Infrastructure Ontario lists 21 major projects in or nearing procurement and 141 added building-repair jobs, including 17 in the North
Thunder Bay – Mining News Service – Infrastructure Ontario says 21 major public projects worth more than $22 billion are in active or pre-procurement, offering contractors a broad pipeline led by transit, hospitals, correctional facilities and provincial buildings.
The agency’s November market update also lists 20 projects in earlier planning and 141 added repair projects scheduled for completion by the end of March 2027.
The figures are planning and procurement estimates, not a promise that every listed project will proceed on the stated schedule or at the stated value. Infrastructure Ontario marks the entire update as subject to change and government approvals.
Large contracts move toward market
The Yonge North Subway Extension stations, rail and systems package is the largest project in active procurement, with an estimated design and construction value above $4 billion. The agency expects a project alliance agreement between January and March 2027.
The first contract for Windsor Regional Hospital’s Fancsy Family Hospital is valued above $2 billion. Other active procurements include the North York General Hospital inpatient redevelopment, the Brockville correctional complex and the first part of the Ontario Provincial Police modernization program.
The update adds the Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital redevelopment to the planning list. It also says four major projects are reaching contract execution: the Ontario Place landscape and public realm work, the Ottawa Hospital civic campus, the Bowmanville hospital redevelopment and the Quinte Detention Centre.
Northern Ontario share
Northern Ontario is not a major part of the $22-billion active and pre-procurement total in this update. The Lake of the Woods District Hospital redevelopment in Kenora remains in the planning list, without a procurement schedule or cost range.
The more immediate northern work is in the added capital-repair program. Infrastructure Ontario lists 17 projects in the North: six roof jobs, four heating and ventilation projects, three sanitary-waste projects, two exterior projects, one electrical project and one exterior-wall or window project.
Across Ontario, the 141 listed repairs are the first $75 million of a new $110-million building-renewal allocation. Another $35 million is in design for work later in 2027. The agency says the projects cover courthouses, OPP detachments and other provincial buildings, with locations ranging from Thunder Bay to London and Kingston.
The report says contractors can pursue vendor-of-record channels through Colliers Project Leaders or BGIS for repair work. No single northern project value or tender date is listed, so firms will still need to monitor those procurement systems.
Infrastructure Ontario also says domestic supply-chain plans reviewed so far indicate about 90 per cent of goods, services and labour on its projects will come from Canadian suppliers. That is an agency estimate based on submissions received to date, not a final audited share for the full pipeline.
