TOP100 2026 Report - Report - Page 42
Ottawa LRT –
Stage 2
$4.675 BILLION
The Stage 2 Light Rail project, when complete, will extend the O-Train system
farther south, east, and west, adding approximately 44 kilometres of new rail and 24
new stations. Stage 2 is a package of three extensions—south, east, and west: The
O-Train South extension will see rail service continue from Greenboro to Limebank in
Riverside South, while adding a link to the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International
Airport; the O-Train East extension will see LRT continue from Blair to Place d’Orléans
Station, and then all the way to Trim Road; and the O-Train West extension will see LRT
continue from Tunney’s Pasture to Moodie and Baseline Stations.
2025 Rank: 18
Location: Ottawa, Ont.
Owner: City of Ottawa
Design-Build Teams: Kiewit, Vinci, WSP, and Hatch (Confederation Line east and
west extension design build); AtkinsRéalis (Trillium Line design build maintain);
EXP; Golder (WSP) (owner’s engineer); EllisDon (environmental)
Engineer: STV Group, AECOM (consulting), Parsons and Stantec (Capital Transit
Partners/owner’s engineer)
Environmental Services: WSP (environmental lead)
Other Key Players: Rideau Transit Maintenance (Confederation Line maintainer);
Aon (owner’s advisor and construction insurance broker); Deloitte (owner’s
advisor); A.W. Hooker Associates Ltd. (Independent Certifier); PCL Construction
(contractor); SENER (Independent Safety Auditor); INFRATA (managing
consultant); ACS Infra; FlatironDragados; Bird Construction; Colliers Project
Leaders (project management support services); Englobe; GFL (excavation,
shoring, soil management); Hanscomb (cost consultant); NORR Architects &
Engineers (design/architect); Tiree (contract management); HKA, Accuracy
(management consultant); TULLOCH; GHD (quality control); Bird Construction
Vehicle Supplier: Alstom (Confederation Line vehicles); Stadler (Trillium Line
vehicles)
Other Suppliers: Thales (Confederation Line signaling technology); Siemens
(Trillium Line signaling technology); DECAST
Legal: Borden Ladner Gervais, Norton Rose Fulbright (owner’s legal advisor);
Dentons; McMillan LLP: Torys (consortium); Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel
LLP; Gowling WLG
Funding: P3
Federal: $1 billion
Provincial: $1.208 billion
Municipal: $2.449 billion
Substantial Completion: 2026
PCL
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LRT
NEW
22
RAIL
ALTO (Toronto-Québec City
High-Speed Rail Network)
$4.3 BILLION
Location: Quebec City to Toronto
Owner: Government of Canada
Cadence (DBFOM): AtkinsRéalis, CDPQ Infra, Keolis,
SYSTRA, SNCF Voyageurs, Air Canada
Other Key Players: Arup (owner’s engineer); Colliers
Project Leaders, Turner & Townsend (management
consultant); EY (advisory services); Marsh Canada
(risk advisor)
Legal: Lavery; Bennett Jones LLP; Gowling WLG,
Dentons
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: TBD
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ALTO
With dedicated passenger tracks and peak speeds of up to 300km/h,
Alto will significantly reduce travel times—even halve it in some cases—
between major cities in the Toronto–Québec City corridor. Through nearly
1,000 kilometres of electrified tracks, the network will help reduce intercity
transportation’s carbon footprint while transforming the user experience. As
Canada’s largest public infrastructure project, once completed, this initiative
will drive the economy and provide an efficient, economic and environmentally friendly transport alternative to air and car travel.
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