2019-20 Departmental Results Report
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We are pleased to present Infrastructure Canada's 2019-2020 Departmental Results Report on our many achievements that support our mandate. While COVID-19 continues to have an unprecedented impact on our country, and the world, this report demonstrates how our significant investments in our communities are helping to support the recovery phase by creating jobs and continuing to work toward our goals of more healthy, connected and resilient communities.

Our government's long-term infrastructure plan, the Investing in Canada plan, is helping to build the cities of the 21st century and provide communities across the country with the tools they need to prosper and innovate. Our progress to date shows how infrastructure will help strengthen our country's recovery as we look to build back stronger from COVID-19.

Together, the 20 federal departments and agencies who deliver the Investing in Canada plan have already committed over $65 billion and invested in thousands of projects. During the last fiscal year alone, Infrastructure Canada approved more than $4.4 billion in funding for 633 new projects under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.

An important accomplishment last year was the opening of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge in Montreal, a bridge that supports $20 billion in international trade each year and was designed to keep people moving by foot, bike, car, truck, and eventually, train. The Gordie Howe International Bridge project saw key construction activities getting underway last year, the end product of which will transform the Windsor-Detroit trade corridor and help grow our economy, encourage increased trade and investment, and create thousands of jobs.

Investments were also made in 39 projects through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, and we announced the Smart Cities Challenge winners and finalists last year. The Canada Infrastructure Bank made good progress as well this past fiscal year, announcing commitments to work on 1 0 transformational infrastructure projects, including the VIA Rail High Frequency Rail Project and the Taltson Hydroelectricity Expansion Project, while continuing to work with public and private partners on new and innovative approaches to financing infrastructure.

In the last year, we put an emphasis on the unique position and needs of rural Canadians as we launched the Rural Economic Development Strategy in conjunction with Canada's Connectivity Strategy. We developed guidance on a rural lens to help all federal programs and services understand how they need to be adapted to better reach rural Canada. The $2.4-billion Rural and Northern Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program continued to fund a wide range of projects to connect households to broadband, to supply people with clean drinking water, and to build roads and bridges to better connect communities to markets, goods, and services.

Our country is in a time of transition and adaptation, and we are focused on our long-term objectives and how investments in infrastructure can play a vital role in addressing the needs of communities and reviving local economies. Every dollar we invest should do triple duty —creating jobs and economic stability, making communities more resilient, especially given the changing climate, and making communities equitable so that everyone has a fair shot to succeed.

We invite you to read this report to learn more about how we are working with and for Canadians to build back stronger and improve every Canadian's quality of life.

portrait of Catherine McKenna

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

portrait of Maryam Monsef

The Honourable Maryam Monsef, P.C., M.P.
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development