Transportation · ON · #18 of 131 disclosed prospectus tickets

VIA Rail fleet — 313 cars (Thunder Bay)

Summit deal plate

Federal procurement flagged alongside summit

At a glance

Proponent
Government of Canada / Alstom
Capex (as printed)
C$4.7B C$ source
Capex (US$, midpoint)
US$3.4B
Stage
Under construction
Location
48.40°N, 89.25°W
Summit deal plate
Yes — in the 167-project prospectus pitched Sept 14–15 2026
Fast-track list
No MPO referral on record
Project location.

Modelled GDP contribution Modelled

Build 2026–2029 at 55% construction value-added, then 5% of capex per year operating. Peak US$472M/yr · cumulative 2026–40 US$3.7B.

US$0MUS$200MUS$400M2026203020352040

Connectivity · nearest existing infrastructure

Straight-line distance from the project point to the nearest vertex of each network layer.

Railway5 km
Major highway282 km
Transmission ≥230 kV551 km
Pipeline4 km
PortOwen Sound765 km
Generating stationHenvey Inlet Wind (300 MW)710 km
City >50kThunder Bay5 km

Nearest other projects

Deep Geological Repository (Ignace)Power & Utilities212 km
PAK LithiumMinerals & Metals436 km
Ring of Fire (Juno Corp.)Minerals & Metals532 km
Prairie SilicaMinerals & Metals548 km
Crawford NickelMinerals & Metals593 km

Also in Ontario

Alto High-Speed Rail (Toronto–Québec City)Advanced / FEEDUS$44B – US$66B
Deep Geological Repository (Ignace)Feasibility / permittingUS$19B
Darlington New Nuclear (SMR ×4)Under constructionUS$15B
PowerCo (Volkswagen) GigafactoryUnder constructionUS$5.1B
Crawford NickelAdvanced / FEEDUS$2.0B
Via TWO (synthetic graphite)Advanced / FEEDUS$2.0B

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