Published plans and annual reports 2025–2026: Ministry of Infrastructure

Ministry overview

The Ministry of Infrastructure (MOI) is building Ontario by leading the overall development of policy and planning to modernize the province’s infrastructure, strengthen and protect communities, reduce gridlock, create jobs, and grow the economy.

The ministry guides the province's infrastructure plan by collecting, standardizing, and analyzing data to support evidence-based infrastructure planning and decision-making. The ministry is delivering on the government’s, over $200 billion capital plan, to build Ontario by guiding provincial investments in public infrastructure projects, such as schools, hospitals, highways, public transit, housing-enabling infrastructure, and other critical services.

MOI is building stronger and more resilient communities through various infrastructure funding programs. The ministry develops, delivers, and negotiates partnerships with federal and municipal governments, other provincial ministries and agencies, as well as Indigenous and community partners to build, repair, and modernize critical community infrastructure, including housing-enabling infrastructure.

The ministry oversees the Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Program to build vibrant, mixed-use communities with more housing and jobs near transit. MOI leads the current operations and rebuilding of Ontario Place into a world-class tourism destination, including the relocation of the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) to Ontario Place. The ministry also manages the Unsolicited Proposals (USP) framework to help unlock new and innovative infrastructure opportunities and partnerships. In addition, the ministry manages the government's General Real Estate Portfolio (GREP) by optimizing provincial realty assets to support key priorities like affordable housing and long-term care.

As part of its agency oversight role, the ministry has legislative responsibility for the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario), the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (Waterfront Toronto), the Ontario Place Corporation and the OSC.

MOI also leads the restoration of the Ontario Legislative Building to ensure this historic heritage building, where critical government and parliamentary business is conducted, is brought to modern safety and operational standards. The ministry will focus on conserving this symbolic landmark’s historical and cultural integrity, while restoring it to meet the needs of parliamentarians and serve the people of Ontario for years to come.

Ministry’s vision

MOI is committed to making smart, targeted infrastructure investments that benefit the people of Ontario. In collaboration with partner ministries, agencies, Indigenous communities, other levels of government and stakeholders, MOI uses evidence-based advice to help plan, prioritize, and deliver infrastructure initiatives. This includes building and upgrading schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, transit, and water, wastewater and stormwater, infrastructure, to enable more housing, create jobs, reduce gridlock, attract investment and grow the economy, while ensuring our public infrastructure will protect and support growing communities for generations to come.

Ministry programs

The following are the major programs, services and initiatives delivered by MOI:

Infrastructure programs and projects

The Infrastructure Programs and Projects Division develops, designs and oversees the delivery of infrastructure funding to municipalities, First Nations, and community partners to ensure consistency with broader provincial infrastructure priorities, including alignment with the municipal asset management planning regulation.

Active programs include:

• The Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF), which provides annual funding for small, rural, and northern communities to repair and renew core infrastructure and improve municipal asset management plans.
• Asset Management Planning tools and supports delivered by third-party partners to help municipalities develop and improve their asset management plans.
• The Strategic Priority Infrastructure Fund (SPIF), which provides infrastructure funding to strategic community projects as well as sports and recreation facilities.
• The Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund (HEWSF) to help municipalities develop, repair, rehabilitate, and expand drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure needed to build more homes.
• The Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program (MHIP) to support core infrastructure projects that help enable and maintain housing for growing and developing communities, such as roads and water infrastructure.

The division also leads the implementation and delivery of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP), a federal-provincial, cost-shared infrastructure program. The ICIP program will unlock up to $30 billion in combined federal, provincial, and local investments in communities. Since June 2018, Ontario has committed to investing a total of $10.2 billion in transit, green, community, culture and recreation, rural and northern and other priority infrastructure projects under ICIP.

As of March 31, 2023, all ICIP funding is fully committed, and the federal government is not accepting any further project nominations.

