Statistics Canada, in partnership with Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada, is releasing new data from Canada's Core Public Infrastructure Survey for 2022. These data focus on solid waste infrastructure and on culture, recreation and sports facilities. They build on the transportation and water infrastructure data released on October 21, 2024, and cover topics such as the stock, replacement value, condition and performance of Canada's core public infrastructure assets, as well as asset management strategies for them.

Most owners have asset management plans for their infrastructure

In 2022, over half of local and regional government organizations in Canada had asset management plans in place for most of their core public infrastructure. Exceptions were active transportation; public transit; and culture, recreation and sports facilities.

Conversely, most federal, provincial and territorial government organizations did not have asset management plans in place for all nine infrastructure categories.

A higher proportion of urban municipalities had asset management plans, compared with their rural counterparts. Solid waste infrastructure was the sole exception, possibly because rural municipalities predominantly handle solid waste assets.

Less than half of public sector organizations had asset management plans in 2022 for the following infrastructure: active transportation (33%); public transit (37%); and culture, recreation and sports facilities (49%).

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