The Canadian Northern Corridor Community Engagement Program: Results and Lessons Learned

Emily Galley, Katharina Koch, Garret Fellows, Robert Mansell, Nicole Pinto and Jennifer Winter
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Emily Galley: University of Calgary
Katharina Koch: University of Calgary
Nicole Pinto: University of Calgary

SPP Research Papers, 2023, vol. 16, issue 30

Abstract: The Canadian Northern Corridor (CNC) Research Program is an investigation of the feasibility, desirability, and acceptability of infrastructure corridors in advancing integrated, long-term infrastructure planning and development in Canada. The corridor concept involves a series of multi-modal rights-of-way across mid- and northern Canada — connecting all three coasts and linked to existing corridors in southern Canada — for the efficient, timely and integrated development of trade, transportation, and communications infrastructure. Corridors are expected to make public and private infrastructure investments more attractive by reducing the uncertainty associated with project approval processes; sharing the costs associated with establishing and administering rights-of-way; decreasing negative environmental impacts; and moving to a more strategic, integrated, and long-term approach to national infrastructure planning and development. A key outcome of corridor development is decreasing the existing infrastructure gap that persists between Canada’s northern and southern regions and communities. The causes of this gap are complex and will require a diverse set of tools and solutions to resolve; the CNC is a useful conceptual tool to initiate discussions on northern infrastructure and to identify feasible and lasting solutions to address Canada’s infrastructure gap.

Date: 2023
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