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Ontario Northland Transportation Commission

Live now: 1 tender, largest North Bay shops building design-build (value not published); holds relationships with EllisDon, Hatch.

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Type
Regional rail SPV — Ontario Crown agency established 1902 — Northlander passenger rail, freight, and the North Bay remanufacturing and repair centre
Market · Region
Canada · Ontario
Open tenders
1
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Signalling & train control

Crown agency bringing back Northlander on 740 km Toronto–Timmins–Cochrane route with three new Venture trainsets.

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Ontario Crown agency, established in 1902 and reporting to the Legislature through the Minister of Transportation, with 1,041 full-time equivalents in 2024-25: it is bringing back the Northlander on a 740 km Toronto–Timmins–Cochrane route with 16 stops using three new Venture trainsets, each of one locomotive and three passenger cars, has extended its network by more than 200 km between North Bay and Washago, is building new stations at North Bay and Timmins-Porcupine against more than C$100m of provincial rail-infrastructure investment, and refurbishes 121 GO Transit bi-level coaches at North Bay.

Type
Regional rail SPV — Ontario Crown agency established 1902 — Northlander passenger rail, freight, and the North Bay remanufacturing and repair centre
Where
Ontario
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Signalling & train control

Structure

  • controlled by MTO — Ontario Northland Transportation Commission is an agency of the Government of Ontario reporting to the Legislature through the Minister of Transportation (active)

Who holds what here

  • awarded by Metrolinx — Refurbishment of 121 GO Transit bi-level coaches at Ontario Northland's North Bay remanufacturing and repair centre, within a programme (active · since 2025-01)
  • awarded Hatch — Rail infrastructure engineering and consulting services (reference 2024-020) (active · since 2025-01)
  • awarded EllisDon — Northlander corridor platform reconstruction and pre-manufactured shelters, North Bay to Cochrane (non-competitive) (active · since 2024-07)
  • awarded EllisDon — Timmins-Porcupine station construction Northlander — EllisDon (active)
Sources for these relationships (9)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
North Bay shops building design-buildOpenvalue not publishedCloses October 2026
North Bay car shop heating and ventilationAwarded$5–25mAwarded October 2025
Ontario Northland rail and tie installationAwarded$5–25mAwarded November 2025
North Bay wheel storage and facilities upgradeAwarded$5–25mAwarded April 2026
Metrolinx Bi-Level III and IV modernisation engineeringAwarded$5–25m
Ontario Northland platform reconstructionAwarded$5–25m
Ontario Northland rail infrastructure engineering servicesIn execution$5–25m
Northlander passenger rail Venture trainsetsIn executionvalue not published on a page that could be rendered
Timmins-Porcupine station construction NorthlanderIn executionvalue not published; part of more than C$100m of provincial Northlander rail-infrastructure investmentPublished July 2025

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  • Award history (7)
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  • Published contacts (5)
  • Portals (3)

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