2021-22
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 xii 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 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 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 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 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 DevelopmentEndnote xv 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 InitiativeEndnote xvi (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 instruments:
- Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund Act (2002, c. 9, s. 47) (CSIF)Endnote xvii;
- Order in Council P.C. 2004-0325Endnote xviii;
- The following pieces of legislation related to the Gas Tax Fund:
- Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act, S.C. 2011, c. 24Endnote xix
- Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1, S.C. 2013, c. 33, section 233Endnote 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):
- The following legislation, Orders in Council and Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement related to the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project:
- Crossing AgreementEndnote xxiii
- Bridge to Strengthen Trade Act, S.C. 2012, c. 31, s. 179Endnote xxiv
- Order in Council P.C. 2012-1350Endnote xxv
- Order in Council P.C. 2015-1236Endnote xxvi
- Order in Council P.C. 2015-1237Endnote xxvii
- Order in Council P.C. 2015-1238Endnote xxviii
- The following Orders in Council related to Waterfront Toronto:
- The following legislation and Order in Council related to the Canada Infrastructure Bank:
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 20 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.Endnote xxxiii
For more information on the department’s organizational mandate letter commitments, see the “Ministers’ mandate letters”. Endnote xxxiv
Operating context
Information on the operating context is available on Infrastructure Canada’s website.Endnote xxxv
Reporting framework
Infrastructure Canada’s approved Departmental Results Framework and program inventory for 2021-22 are as follows.
In the fall of 2020-21, Infrastructure Canada completely revitalized its Departmental Results Framework in order to better align with its responsibilities and partners, to better reflects its organizational structure and its new Ministers’ mandates, and to improve reporting on results. The Departmental Results Framework changes have resulted in new core responsibilities, departmental results, departmental result indicators, and a new program inventory. These changes were approved by the Treasury Board in November, 2020.
Structure |
2021-22 |
2020-21 |
Change |
Reason for change |
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CORE RESPONSIBILITY |
Public Infrastructure, Communities and Rural Economic Development Policy |
Not applicable |
Title change |
Note 1 |
PROGRAM |
Public Infrastructure and Communities Policy |
Not applicable |
New program |
Note 2 |
PROGRAM |
Rural Economic Development Policy |
Not applicable |
New program |
Note 2 |
PROGRAM |
Alternative Financing Policy |
Not applicable |
New program |
Note 2 |
PROGRAM |
Major Bridges Policy |
Not applicable |
New program |
Note 2 |
CORE RESPONSIBILITY |
Public Infrastructure and Communities Investments |
Public Infrastructure |
Title change |
Note 1 |
PROGRAM |
Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment |
Investing in Canada Phase 1 - Funding Allocations for Provinces and Territories |
Title change
|
Note 3 |
PROGRAM |
Investing in Canada Phase 1 - Funding for Federation of Canadian Municipalities |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Gas Tax Fund - Permanent Funding for Municipalities |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
New Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
New Building Canada Fund - Funding Allocations for Provinces and Territories |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Historical Programs |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
New Champlain Bridge Corridor Project |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Gordie Howe International Bridge Team |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Smart Cities Challenge |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Research and Data Initiative |
Title change |
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PROGRAM |
Alternative Financing Investment |
Not applicable |
New program |
Note 2 |
PROGRAM |
Major Bridges Investment |
Major Bridges Investment |
New program |
Note 2 |
CORE RESPONSIBILITY |
Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment Oversight and Delivery |
Not applicable |
Title change |
Note 1 |
PROGRAM |
Allocation and Merit-Based Funding Oversight |
Not applicable |
New program |
Note 2 |
PROGRAM |
Alternative Financing Oversight |
Not applicable |
New program |
Note 2 |
PROGRAM |
Major Bridges Oversight |
Not applicable |
New program |
Note 2 |
Notes:
1. Better reflects Infrastructure Canada's mandate.
2. Better reflects programs that serve this core responsibility.
3. Programs have been replaced with those that better reflect the activities conducted by the department related to this core responsibility.
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 xxxvi
Supplementary information tables
The following supplementary information tables are available on Infrastructure Canada's website.Endnote xxxvii
- Details of Transfer Payment Programs
- Gender–Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)
- Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
- Horizontal initiatives
Federal tax expenditures
Infrastructure Canada’s Departmental Plan does not include information on tax expenditures that relate to its planned results for 2021-22.
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 ExpendituresEndnote xxxviii. 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: www.infrastructure.gc.caEndnote xxxix
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