Infrastructure Canada is a Government of Canada department responsible for public infrastructure in the country. Infrastructure BC is owned by the Province of British Columbia and Infrastructure Ontario (IO) supports the Ontario government’s initiatives to modernize and maximize the value of public infrastructure and real estate.

Canadian Council for PPPs (CCPPP) is a national not-for-profit non-partisan, member-based organization with broad representation from across the public and private sectors. 

Provincial bodies include Infrastructure Ontario, Partnerships BC, SaskBuilds, Alberta Infrastructure, Partnerships New Brunswick and the Société québécoise des infrastructures.  

At the municipal level, some municipalities have undertaken to develop their own projects, often implemented in partnership with the provincial agencies.

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The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) is an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator that has, with respect to all matters necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction, all the powers of a superior court.

British Columbia - Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement (Schedule 1)

The Province of Ontario, in east-central Canada, consists of 444 municipalities and represents 13.6 million residents, or more than one-third of Canada’s population. Roughly two-thirds of these municipalities are small, containing fewer than 10,000 residents and fewer than 2,500 streetlights (luminaires); about 100 of the municipalities are mid-sized; and 41 are large municipalities of 50,000 residents or more.

In Canada, it has been a requirement for major development projects to incorporate climate change impacts and adaptation in EIAs under the Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, as amended on June 22, 2017. The Environmental Assessment Act was repealed in August 2019 and replaced with the Impact Assessment Act 2019.

On August 28, 2019, the Impact Assessment Act, the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, and the Canadian Navigable Waters Act came into force. The Impact Assessment Act creates the new Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and repeals the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012. 

Standard Form Electricity Purchase Agreements published by BC Power, 2006. EPA between Independent Power Producer (Seller) and British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority in 2006 (Open Call for Power – 2006)

The Standing Offer Program (SOP) encourages the development of small clean or renewable electricity projects (over 100 kW up to and including 15 MW). It offers small-scale clean energy projects in British Columbia the opportunity to enter into energy purchase agreements (EPAs) with BC Hydro. An EPA requires the project developer to sell all energy from the project to BC Hydro for a term of 20 to 40 years commencing on commercial operation date (COD).