Thunder Bay Correctional Complex
Province: Ontario
City/Region: Thunder Bay
Image Credit: Infrastructure Ontario
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Project Rank
Project End: 2026
Project Type: Social Infrastructure
Industry Sector: Buildings
Project Amount: $1.2 billion
Date of Completion: 2026
Funding Source: P3
LEED Status: Certified
Previous Rankings
| 2025 | 67 |
| 2024 | 59 |
| 2023 | 57 |
| 2026 | 69 |
About The Project
The project will result in development of a 345 bed, multi-purpose correctional facility to replace the city’s existing jail and correctional centre. The correctional complex will be designed to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification.
Project Owner: Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General
Project/Construction Manager: Infrastructure Ontario
P3 Team Members/Project Team: DBFM Team: EllisDon Infrastructure Developer: EllisDon Capital Inc. Design-Builder: EllisDon Corporation Design Team: Zeidler Architecture Inc., DLR Group Inc.; NORR Architects & Engineers Facilities Management: EllisDon Facilities Services Inc. Financial Advisor: EllisDon Capital Inc.
Other Key Players: A.W. Hooker Associates Ltd. (cost consultant); Engineering Harmonics (AV planning, design and conformance consultant for Infrastructure Ontario); EXP (structural engineer); Hanscomb (cost consultant); Mulvey & Banani; Bird Construction; EY (risk advisor); TULLOCH; Aon, INTECH (risk advisor); H.H. Angus & Associates Limited Consulting Engineers (engineer-design)
Legal: Stikeman Elliott
Key Players
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Gold (15-19 Projects)
Silver (10-14 Projects)
Bronze (5-9 Projects)
- ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada
- Accuracy
- Alstom
- Associated Engineering
- Black & McDonald
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon
- Cartel Communication Systems
- COWI
- Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
- DECAST Ltd.
- DIALOG
- EBC Inc.
- FlatironDragados
- GeoVerra
- HDR
- Hemmera
- Infrata
- Kasian
- Lakeland Consulting Inc.
- Lavery, de Billy
- LRI Engineering
- McMillan LLP
- Montrose Environmental
- Mott MacDonald
- Mulvey & Banani
- NORR Architects & Engineers Ltd.
- Osler
- Parkin Architects Ltd.
- Plenary Americas
- R.V. Anderson
- STRABAG Inc.
- Tiree
- Torys

