Budget Breakdown: Infrastructure Spending Across Canada

Ontario’s budget sticks to an earlier commitment of $35-billion over three years (that’s $12.4 billion for the 2011-12 year and $12.5 billion for 2012-13). The 2012-13 budget includes a slight increase in transportation-related infrastructure to $5.7 billion, a decrease in municipal and local infrastructure to $683 million, a decrease in hospitals to $2.9 billion and $2.1 billion for education infrastructure.

How does it stack up against other recently announced budgets for this year?

Saskatchewan

Infrastructure: $788 million

Government-owned assets: $522.4

Highways: $275.3 million (including $91.7 million for new bridges and highway upgrades, and $183.6 million for a number of projects such as completing the twinning of Highway 11, work on the West Regina Bypass and others.)

Health care: $42.7 million for six long-term care facilities

Education: $88.7 million

British Columbia

Taxpayer supported:

Education: $1.2 billion

Health: $879 million

BC Transportation Financing Authority: $1.069 billion

BC Transit: $90 million

Self-supported:

BC Hydro: $2.36 billion

Columbia River power projects: $122 million

Transportation Investment Corp (Port Mann): $606 million

BC Railway Company: $13 million

Quebec

Infrastructure: $9.8 billion

Roads: $3.4 billion

Public Transit: $868.3 million

Maritime Infrastructure:  $140.9 million

Health and Social services: $2.3 billion

Education: $1.55 billion

Culture: $247.3 million

Municipal infrastructure: $886.8 million