PwC Canada has introduced a new interactive resource called Advancing Canada’s Major Projects, designed to help investors, governments and industry track the country’s growing pipeline of large-scale infrastructure developments as capital commitments mount across the sector.
The tool was unveiled as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s inaugural Canada Investment Summit wrapped up in Toronto on September 15, 2026. The two-day event brought together more than 100 of the world’s largest investors, collectively managing over $100 trillion in assets, to discuss advancing more than 165 nation-building projects across the country. The summit is tied to a broader federal goal of generating $1 trillion in total investment in Canada over five years, with the federal government positioning roughly $280 billion in public capital and incentives to help unlock that target across sectors including energy, critical minerals, transportation, advanced manufacturing, digital infrastructure and defence.
What the New Resource Tracks
The interactive guide maps some of Canada’s most significant major projects, showing their status, progress and strategic importance so that governments, investors and industry leaders can identify where investment is flowing and where momentum is building. According to PwC Canada, the resource reflects a shift in how large projects are being planned — increasingly as integrated systems linking transportation, energy, digital networks, natural resources, supply chains and communities, rather than as standalone assets.
Neil Manji, Infrastructure, Engineering & Construction Leader at PwC Canada, said that following the summit, Canada is now part of a global conversation about investment and growth, and that the next challenge is converting that momentum into actual commitments and completed projects. Manji said the projects with the greatest impact will be those that function as connected systems linking energy, critical minerals, transportation and communities, and that PwC Canada aims to help organizations manage that complexity across the full project lifecycle.
The company said structured major projects can help attract global and domestic capital, support trade diversification by expanding export infrastructure, create jobs and advance Indigenous partnerships, strengthen national security including in the Arctic, support the energy transition, and improve overall economic productivity.
A $4.7-Trillion Long-Term Opportunity
The new tool builds on an earlier PwC Canada report, Mobilizing Canada’s US$4.7T Opportunity, which estimates the country will need US$4.7 trillion in infrastructure investment by 2050. The report notes that while Canada ranks fourth globally in annual infrastructure spending at US$145 billion, it invests only 6.6% of GDP into infrastructure — below the 7.4% benchmark set by high-performing peer countries. Closing that gap would require an additional US$34 billion in annual investment through 2050, according to the report. Defence infrastructure is projected to be the fastest-growing segment, with spending expected to grow 389% over the period.
The report identifies three shifts PwC Canada says are needed for Canada to capture the full opportunity: moving from isolated infrastructure assets to integrated systems, shifting from traditional public funding toward shared capital structures that include blended public-private investment and Indigenous economic participation, and moving from legacy project delivery models toward stronger workforce readiness.
PwC Canada described the new interactive resource as a way to help organizations coordinate planning, financing, governance, stakeholder engagement, regulatory execution, workforce development and risk management throughout a project’s lifecycle, with the aim of helping projects stay on schedule and deliver measurable returns.
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