TOP100 2026 Report - Report - Page 26
Réseau express
métropolitain (REM)
$9.4 BILLION
The Réseau express metropolitain (REM) will be a new integrated network linking
downtown Montreal, South Shore, West Island, North Shore, and the airport. Once
completed, the 67-km line will be one of the longest automated metro lines in the
world. The REM opened its first segment on July 31, 2023, with five new stations
26 RENEW CANADA – TOP100 2026
2025 Rank: 9
Location: Montreal, Que.
Owner: CDPQ Infra
Project/Construction Manager: EPC contract: Groupe NouvLR— AtkinsRéalis
Grands Projets Inc.; FlatironDragados ; Groupe Aecon Québec Ltée; Pomerleau
Inc.; EBC Inc.
RSSOM Contract: Groupe des Partenaires pour la Mobilité des Montréalais—
Alstom Transport Canada Inc.; AtkinsRéalis O&M Inc.
Conception: AtkinsRéalis; AECOM (engineer-design/EPC Team)
Engineer: CIMA+; Hatch; EXP; Parsons (consulting); Sener (independent checker);
Stantec; Arup (consulting)
Design: Lemay; Bisson Fortin; Perkins+Will; Provencher Roy
Other Key Players: Hanscomb (advisory services for design, engineering, and
costing); EXP (feasibility and diligence studies); WSP (geotechnical); Aon (risk
advisor); GHD (geotechnical/testing); INTECH, Marsh Canada (risk advisor);
Deloitte (due diligence advisor); Englobe; Canam Group; Jacobs (independent
certifier); Turner & Townsend (cost/schedule management); Arium Design
(wayfinding consultant); HKA, Accuracy (management consultant); Egis; KPMG; LRI
Engineering; AGAT Labs (environmental assessment)
Legal: Norton Rose Fulbright, Lavery (for CDPQ Infra); Borden Ladner Gervais (for
NouvLR); Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg (for PMM); Stein Monast (for the Quebec
Government); Fasken Martineau DuMoulin (for ARTM); Dentons
Funding:
CDPQ Infra - $6.02 billion
Government of Quebec - $1.28 billion
Government of Canada (through the Canada Infrastructure Bank) - $1.28 billion
Hydro Quebec - $295 million
ARTM - $512 million
Substantial Completion: 2027
spread over 17 kilometres. The Deux-Montagnes branch welcomed its first riders on
Nov. 17, 2025. Commercial service between the South Shore and the North Shore
REM now has 14 new stations and 50 kilometres of network in service, tripling its
coverage and quadrupling the number of stations in operation.
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