Ontario continues to work with the federal government to oversee the delivery of program funding to recipients under previous infrastructure funding programs, including the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF), Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) and the New Building Canada Fund (NBCF). Aside from project-specific extensions, these legacy programs are winding down and are not accepting applications.

Ontario Place redevelopment

The Ontario Place Program is continuing to deliver on the government’s vision to rebuild Ontario Place into a world-class, year-round destination that will include family-friendly entertainment, public and event spaces, parkland, and waterfront access. The government’s vision for Ontario Place will provide people of all ages with something to enjoy, including enhanced public spaces, increased access to the waterfront, health and wellness services, as well as an indoor-outdoor live music and performance venue.

The new site will feature over 50 acres of free parks and public spaces, including trails, green space and parkland, playgrounds, beaches, boardwalks, spaces for festivals and markets, along with an updated marina with opportunities for waterside cafes and restaurants.

The Ontario Science Centre will also find its new home in a custom-built, state-of-the-art facility at Ontario Place, as well as in the preserved and upgraded iconic Cinesphere and Pod complex. This will bring exciting, science-based educational programming to the heart of Ontario Place.

The ministry has engaged Infrastructure Ontario to support the rebuild of Ontario Place, including extensive site preparation work to ensure the site is development-ready for private sector partners and government-led projects.

As part of the Ontario Place rebuild, construction activities are ongoing across the site, including repairs to the Cinesphere, Pod complex and bridges. Site servicing construction is underway to upgrade the site’s critical infrastructure, such as sewage, water, electrical and gas services.

The ministry will continue to engage with Indigenous communities, with a focus on relationship-building through ongoing dialogue and meaningful participation opportunities.

Transit-Oriented Communities (TOCs)

The TOC Program aims to build vibrant, mixed-use communities that will bring more housing, jobs, retail, public amenities, and entertainment near transit. TOCs will help increase transit ridership and reduce gridlock, while reducing the burden on taxpayers to build transit station infrastructure.

TOCs, and other transit development opportunities, will be located along the province’s four subway projects, GO Transit and Light Rail Transit (LRT) projects.

The TOC Program is a comprehensive initiative involving transit expansion, housing, land-use planning, public and Indigenous engagement, as well as provincial and municipal approvals. As such, a high degree of collaboration across ministries, levels of government, delivery agencies, and private sector partners is required to ensure the program’s success.

Government real estate

The Government Real Estate Program manages the government's General Real Estate Portfolio (GREP) through the development of policy, legislation, and program delivery. It oversees the real estate management activities of Infrastructure Ontario and implements real estate strategies, portfolio planning, capital planning and the acquisition and disposal of properties. The GREP asset portfolio includes courts, detention centres, provincial schools, laboratories, and offices.

The ministry’s Contaminated Sites Plan is also part of this program. Outside of GREP, the program also manages the Forfeited Corporate Property Program and the Transmission Corridor Program.

The Forfeited Corporate Property Program is responsible for the administration of the Forfeited Corporate Property Act, 2015 (FCPA), and the management of the remedies available under the legislative framework of the FCPA by returning properties into productive use.

The program is implementing a modernization strategy by setting up a Centre for Realty Excellence (CORE). This leverages the government’s realty portfolio as well as surplus or underutilized properties beyond GREP to support provincial priorities, including but not limited to, housing, economic development, and long-term care.

Through the Centralization of Broader Real Estate Authority (CBREA) initiative, the ministry aims to centralize the accountability for decision-making and management of agency real estate. This will allow government to act as one holistic organization to plan, purchase, operate, optimize, maintain, and dispose of government real estate ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide objectives.

The program also includes the Community Jobs Initiative (CJI), which will help distribute a greater portion of the provincial agency workforce across the province by locating agencies in lower-cost communities. This program is also responsible for optimizing the government’s office real estate, modernizing workplaces, and driving transformation to reduce costs. Major realty projects are also delivered through the Toronto Office Optimization Plan – including the Macdonald Block Reconstruction Project – and Regional Office Optimization Plans. By adopting innovative approaches, including more modern workplaces, the government is encouraging greater collaboration and optimization of its office footprint now and in the future.

