Sunday, June 29, 2025
Infrastructure Ontario released its latest Market Update, listing 28 major projects in pre- and active procurement, totalling more than $30 billion in estimated design and construction costs. A further 19 publicly announced projects in the initial stages of planning have been included in this update, in addition to a projected 298 capital repairs projects valued at approximately $110 million.
“Infrastructure Ontario’s June 2025 Market Update underscores our commitment to building a more competitive and connected province,” said Angela Clayton, Interim President and CEO, Infrastructure Ontario. “We value the strategic collaboration of our industry partners as we deliver high-impact projects for Ontario.”
“To maintain a strong and competitive pipeline, we will continue to work with the market to determine the appropriate delivery model and staging for projects to maximize market engagement, access and participation. And while we are also encouraged by the results realized through new delivery models and interest in collaborative models, we also recognize that project size and complexity are the dominant factors driving project risk and market participation.
“In this regard, we are exploring opportunities to disaggregate “mega projects”. This approach can also help foster competition and wider involvement from a diverse range of partners. IO is working with the government to conduct a thorough review of delivery models and new approaches to design and procurement to address this need.”
Highlights from the June 2025 Market Update include:
- The addition of several new projects including Runnymede Healthcare Centre Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Centre of Excellence – with new locations in Caledon and Toronto, Ontario Provincial Police Academy in Orillia, and Ontario Police College in Aylmer.
- Ontario Place Landscape and Public Realm construction moving into pre-procurement.
- A capital repair program pipeline featuring a projected 298 lifecycle repairs projects across the province (projected regional projects – Northeast: 48, Northwest: 42, Southcentral: 50, Southwest: 56, East: 41, Greater Toronto Area: 29, Toronto Core: 32).
“Our historic plan to build infrastructure is more important today than ever before. It allows for responsible growth while employing hundreds of thousands of people,” said Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure. “We’re making significant progress on our plan to build with 47 major and a projected 298 capital repairs projects now in the planning, pre-procurement and procurement stages. We will continue partnering with the private sector to make it faster and easier to build highways, transit and community infrastructure, while supporting a more resilient and competitive economy.”
This Market Update also includes an initial listing of upcoming projects within the province’s Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Program. This pipeline presents valuable opportunities for development partners to contribute to tens of thousands of new homes and vibrant mixed-use communities across Toronto and the broader Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Strategically positioned near transit hubs, these communities could add up to about 340,000 more housing units and support jobs, while benefiting from enhanced connectivity through priority transit initiatives. Future Market Updates will feature even more opportunities within the TOC Program.
Since the previous Market Update in June 2024, seven projects have entered the pre-procurement and procurement phases and three projects have moved into the construction phase:
- Quinte Health – Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Redevelopment
- Weeneebayko Area Health Authority New Hospital
- Scarborough Subway Extension – Stations, Rail and Systems
The Grandview Children’s Treatment Centre, the new patient care tower at Michael Garron Hospital, the Cambridge Memorial Hospital and Volkswagen Battery Cell Plant – Site Preparation have also reached substantial completion.
Featured image: (Infrastructure Ontario)
