Budget 2026 · Lens
Infrastructure & transport in Budget 2026
Roads, bridges, ferries, rail, airports, border crossings and northern infrastructure, including the Mackenzie Valley Highway and the LaSalle Causeway.
$22.2BProgram spending 16 measures
5No cost line 5 measures without a cost line
0measures involve loans, equity or financing
Totals are five-year net impacts on the budgetary balance, kept separate by money type. A measure can appear under several lenses, so lens totals overlap and should not be added together.
Program spending
New or extended spending, shown as the yearly impact on the budgetary balance.
- Investing in housing and infrastructure First Nations communities - Investments to stabilise, accelerate construction, and transform financing$7.91BCh. 4Program spendingHousingTradesIndigenous communitiesInfrastructure & transport
- Investing in housing and infrastructure in First Nations communities - Investments in First Nations clean water infrastructure and legislation$4.61BCh. 4Program spendingHousingTradesIndigenous communitiesInfrastructure & transport
- Supporting major projects across the country - Mackenzie Valley Highway$3.1BCh. 2Program spendingTradesInvestmentIndigenous communitiesInfrastructure & transport
- Securing a resilient food supply chain - National Food Security Strategy$1.58BCh. 3Program spendingInfrastructure & transport
- Turning federal lands and buildings into homes$1.55BCh. 3Program spendingHousingTradesInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Supporting ferry and passenger rail services$1.34BCh. 4Program spendingInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Extending support for the operations of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority$776MCh. 4Program spendingInfrastructure & transport
- Expanding Canada's electric vehicle charging infrastructure$553MCh. 1Program spendingTradesEnergy & resourcesInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Supporting Canada's national parks and historic sites$278MCh. 4Program spendingInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Reinforcing Canada's border infrastructure$192MCh. 6Program spendingInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Securing a resilient food supply chain - Renewing the Local Food Infrastructure Fund$124MCh. 3Program spendingInfrastructure & transport
- Polar Knowledge Canada$105MCh. 1Program spendingInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Mobilising private investment to modernise Canada's airports$42MCh. 1Program spendingInvestmentInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Geo-mapping for energy and minerals (GeoNorth)$34MCh. 1Program spendingEnergy & resourcesInfrastructure & transport
- Arctic offshore oil and gas governance$11MCh. 1Program spendingEnergy & resourcesInfrastructure & transport
- Supporting the Canadian Infrastructure Council$2MCh. 1Program spendingInfrastructure & transport
No cost line
Announced in the text without its own line in the chapter cost table: regulatory, already funded, or costed elsewhere.
- Unlocking infrastructure investment and economic growthno cost lineCh. 1No cost lineInvestmentInfrastructure & transport
- Building the infrastructure that growing communities needno cost lineCh. 3No cost lineTradesInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Advancing the LaSalle Causeway Bridge Replacement Projectno cost lineCh. 4No cost lineInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Investing in northern and Arctic readinessno cost lineCh. 5No cost lineDefence & securityInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Consolidating responsibility for federally owned bridges and crossingsno cost lineCh. 6No cost lineInfrastructure & transportPublic work