Lastly, the ministry supports the restoration of the Ontario Legislative Building to ensure this historic heritage building, where critical government and parliamentary business is conducted, is brought to modern life-safety, environmental, and accessibility standards while conserving its historical and cultural integrity. It will ensure this landmark, that symbolizes and facilitates the province’s democratic process, is protected and remains safe for future use.

Infrastructure strategy, policy and research

The Infrastructure Strategy, Policy and Research Division provides evidence-based policy analysis and advice on a wide range of provincial infrastructure matters that support government priorities. Through its strategic central agency role, the division helps inform infrastructure decisions across government by drawing on best practices for asset management and infrastructure delivery.

The division collects and analyzes data to support evidence-based decisions on the investments required to meet infrastructure service levels across the province. For example, the division provides guidance to provincial ministries on how to measure the condition of infrastructure assets and other related information to help standardize provincial asset management practices. The division then collects that data to feed into its analytical models to project infrastructure renewal and capacity needs into the future. The division uses this analysis and other data to help prioritize the government’s capital planning, as well as to support and facilitate strategic and technical discussions with capital ministries to guide infrastructure policy initiatives collaboratively across government.

To meet the requirements of the Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015 and inform infrastructure planning more broadly, the division continues to collaborate with capital ministries to standardize evidence to enable comparison of infrastructure needs across sectors. The division also leads a suite of research initiatives to understand and develop best practices in infrastructure planning and improve other government-wide practices, such as asset management. These initiatives include the collection and analysis of municipal asset management plan data to enhance the ministry’s knowledge of municipal infrastructure needs.

Lastly, the division administers the USP framework and intake portal that accepts infrastructure-related proposals. Through the framework, the public and stakeholders can leverage private sector innovation to submit innovative proposals that could be used to unlock new and innovative opportunities and partnerships to improve infrastructure in Ontario.

Agency oversight

As part of its responsibilities, MOI oversees the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario) in support of the government’s policy and program delivery. Infrastructure Ontario is a classified agency, non-share corporation created under the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation Act, 2011 to provide advice and services as directed by the Minister of Infrastructure.

In partnership with the Government of Canada and the City of Toronto, the ministry also oversees Waterfront Toronto, which carries out a tri-government initiative to revitalize and transform Toronto’s waterfront. The province, alongside the federal government and the City of Toronto, have provided funding to support the Port Lands Flood Protection Project (PLFPP). The PLFPP will reach substantial completion in 2025 and aims to create a resilient neighbourhood by protecting southeastern portions of downtown Toronto from flooding and by delivering a substantial return on investment by unlocking the area’s potential for future residential and commercial development.

In January 2025, all three levels of government announced funding for the next phase of waterfront revitalization, which will capitalize on investments made through the PLFPP. Ontario’s investment in the next phase will focus on providing the enabling infrastructure to facilitate housing, destination attractions, and community amenities on Ookwemin Minising (formerly Villiers Island), the completion of Biidaasige Park North, and an Early Activation strategy for the island, as well as a destination and attractions study.

In February 2024, agency oversight of the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) was transferred from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (now Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming) to the Ministry of Infrastructure on an interim basis. This interim transfer supports the government’s priorities with project delivery by shifting the responsibilities for OSC oversight and relocation of the OSC to MOI, as the ministry delivering the larger Ontario Place rebuild, including relocation of OSC to Ontario Place.

Provincial Secondary Land Use Program

The Provincial Secondary Land Use Program is delivered jointly by Infrastructure Ontario – on behalf of the ministry – and Hydro One Networks Inc. This program provides the opportunity for public and private proponents to use provincially owned hydro corridor lands for secondary uses that are compatible with electricity transmission distribution.

Transmission Corridor Program

The Transmission Corridor Program generates revenue through the issuance of licences and easements for the use of the hydro corridors, including for roads, transit, water, pipelines, and recreational parks. After paying for the cumulative development and operating costs of the program, the net revenue is used to pay down the hydro stranded debt.

