Project records

The 30 projects selected for Breaking the Pattern, their comparable outcomes, and the remaining evidence gaps.

An Alstom Citadis Spirit train at Hurdman station, December 2024.

30 records

PROJECT STATUS AT THE 2026 STUDY CUTOFF.

The selection includes 26 projects from 1996 to 2026 and four historical comparators. Results do not represent all Canadian megaprojects. Costs are compared for 10 delivered projects with comparable records, schedules for 12. Unresolved evidence is not proof of absence.

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01Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Newfoundland and Labrador Delivered or operating 12/14 02Site C Hydroelectric British Columbia Delivered or operating 11/14 03Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline Alberta / British Columbia Delivered or operating 10/14 04Coastal GasLink Pipeline British Columbia Delivered or operating 8/14 05Keeyask Generating Station Hydroelectric Manitoba Delivered or operating 8/14 06Darlington Refurbishment Nuclear Ontario Delivered or operating 5/14 07Ottawa Confederation Line Transit Ontario Delivered or operating 9/14 08Eglinton Crosstown LRT Transit Ontario Delivered or operating 11/14 09Finch West LRT Transit Ontario Delivered or operating 3/14 10Réseau express métropolitain Transit Quebec Partly open 8/14 11Valley Line West LRT Transit Alberta Under construction 3/14 12Samuel De Champlain Bridge Bridge Quebec Delivered or operating 5/14 13Gordie Howe International Bridge Bridge Ontario Delivered or operating 6/14 14CHUM Superhospital Healthcare Quebec Delivered or operating 9/14 15Mary River Phase 2 Mining Nunavut Refused 4/14 16Canada Line Transit British Columbia Delivered or operating 5/14 17Romaine Hydroelectric Complex Hydroelectric Quebec Delivered or operating 7/14 18Voisey's Bay Mining Newfoundland and Labrador Delivered or operating 2/14 19Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Northwest Territories and Alberta Cancelled 2/14 20Energy East Pipeline Multiple provinces Cancelled 3/14 21Northern Gateway Pipeline Alberta / British Columbia Cancelled 3/14 22Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Mega-event British Columbia Delivered or operating 5/14 23Pan Am 2015 Games Mega-event Ontario Delivered or operating 6/14 24Toronto-York Spadina Subway Transit Ontario Delivered or operating 9/14 25Sidewalk Toronto Civic / urban Ontario Cancelled 4/14 26Lower Mattagami River Project Hydroelectric Ontario Delivered or operating 3/14 27Montréal 1976 Olympics Mega-event Quebec Delivered or operating 8/14 28Stikine-Iskut Hydroelectric British Columbia Cancelled 1/14 29La Grande Hydroelectric Quebec Delivered or operating 5/14 30Wreck Cove Hydroelectric Nova Scotia Delivered or operating 4/14