Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure

**Ministry of Infrastructure** Building Ontario through critical infrastructure projects that help grow the economy, deliver better services, make commutes easier and create complete communities. **What we do** **Building Ontario** - Lead the province’s infrastructure plan to build, repair and modernize critical infrastructure that will support communities for decades to come. - Guide investments in schools, hospitals, highways, public transit, high-speed internet, and other critical services that make people’s daily lives more efficient, cost-effective and convenient. - Respect taxpayer contributions by maximizing the lifespan, performance, and value of existing infrastructure, and the services that infrastructure provides. - Work with [Infrastructure Ontario](https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/en/) to develop policies, initiatives, and strategies to enhance infrastructure delivery, including through public-private partnerships and other programs. - Develop policy related to government realty, including legislation, policies, and due diligence efforts. - Make recommendations about priorities to enhance the effective coordination of infrastructure projects within government. - Unlock new and innovative opportunities and partnerships to improve infrastructure in Ontario, through our [unsolicited proposals (USP) framework](https://www.ontario.ca/page/unsolicited-proposals). - Oversee [Waterfront Toronto](https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/), Infrastructure Ontario and [Ontario Place Corporation](https://ontarioplace.com/en/). **Supporting municipal infrastructure** - Provide [access to high-speed internet](https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-connects-making-high-speed-internet-accessible-in-every-community) to every community by the end of 2025, including rural, northern and Indigenous communities. - Work with federal and municipal governments, as well as Indigenous and community partners, on various infrastructure programs, including the [Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP)](https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/prog-proj-on-eng.html#1.1). - Provide [funding for small, rural and northern communities](https://www.ontario.ca/page/municipal-infrastructure-support-for-communities) through the [Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF)](https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/ontario-community-infrastructure-fund-recipients) to help them renew, rehabilitate, and modernize critical infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, water and wastewater facilities. - Provide [asset management tools and support](https://www.ontario.ca/page/municipal-asset-management-planning) to help municipalities meet their current and future infrastructure needs. - Provide funding to help municipalities repair, rehabilitate and expand critical water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure through the [Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund](https://www.ontario.ca/page/housing-enabling-water-systems-fund). - Provide municipal funding to support core infrastructure projects that help build more homes and promote community growth through the [Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program](https://www.ontario.ca/page/municipal-housing-infrastructure-program). **Rebuilding Ontario Place** - Rebuild [Ontario Place](https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-place) into a world-class, year-round, family-friendly destination, featuring over 50 acres of free parks and public spaces, as well as an all-new Ontario Science Centre, an enhanced year-round concert and entertainment venue with Live Nation, and a family-friendly waterpark and wellness facility with Therme Canada. - Once complete, the new Ontario Place will create thousands of new jobs and attract an estimated four to six million visitors each year. **Supporting transit and housing** - Deliver [transit-oriented communities](https://www.ontario.ca/page/transit-oriented-communities) to build vibrant, mixed-use communities with housing and jobs around transit stations, while reducing the burden on taxpayers to build transit infrastructure. - Identify surplus government lands that offer housing redevelopment potential. **Managing government real estate** - Oversee the modernization of the General Real Estate Portfolio, including establishing a centralized real estate authority for government. - Guide the process around corporate [property that’s forfeited to Ontario](https://www.ontario.ca/page/forfeited-corporate-properties) because of a corporate dissolution. - Transform and make more efficient use of the Ontario Public Service’s office spaces throughout the province to improve cost efficiencies and make better use of office space. - Establish a Centre of Realty Excellence (CORE) to create one holistic sightline across the public sector for the prudent management of government property and determine priority surplus properties aligned with key infrastructure objectives, including housing and long-term care.