Did you know? Fifty two per cent of municipal roads need to be fixed and one in four waste water treatment facilities need upgrading.

Did you know? The surest path to more jobs, a growing economy and the improved well-being of all Canadians is long-term investment in municipal infrastructure such as roads, bridges and systems for drinking water and wastewater.

Did you know? Over the next 100 days, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government will make once-in-a generation decisions about funding and planning of the infrastructure that is the foundation of your community’s well-being.

Welcome to The Great Canadian Infrastructure Challenge, a campaign created by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The aim of the campaign is to encourage Canadians to tell the federal government that infrastructure matters!

We need your help!

In the coming weeks, on this site, we’ll release a series of fun and interactive challenges. We hope you will take these challenges and encourage others to take them too.

Are you ready to help?

To start, please share this page via email, Twitter, Facebook or any other means that will get it in front of people who are ready to be a part of the Great Canadian Infrastructure Challenge.

What is infrastructure exactly?

Let’s take a look at what infrastructure does for you each and every day.

The bridges, roads and public transportation that keep you moving, that’s infrastructure. The sewer pipes and treatment plants that protect your rivers, lakes and oceans, that’s infrastructure. The safe drinking water from your tap, that’s the result of infrastructure, too.

Infrastructure is the foundation of your community, your economy, your Canada.

Why does it matter so much?

Long-term investment is the surest way to create jobs, to grow the economy, and to improve the well-being of all Canadians.

Investing in infrastructure keeps your drinking water safe and your rivers clean.

Investing in infrastructure cuts your commute times and makes your community safer.

Investing in infrastructure puts your tax dollars back to work directly in your community and drives our economy.

And how can you help?

Join the campaign, take the challenges, and tell your friends!

Whether you're a journalist, a policy analyst, a researcher or a keen observer, our press releases, backgrounders and other resources will help you stay on top of what's happening in the federal government's process to build a new long-term infrastructure plan.

News Releases

Twenty year plan needed to fix crumbling infrastructure, says Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Canadian cities spending $12 billion on infrastructure, pledge to match new federal funding

Backgrounders

Canada's New Long-Term Infrastructure Plan

For more information, please contact:

FCM Media

613-907-6395

media@fcm.ca

* The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has been the national voice of municipal government since 1901. FCM member municipalities represents more than 90 per cent of Canada's population – almost 2000 local governments across the country.

If you would like more information about the Great Canadian Infrastructure Challenge, please contact the Federation of Canadian Municipalities at infrastructure@fcm.ca