Ministry administration program

The Ministry Administration Program provides strategic advice and support services that enable the ministry to achieve government objectives and fiscal priorities. The program provides financial, human resources, planning, legal, communication, and other corporate services for the ministry’s operational programs.

2025–26 Strategic plan

• MOI aims to deliver key government priorities by building, repairing, and modernizing critical infrastructure.
• The table below reflects the ministry’s progress on key performance indicators.

The ministry aims to make smart, targeted investments that leads to better services, more housing – including affordable housing options – safer roads, easier commutes and healthier, thriving communities.

The ministry aims to meet its new responsibilities for government infrastructure under its expanded mandate by addressing current and future needs of the General Real Estate Portfolio, Ontario Place, and Transit-Oriented Communities.

Detailed financial information

Combined operating and capital summary by vote

For additional financial information, see:

• Expenditure estimates
• Public accounts of Ontario: past editions
• 2025 Ontario Budget | A Plan to Protect Ontario

Agencies, Boards and Commissions (ABCs)

Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario)

Infrastructure Ontario is a classified agency, non-share corporation created under the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation Act, 2011.

Infrastructure Ontario’s mandate is to provide a range of advice and services, as set out in the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation Act, 2011, to support the Ontario government’s initiatives to modernize and maximize the value of public infrastructure and realty. Infrastructure Ontario fulfills its mandate through the following roles and activities, subject to written direction from the Minister, as required:

Modern procurement and project management

Infrastructure Ontario is dedicated to the renewal of the province’s hospitals, courthouses, and other essential public assets. Ensuring appropriate public control and ownership, Infrastructure Ontario also uses and advises on a broad spectrum of Private-Public Partnerships (P3) and other collaborative procurement delivery models to build vital infrastructure, on time and on budget.

Infrastructure lender

Infrastructure Ontario provides Ontario municipalities, universities and other public entities with access to affordable loans that help loan recipients build and renew public infrastructure through the Loan Program.

Commercial project advisor

Infrastructure Ontario also leverages P3s and investments for revenue generation, liability/cost reduction, and efficiency in government services and investments.

Development

Infrastructure Ontario delivers the Transit-Oriented Communities program to create vibrant, mixed-use, and complete communities closer to transit stations.

General Real Estate Portfolio

Infrastructure Ontario provides comprehensive property management services for government-owned and leased properties, which includes providing end-to-end real estate accommodation options to ministries and agencies to ensure safe and secure operations through asset management, capital planning, and project management solutions.

Transmission Corridor Program

Infrastructure Ontario works with Hydro One Networks Inc., on behalf of the ministry, to deliver the Transmission Corridor / Provincial Secondary Land Use Program to provide the opportunity for public and private proponents to use provincially owned hydro corridor lands for secondary uses that are compatible with electricity transmission distribution and to generate revenues for the province.

The amounts above for revenue and expense incorporate consolidation adjustments for MOI and do not reflect revenue and expense amounts reported publicly by the agency.

Ontario Science Centre (OSC) (legally known as the Centennial Centre of Science and Technology)

The Ontario Science Centre is a board-governed provincial agency, prescribed as a public body and a commission public body under the Public Service of Ontario Act. It is a corporation without share capital.

Its mandate – set out in the Centennial Centre of Science and Technology Act – is to depict, educate, and stimulate interest in science and technology and its relationship to society. It’s also responsible for depicting Ontario’s role in advancing science and technology, operating a science centre, as well as collecting, manufacturing, marketing, exhibiting and selling objects and displays and related consulting services.

In February 2024, oversight of the OSC was transferred to MOI on an interim basis. This interim transfer supports the government’s priorities with project delivery as MOI is delivering the larger Ontario Place rebuild, which includes the relocation of the OSC to Ontario Place. This will leverage MOI’s expertise in developing provincial properties and will foster better integration with the rebuild project. This also enables clearer governance and accountability.

Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (Waterfront Toronto)

The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (Waterfront Toronto) was established by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the City of Toronto to oversee and deliver the revitalization of Toronto’s waterfront.

Waterfront Toronto has a mandate to enhance the economic, social, and cultural value of the area, and create an accessible and active waterfront for living, working and recreation in a fiscally and environmentally responsible manner.

Waterfront Toronto develops and implements a coordinated and comprehensive waterfront vision while promoting and encouraging public and private sector engagement in revitalization efforts.

The amounts above for revenue and expense incorporate consolidation adjustments for MOI and do not reflect revenue and expense amounts reported publicly by the agency.

Ministry organization chart

• Deputy Minister, Infrastructure — Ali Veshkini
  • Executive Advisor — Rafeena Sattaur
  • Chief Administrative Officer & Assistant Deputy Minister — Sean Keelor
    • Director, Corporate Finance Branch — Davina Permaul
    • Director, Strategic HR Branch — Wendy-Anne Smith
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Programs & Projects — Julia Danos
    • Director, Planning & Accountability Branch — Brett Smith
    • Director, Infrastructure Program Delivery Branch — Paramjit Kaur
    • Director, Program Policy & Development — Trevor Fleck
    • Director, Project Implementation Branch — Boafoa Kwamena
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Strategy, Policy and Research Division — Julia Danos
    • Director, Infrastructure Policy Branch — Carolina Torres
    • Director, Infrastructure Research Branch — Vijay Gill
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Transit Oriented Communities and Agency Oversight Division — Mirrun Zaveri
    • Director, Transit Oriented Communities Policy and Delivery Branch — Bronwyn Cuthbertson
    • Director, Agency Policy and Accountability Branch — Shameez Rabdi
    • Director, Partnerships and Analytics Branch — Sarah Ness
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Realty Division — Bruce Singbush
    • Director, Realty Management Branch — Trevor Bingler
    • Director, Realty Policy Branch — David Mcntosh
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Office Optimization Division — Suzanne Harrison
    • Director, Office Realty Implementation Branch — Justin Peffer
    • Director, Office Transformation Oversight Branch — Kate Johnstone
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Place Redevelopment Secretariat — Michael Robertson
    • Director, Ontario Science Centre Relocation & Agency Oversight Branch — Rhona Duncan
    • Director, Ontario Place Redevelopment & Operations Branch — Rose Hong
    • Director, Strategic Planning & Project Oversight Branch — Stefan Perera
    • Director, Intergovernmental Partnerships Branch — Vacant
  • Director, Communications Division — Peter Goltsis
  • Director, Queens Park Redevelopment Secretariat — Tehani Mott

Annual report

MOI continues to create and deliver key initiatives to support the government’s top priorities, including building provincial infrastructure, creating jobs, and increasing economic growth. The following successes highlight the achievements of the ministry for the 2024-25 fiscal year:

Infrastructure programs and projects

• Providing $1.1 billion in joint federal-provincial funding through the COVID-19 Resilience stream under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) to support over 10,500 projects across multiple sub-streams delivered by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Long-Term Care and Ministry of Infrastructure.
• Providing $476 million in joint federal-provincial funding through the Green Infrastructure stream under ICIP to support 220 projects.
• Continuing to implement the Strategic Priorities Infrastructure Fund (SPIF), which will provide infrastructure funding to strategic projects and sports facilities. There are 25 SPIF projects currently supported with over $200 million in provincial funding.
• In 2022, Ontario increased funding for the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) by an additional $1 billion over the next five years. In 2025, the ministry continues to provide $400 million to OCIF recipients.
• Launching the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund (HEWSF) in January 2024 to provide nearly $1.3 billion in key water infrastructure to protect communities and help unlock new housing opportunities through two program intakes.
• Investing $725 million through the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program (MHIP) to support core infrastructure projects that help enable and maintain housing for growing and developing communities.
• In 2025, the government announced an additional $400 million in the immediate term to address high demands for both HEWSF and MHIP, for a total of nearly $2.3 billion over four years.
• Continuing to implement Asset Management Planning (AMP) to allow municipalities to make the best possible investment decisions for their infrastructure assets. To date, MOI invested over $3 million through the AMP it Up 3.0 program, in partnership with the Municipal Finance Officers’ Association (MFOA), to provide asset management tools and support to municipalities with meeting asset management regulatory requirements.

