September 9, 2026
The Canadian Infrastructure Council has released Building an Investment-Ready Canada: Six Questions Governments Should Be Able to Answer, a new framework designed to help governments attract private capital and improve infrastructure investment across Canada.
The report comes as governments face growing infrastructure needs, aging assets and fiscal pressures that make relying exclusively on public funding increasingly difficult.
The Council argues that private investment can expand the pool of capital available for infrastructure while allowing governments to direct public funding toward projects where private financing is not viable.
While Canada already attracts interest from institutional investors and other major capital providers, the report identifies a more significant challenge: consistently converting that interest into infrastructure investment and completed projects.
Its six-question framework is intended to help governments assess their readiness across areas including infrastructure planning, project delivery, stewardship and long-term demand.
The report arrives ahead of the Canada Investment Summit on September 14-15, 2026, which is expected to bring together global institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds and major capital allocators to explore investment opportunities in Canada.
Infrastructure is expected to play an important role as Canada competes internationally for long-term capital.
The Council says stronger collaboration between Indigenous nations, all orders of government, the private sector and communities will also be essential to improving investment outcomes.
Established in 2024, the Canadian Infrastructure Council provides governments with independent, evidence-based research intended to improve infrastructure planning and decision-making.
Its latest paper aims to provide practical guidance for increasing private-sector participation and advancing innovative infrastructure delivery models.
The Council is also preparing additional research ahead of its second National Infrastructure Assessment report, expected in the first half of 2027.
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