Indicator 1.2.5: Percentage of the population living within 500 metres of a public transit stop
	Indicator 1.2.6: Number of people placed in more stable housing

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

Changes to the approved reporting framework since 2022–23

Structure	2023-24	2022-23	Change	Reason for Change
Core Responsibility	Public Infrastructure, Communities, Affordable Housing and Homelessness Policy	Public Infrastructure, Communities, and Rural Development Policy	Title change	Note 1
Program	Public Infrastructure and Communities Policy	Public Infrastructure and Communities Policy	No change	Not applicable
Program	Not applicable	Rural Economic Development Policy	Program ended	Note 2
Program	Alternative Financing Policy	Alternative Financing Policy	No change	Not applicable
Program	Major Bridges Policy	Major Bridges Policy	No change	Not applicable
Program	Homelessness Policy	Homelessness Policy	No change	Not applicable
Core Responsibility	Public Infrastructure, Communities, and Homelessness Investments	Public Infrastructure and Communities Investments	Title change	Note 1
Program	Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment	Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment	No change	Not applicable
Program	Alternative Financing Investment	Alternative Financing Investment	No change	Not applicable
Program	Major Bridges Investment	Major Bridges Investment	No change	Not applicable
Program	Homelessness Investment	Homelessness Investment	No change	Not applicable
Core Responsibility	Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment Stewardship and Delivery	Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment Oversight and Delivery	Title change	Note 3
Program	Allocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship	Allocation- and Merit-based Funding Oversight	Title change	Note 3
Program	Alternative Financing Oversight	Alternative Financing Oversight	No change	Not applicable
Program	Major Bridges Oversight	Major Bridges Oversight	No change	Not applicable
Program	Homelessness Funding Oversight	Homelessness Funding Oversight	No change	Not applicable

Note 1

Better reflects a mandate change that expanded to include affordable housing and homelessness.

Note 2

Transfer of resources from Infrastructure Canada to Innovation, Science And Economic Development Canada was completed in fiscal year 2022-23.

Note 3

Better reflects Infrastructure Canada's financial stewardship role.