Agency policy and accountability

In June 2025, Infrastructure Ontario released its latest Market Update, which included 28 projects in active procurement stages, representing a total value of more than $30 billion in estimated design and construction costs. These projects build upon the government’s historic commitment to modernizing the province’s public assets. Additionally, this update includes 19 government announced projects in the initial stages of planning.

As of March 31, 2024, 84 projects had reached substantial completion since the inception of Infrastructure Ontario’s P3 program. Of these, 94 per cent were completed on-budget and 80 per cent were completed on-time within the substantial completion date established at financial close.

• Infrastructure Ontario successfully oversaw the Loan Program, which offers affordable, long-term, fixed-rate loans to borrowers from eligible public sector clients. Since its inception, the Loan Program approved over $14.3 billion in loans to 480 clients in support of 3,969 infrastructure projects across the province.
• In December 2024, MOI and Infrastructure Ontario launched the new Housing-Enabling Water Infrastructure lending stream which is providing up to $1 billion in loans to municipalities to support water infrastructure projects that are required to develop new housing units.
• In 2024-25, the province provided funding to the PLFPP to create a resilient neighborhood in Toronto’s Port Lands, protect southeastern portions of downtown Toronto from flooding, and deliver a substantial return on investment to unlock the area’s potential for future residential, destination, and commercial development. The PLFPP will reach substantial completion in 2025, making it possible for Waterfront Toronto to begin work on a recently announced $975M tri-government-funded next phase of waterfront revitalization, which will begin in 2025-26.

Infrastructure strategy, policy and research

• Updated the integrated asset inventory that includes data on the location, value, age, and condition of many provincial assets. The ministry updates the inventory every year and continues to expand the data on assets collected as well as growing the number of assets within the inventory. The inventory now contains information on assets with a replacement value of more than $330 billion.
• Implemented a government-wide Standardization of Design policy initiative in collaboration with other ministries, including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Long-Term Care, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of the Solicitor General, to reduce approval timelines and contain costs for public infrastructure through design standardization.
• Delivered, in partnership with the Ministry of the Attorney General, an initiative that amended legislative and regulatory requirements for surety bonding aimed at accelerating construction and supporting competitive procurement processes for large non-P3 public infrastructure projects.
• Met all audit criteria in the Office of the Auditor General’s 2022-23 Annual Report on the Operations of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 released in December 2023.
• Continued to manage the USP Framework to identify innovative infrastructure proposals from individuals and organizations. Since its launch in 2019, the ministry forwarded over 40 proposals to partner ministries for initial assessment, some of which are now under detailed assessment. Infrastructure Ontario may work with the participant and impacted ministries to provide the government with advice and options for realizing the value and public benefit of these proposals.
• Continued to work with more than 20 ministries and provincial agencies to update and maintain the Ontario Builds website and map, which allows the public to track the status of thousands of infrastructure projects that receive provincial funding across the province.
• Continued to work with Infrastructure Ontario to develop a digital twin strategy for the province. Infrastructure Ontario has progressed on preparing digital twin pilots and has completed a Proof of Concept for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Light Rapid Transit Project.

