Infrastructure providers are grappling with getting projects off the ground as quickly and smoothly as possible to stay on pace with population growth in Metro Vancouver.  

B.C.’s population reached 5,399,118 in the first quarter of 2023 – a 2.7 per cent increase compared with the first quarter of 2022, according to Statistics Canada.

Meanwhile, Ottawa has said it hopes to welcome 485,000 newcomers in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025 across all of Canada.

Projects like the Massey Tunnel replacement and additions to SkyTrain lines across Metro Vancouver are meant to meet growing demand as the population expands quickly. 

“You’re sort of triaging … what we’re doing now, but we’re also in a growth phase in our province,” Ray LeBlond, marketing director at architecture and construction management company Stantec Inc. (TSX:STN), said at a June 8 panel at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT).  

“It’s about how we have the infrastructure that’s not only going to support what we need today, but what we’re going to need in the future.” 

Executives from infrastructure providers like BC Hydro, TransLink, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and B.C.’s Transportation Investment Corporation (TI Corp.) also shared updates at the GVBOT on how their organizations are working to increase capacity. 

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