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Canada
Coverage: 13 regions live, 44 buyers, 163 tenders, checked 2026-09-06.
This week: Metrolinx tenders rehabilitation of two bridges, on Don Mills Road and Tara Avenue, crossing its rail corridor and Toronto's TTC busway, closing 26 October (value undisclosed). (2026-10-05) Metrolinx
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Key figures
Canada Public Transit Fund$30 billion / 10 years
1 source · primary
- ● Prime Minister of Canada (news release) · The largest public transit investment in Canadian history — Canada Public Transit Fund (published 2024-07-17 · checked 2026-09-05)
VIA Rail passengers, 20254.4 million
1 source · primary
- ● VIA Rail Canada (news release via CNW) · VIA Rail delivers stable ridership and revenue growth amid operational challenges (published 2026-05-06 · checked 2026-09-05)
How the market works
Canadian rail is federal freight and passenger railways regulated by Transport Canada (Railway Safety Act) with VIA Rail and Alto as federal Crown corporations, and provincial transit delivered by provincial agencies — Metrolinx with Infrastructure Ontario as procurement lead in Ontario, CDPQ Infra (the Caisse's infrastructure arm) building and owning the REM in Québec, the Province of BC and TransLink in British Columbia, and cities (Calgary, Edmonton) in Alberta — mostly through P3, progressive and alliance contracts. Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada co-funds through the Canada Public Transit Fund. Alstom is the only OEM with Canadian plants; Class I freight is CN and CPKC.
- Federal department, agencies and funders
- National passenger operator
- High-speed developer
- Provincial and municipal transit
- Infrastructure investors and concessions
- Procurement agencies
Programmes
- Canada Public Transit Fund
- Permanent federal transit fund announced July 2024: $30bn over the first ten years, about $3bn a year from 2026-27 (metro-region agreements, baseline and targeted streams); 2026 budget signals reductions per trade press.
- Alto high-speed rail
- Toronto–Québec City high-speed rail: Alto (Crown corporation) with private partner Cadence; development phase from March 2025; rolling-stock and signalling market sounding 2026; construction 2029–30.
- GO Expansion
- Metrolinx's electrification and frequency programme for GO Transit; ONxpress operates and maintains from January 2025 and its civils partnership executed alliance contracts in August 2026.
Provinces
| Province | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Ontario | 10 buyers · 66 tenders |
| Québec | 9 buyers · 31 tenders |
| British Columbia | 6 buyers · 37 tenders |
| Alberta | 3 buyers · 22 tenders |
| Manitoba | 4 buyers · 4 tenders |
| Saskatchewan | 2 buyers · 1 tenders |
| Nova Scotia | 3 buyers · 1 tenders |
| New Brunswick | 3 buyers · 1 tenders |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | live |
| Prince Edward Island | live |
| Yukon | live |
| Northwest Territories | 1 buyers · 0 tenders |
| Nunavut | live |
Most active buyers
| Buyer | Type | Province | Tenders | Contracts awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metrolinx | Transit authority | Ontario | 44 | 50 |
| British Columbia Rapid Transit Company Ltd. | Metro corporation | British Columbia | 24 | 2 |
| CDPQ Infra | PPP concessionaire | Québec | 6 | 16 |
| City of Calgary — Green Line LRT | Transit authority | Alberta | 14 | 6 |
| British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Transit | Transit authority | British Columbia | 5 | 13 |
| Toronto Transit Commission | Metro corporation | Ontario | 10 | 3 |
| Ontario Northland Transportation Commission | Regional rail SPV | Ontario | 9 | 3 |
| South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority | Transit authority | British Columbia | 8 | 3 |
Market-wide buyers
Bodies that act across the whole market rather than in one province.