Transit-Oriented Communities (TOCs)

• Led the implementation of the TOC Program, including coordination of TOC and transit planning (with the Ministry of Transportation, Infrastructure Ontario, and Metrolinx), and coordination with key partners from across government, including the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Ministry of Education, and other land use and program lead ministries.
• Initiated the process of selecting building partners at two sites at King-Bathurst station, completed the market offering for the Queen-Spadina site, and moved forward on public open houses for the next wave of sites along Ontario Line North and the Scarborough Subway Extension.
• To advance the delivery of the GO/LRT TOC program, MOI transitioned the mandate for program implementation responsibilities from Metrolinx to Infrastructure Ontario.
• Introduced a new municipal funding tool called the Transit Station Charge through the GO Transit Station Funding Act, 2023, which municipalities can choose to use to help fund new GO Transit Stations. MOI continues to work with Metrolinx, Infrastructure Ontario, municipalities, and partner ministries on the details and process for implementation. MOI initiated consultations with municipalities, the development community, and the public in early 2024 to develop the regulation required to implement the tool.

Government Real Estate Program (GREP)

• MOI’s goal is to generate an estimated net revenue of up to $474 million and $16 million in annual cost savings/liability reduction related to disposition of surplus government properties in GREP. To date, the ministry has generated $317 million in net revenue and approximately $5 million in annual cost savings/liability reduction through the sale of 143 surplus government properties.
• Surplus government properties sales are ahead of target at over $26 million net revenue. To date, Transmission Corridor Program’s generated revenue is approximately $9 million, and Forfeited Corporate Property generated approximately $6 million.
• Phase 1 of the Macdonald Block Reconstruction Project, which involved the relocation of ministry tenants from the Macdonald Block Complex to temporary office locations, was completed in 2019. The project is now in Phase 2 and reconstruction is underway.
• Continued work to lead the evolution and implementation of the Office Optimization Strategy and centralized Office Realty Model to support clients. Benefits to date include:
  • Supporting an enterprise lens on managing the government office realty portfolio.
  • Enabling strategic real estate decision-making.
  • Creating modern and flexible workplaces.
  • Enhancing effective and efficient processes and use of existing funds.

These benefits have resulted in a reduction in the government office footprint and annual lease payments, enabling reinvestment across the GREP to address critical shortfalls, such as office optimization initiatives and capital repairs.

Ontario Place redevelopment

• As part of the rebuilding of Ontario Place, construction activities are ongoing across the site, including repairs to the Cinesphere and Pod complex, site servicing work and upgrades to the site’s critical infrastructure, including bridges and sewage, water, electrical, and gas services.
• The Province finalized commercial lease agreements with Therme Group Canada (May 2022) and Live Nation Canada (May 2024) as partners to help develop Ontario Place in alignment with the government’s vision.
• In April 2023, the ministry announced that it would be relocating the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place to create a new state-of-the-art facility.
• As part of the rebuilding of Ontario Place, the ministry has completed a Category C Public Work Class Environmental Assessment for the future public spaces and parkland, informed by Indigenous community, public and stakeholder consultation.
• Ontario passed the New Deal for Toronto Act, 2023, which includes the Rebuilding Ontario Place Act, 2023, that will support the rebuilding of Ontario Place.
  • As part of this agreement, the City of Toronto accepts that the province has the authority to advance project approvals for Ontario Place and intends to do so imminently.
  • This agreement will help ensure the project stays on schedule, mitigating against potential project delays, streamlining approvals, and ultimately ensuring that together with its partners, the province is able to make Ontario Place a world-class, year-round destination that will include family-friendly entertainment, public and event spaces, parkland, and waterfront access.
• In 2024, MOI created collaboration tables with partners including the City of Toronto, and Infrastructure Ontario to address the variety of Ontario Place objectives, including options related to development, milestones and timing requirements.
• Since 2021, over 9,300 people have provided their input on the future of Ontario Place. This was in addition to feedback received from Indigenous communities, the City of Toronto, and other key stakeholders. The province is working to ensure all perspectives are recognized and considered, specifically on the planning and development related to:
  • Category C Environmental Assessment for the government-led portion of the site.
  • Design of the government-led development of the public spaces across the site, including Indigenous placekeeping concepts to honour the rich traditions, cultures, and heritage of Indigenous people.
• The ministry, working with Infrastructure Ontario, completed engagement with the market and boating stakeholders along with further due diligence relating to opportunities for a new and improved marina at Ontario Place.