Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Ontario selects site to build new hospital for Waterloo Region
The Government of Ontario announced that the University of Waterloo has been chosen as the site for the new state-of-the-art hospital being built for Waterloo…
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Ontario exploring use of digital twins to help deliver key infrastructure projects
The Government of Ontario is testing the application and benefits of digital modelling technology, known as digital twins, to help deliver key infrastructure projects such…
Request for Qualifications Issued for new Ontario Science Centre Facility
Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Infrastructure have issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for teams to design, build, finance and maintain the new Ontario…
Ontario announces plans to begin construction of Highway 413 in 2025
The Government of Ontario announced it is moving ahead with plans to build Highway 413 after having reached an agreement with the federal government for the…
Ontario funds building of new and upgraded sports and recreation facilities
The Government of Ontario announced the new $200-million Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund to support new and revitalized local sports and recreation facilities. “Ontario’s…
Ontario expanding Highway 7 from Pickering to Markham
The Government of Ontario is investing $12 million to support the widening from two to four lanes of Highway 7 from Reesor Road in Markham to…
Ontario plans to expand use of mass timber construction up to 18 storeys
The Ontario Government announced it is expanding the use of advanced wood construction like mass timber. Currently, Ontario’s Building Code allows Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction…
Ontario provides initial investment to design new York University medical school
The Government of Ontario announced itis providing an initial investment of $9 million through the 2024 budget to begin the design and planning for York University’s…
2024 Ontario budget focused on construction and building infrastructure
As part of Budget 2024, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced $190.2 billion earmarked towards upgrading Ontario’s infrastructure over the next 10 years, while $26.2…
Ontario to invest $1.8B for housing-enabling infrastructure for municipalities
The Government of Ontario announced it is investing more than $1.8 billion in housing-enabling infrastructure funding to help build at least 1.5 million homes by…
Ontario announces changes to environmental assessment approval process
The Government of Ontario announced plans to streamline and simplify the 50-year-old environmental assessment (EA) process to make it easier and faster to build infrastructure.…
Ontario invests in UHN’s new $1B Toronto Western Hospital patient tower
The Government of Ontario announced it is investing $794 million for the University Health Network’s (UHN) new state-of-the-art patient tower at Toronto Western Hospital. The…
Ontario making investments to support the unique needs of rural municipalities
The Government of Ontario announced the latest steps in its plan to invest in rural communities and municipalities at the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association…
Ontario announces completion of Highway 401 expansion in Cambridge
The Government of Ontario announced the completion of the expansion of Highway 401 in Cambridge, with eight kilometres of new lanes from Highway 8 to…
Province says moving Ontario Science Centre would save $257M
The Government Ontario and Infrastructure Ontario (IO) released the business case for moving the Ontario Science Centre from its current location at Don Mills Road…
Ontario investing in rehabilitation of six dams across the province
The Government of Ontario announced it is investing $22 million to reconstruct six dams across the province to help mitigate flooding and keep people and…
Provincial government to create Ontario Infrastructure Bank
While Ontario’s fall economic statement revealed that the projected deficit for this year has more than quadrupled to $5.6 billion, it also announced that the…
Ontario taking legal action to get shovels in the ground on infrastructure projects
Ontario’s Attorney General, Doug Downey released a statement indicating the province intends to ask the courts to stop the federal government from using the impugned…
Ontario investment will support the creation of 39 units of affordable housing in Stratford
The Government Ontario announced it is providing $1 million through the Social Services Relief Fund (SSRF) to create six affordable housing units in Stratford. In…
Canada, Ontario investing $219M to bring high-speed internet to 300 communities
The governments of Canada and Ontario announced over $219 million in combined federal and provincial funding for Rogers to bring high-speed internet access to more…
Ontario creating $1.2B housing incentive fund, expanding ‘strong mayor powers’
The Government of Ontario announced it is launching the Building Faster Fund, a new three-year, $1.2 billion program that provides significant new funding based on…
Ontario funds supportive housing project in Mississauga
The Ontario government announced it is providing $270,000 in operational funding for rent supplements and mental health and addictions support services for 40 new supportive…
Province awards contract to begin work on 2+1 Highway in Northern Ontario
The Government of Ontario has awarded a contract to AECOM Canada Ltd. to begin the environmental assessment and design work for a 2+1 highway on…
Ontario begins process for the construction of a new nuclear generating station
The Government of Ontario and Bruce Power announced the start of pre-development work for the first large-scale nuclear build in the province since 1993. Bruce…