| Buyer | Type | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| VIA Rail Canada | National operator | federal Crown corporation; intercity passenger operator |
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | Federal agency | federal department administering the Canada Public Transit Fund |
| Infrastructure Ontario | Other | provincial Crown agency — procurement lead for Metrolinx's major projects |
| Transport Canada | National rail HQ | federal department — rail safety regulator; VIA Rail and Alto report through the Minister |
Live tenders
| Tender | Buyer | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Line Phase 1 Maintenance Storage Facility | City of Calgary | Open | value not published | Closes November 2026 |
| Green Line Phase 1 Ramsay elevated guideway | City of Calgary | Open | value not published | Closes October 2026 |
| Green Line Phase 1 track package | City of Calgary | Open | value not published | Closes October 2026 |
| North Bay shops building design-build | Ontario Northland | Open | value not published | Closes October 2026 |
| REM two additional stations design-build | CDPQ Infra | Open | value not published | Closes November 2026 |
| TTC Operations Facility construction manager at risk | TTC | Open | value not published (a TTC planned-procurement row under a different project name is banded C$200m to C$500m; the TTC publishes nothing linking it to this solicitation) | Closes October 2026 |
| Alto central segment, Ottawa–Montréal, first construction phase | Cadence | Pre-bid | no package values published | Closes December 2026 |
| Alto Toronto-Québec City high-speed rail | Alto | Pre-bid | value not published | |
| Anjou station construction Blue Line extension | STM | Pre-bid | value not published by the STM; values are on SEAO | |
| Track equipment acquisition and installation tunnel | STM | Pre-bid | value not published by the STM; values are on SEAO | |
| Traction-power equipment rectifier substations transformers | STM | Pre-bid | values not published by the STM; values are on SEAO | |
| ARTM Concerto account-based ticketing platform | ARTM | Retender | value not published |
Recently awarded
| Tender | Buyer | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton LRT package 1 civil utilities | Metrolinx | Awarded | C$1 billion to C$5 billion (Metrolinx published band) | Awarded March 2026 |
| TTC Line 2 Bloor-Danforth automatic train control | TTC | Awarded | no contract value published | Awarded July 2026 |
| North Bay car shop heating and ventilation | Ontario Northland | Awarded | $5–25m | Awarded October 2025 |
| Ontario Northland rail and tie installation | Ontario Northland | Awarded | $5–25m | Awarded November 2025 |
| North Bay wheel storage and facilities upgrade | Ontario Northland | Awarded | $5–25m | Awarded April 2026 |
| Green Line Phase 1 early construction contracts | City of Calgary | Awarded | value not published (three contracts, May–June 2026) | Awarded May 2026 |
| Hamilton LRT enabling works Main and Ottawa Streets | City of Hamilton | Awarded | value not published on the portal record | Awarded June 2026 |
| Yonge North Subway Extension advance tunnel | Metrolinx | In execution | over $1bn | Awarded August 2025 |
Who holds the most
Recorded contracts, supply positions and partnerships in this market.
| Player | Kind | HQ | Positions here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alstom | Rolling-stock OEM | France | 11 |
| Aecon | Civil contractor | Canada | 11 |
| AtkinsRéalis | Engineering consultant | Canada | 10 |
| FCC | Civil contractor | Spain | 6 |
| Dragados | Civil contractor | Spain | 5 |
| EllisDon | Civil contractor | Canada | 5 |
| SYSTRA | Engineering consultant | France | 4 |
| Hitachi Rail | Signalling & systems | Japan | 4 |
Where to meet the market
| Event | Kind | City | Dates | Organiser |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Railway Day 2026 | Conference | Edmonton, Alberta | 5–6 November 2026 | Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers |
| CUTA Annual Conference & Transit Show 2026 | Trade fair | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 15–18 November 2026 | Canadian Urban Transit Association |
| TRACCS Rail Day 2027 | Conference | Toronto, Ontario | 16–17 June 2027 | TRACCS — Transit Rail Association for Canadian Contractors, Maintainers, Operators and Standards |
What changed
From This Week in Rail, newest first.
- 2026-10-05 — Metrolinx tenders rehabilitation of two bridges, on Don Mills Road and Tara Avenue, crossing its rail corridor and Toronto's TTC busway, closing 26 October (value undisclosed).
- 2026-09-28 — Metrolinx tenders project delivery services, technical solutions and safety and systems assurance, bids closing 14 October.
- 2026-09-28 — Calgary's Green Line seeks a light rail vehicle paint booth and associated equipment for the maintenance and storage facility.
- 2026-09-28 — Calgary's Green Line seeks a light rail vehicle wheel-truing machine and associated equipment for the maintenance and storage facility.
- 2026-09-21 — Metrolinx prequalifies track contractors for its rail right-of-way maintenance programme.
Withheld in the free surface
- Procurement routes (5)
- Notes
Full detail withheld: 2 fields. In the Canada edition · See a fully open example
- Cptf risk
Full detail withheld: 1 field. In the Canada edition · See a fully open example
Sources
- ● Public Services and Procurement Canada · CanadaBuys — tender opportunities (contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada) (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● MERX · MERX — Canadian public tenders (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Prime Minister of Canada (news release) · The largest public transit investment in Canadian history — Canada Public Transit Fund (published 2024-07-17 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● VIA Rail Canada (news release via CNW) · VIA Rail delivers stable ridership and revenue growth amid operational challenges (published 2026-05-06 · checked 2026-09-05)
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