The Canadian Infrastructure Council has now released its first National Infrastructure Assessment Report.
 
The full report can be found in English and French here:
 
            National Infrastructure Assessment Report 1 | Rapport 1 de l'Évaluation nationale des infrastructures
 
With its focus on addressing the national housing crisis, the federal government established the Canadian Infrastructure Council early in 2025 to create a National Infrastructure Assessment.  After months of collecting data on infrastructure inventories, population forecasts and climate considerations, and conducting interviews with experts, including the CWWA, this council of sector experts has prepared an extensive report.  The report focuses on the infrastructure investments that will be required to support the housing targets being set in place – what they call “housing-enabling infrastructure”.
 
The report recognizes the great importance of supporting infrastructure stating:

 

This first NIA report makes it clear that we can’t build more homes without the essential infrastructure to support them — including water and wastewater systems, waste management, and public transit and active transportation —and that strengthening the resilience of these systems is key to supporting healthy, livable communities. 

 

The report then makes recommendations the Council hopes will direct the federal government in policy development to lead programs for the next 25 years:

Meeting Canada’s housing and infrastructure demands over the next 25 years will require a transformative shift in how infrastructure is planned, maintained, financed, and delivered across the country. This report is intended to serve as a resource for governments and infrastructure owners, operators, and investors to support informed and strategic infrastructure planning and decision-making.  

 

Additional information about the Canada Infrastructure Council, its members, and the additional supporting reports can all be found on the CIC website:
 
Canadian Infrastructure Council