2020-21 Departmental Results Report
Additional information

Organizational profile

Appropriate ministers: 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, 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), 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, 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, which is led by the Honourable Ahmed Hussen. This portfolio is 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 Infrastructure Canada's 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), 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 instrument[s]:

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.

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 Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory of record for 2021–22 are shown below.

Core Responsibility: Public Infrastructure
Departmental Results Framework Internal Services
Core Responsibility 1: Public Infrastructure, Communities and Rural Economic Development Policy
Departmental Result 1.1:
Infrastructure, communities and Rural Economic Development policies are evidence-based		 Indicator 1.1.1: % of assessments that find Infrastructure Canada's policies assist in the development of effective programs and federal initiatives
Indicator 1.1.2: % of management action plan (MAP) items implemented as planned
Departmental Result 1.2:
Infrastructure improves the 'quality of life' for all Canadians 		Indicator 1.2.1: Change in real Gross Domestic Product attributable to federal investments in infrastructure
Indicator 1.2.2: Change in the remaining useful life of public infrastructure assets
Indicator 1.2.3: GHG emissions per capita in current year less 0.0000085 megatons (reference year 2005)
Indicator 1.2.4: Remaining useful life of public infrastructure assets particularly relevant to vulnerable populations: public transit, and recreational and sports facilities
Core Responsibility 2: Public Infrastructure and Communities Investments
Departmental Result 2.1:
Investments in public infrastructure meet national interests and community needs		 Indicator 2.1.1: Infrastructure Canada funding committed to projects
Indicator 2.1.2: Number of transactions and amount of private investment in public infrastructure
Core Responsibility 3: Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment Oversight and Delivery
Departmental Result 3.1:
Infrastructure investments and assets are managed through their lifecycle		 Indicator 3.1.1: Percentages of projects completed
Indicator 3.1.2: Percentages of programs/projects that comply with funding documents
Indicator 3.1.3: Value of Infrastructure Canada's funding contribution disbursed in the fiscal year
Indicator 3.1.4: Percentage of transfer payment program service standards that are met

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

Supporting information on the program inventory

Financial, human resources and performance information for Infrastructure Canada's Program Inventory is available in GC InfoBase.

Supplementary information tables

The following supplementary information tables are available on Infrastructure Canada's website:

Federal tax expenditures

The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures. This report also provides detailed background information on tax expenditures, including descriptions, objectives, historical information and references to related federal spending programs as well as evaluations and GBA Plus of tax expenditures.

Organizational contact information

Mailing address: 180 Kent Street, Suite 1100. Ottawa, Ontario K1P 0B6

Telephone: 613-948-1148; (toll free number): 1-877-250-7154

TTY: 1-800-465-7735

Email: info@infc.gc.ca

Website(s): www.infrastructure.gc.ca