Canada yesterday launched a US$9.4bn (CAN$13bn) plan to build what the government called “deeply affordable” housing at scale, using prefabricated modular methods and mass timber to build on federally owned…

A consortium led by Spain’s Acciona has won a contract to design and build the westward extension of Toronto’s Line 5 Eglinton. On behalf of Ontario transport body Metrolinx, the…

Canadian engineer AtkinsRéalis has extended its partnership with Canadian robotics manufacturer Kinova for three more years. The duo previously collaborated at the UK’s Sellafield nuclear site, where Kinova’s robotic arm…

The consortium building a 7.8km extension of Toronto’s Line 2 subway – Aecon and FCC Canada – have picked Spanish engineering and technology group Sener to develop its detailed design.…

AtkinsRéalis company Candu Energy has won a C$450m execution contract from Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to build the first of four planned small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Darlington Nuclear…

The Westinghouse Electric Company has signed an agreement in principle with the Pabineau and Eel River Bar First Nations in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick to build a…

Five companies have been awarded a design and engineering contract to prepare plans for a depository for spent nuclear fuel in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Deep Geological Repository (DGR) will…

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is looking for a construction partner to build a 320-acre artificial island and wharf for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project, and will issue a…

The Canadian province of Ontario plans to switch on North America’s first small modular reactor (SMR) by 2030 after the provincial government last week gave the nod for construction to…

US chemical producer Dow has pressed pause on its plan to build the world’s first net-zero chemical plant in Canada, broadcaster CBC reports. It was planning to invest US$6.5bn on…

Canadian designer and engineer Stantec has announced its acquisition of Irish engineering and environmental consultancy Ryan Hanley, hoping to boost its presence in the Irish water sector. Stantec and Ryan…

As a brand new hydroelectric dam in remote Northeastern British Columbia, Canada gears up for full generation this autumn, locals are grappling with an unexpected problem: What to do with…

Ontario will ban US firms from bidding for public sector contracts, locking American contractors, engineers and consultants out of some US$139.7bn worth of infrastructure projects in the most populous Canadian province.

President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imported into the US took effect today, with likely cost hikes for construction, and a warning of 100,000 US jobs…

Canada’s immigration minister Marc Miller has announced that foreign registered apprentices will be able to work in the country while completing their studies without having to apply for permits beforehand…

Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has won a contract to help replace the dysfunctional roof at Montreal’s 55,000-seat Olympic stadium, built for the 1976 Olympics. It will provide mobile cranes for the…

A multinational consortium has won a contract to build a US$5.1bn expansion of the Queen Elizabeth II infirmary in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canada’s PCL Constructors and B+H Architects are teaming…

Canada will need to invest more than US$210bn a year to meet its housebuilding targets, according to a report from policy thinktank, the Fraser Institute. The housing market is suffering…