Investment Categories

The Border Infrastructure Fund employs a comprehensive approach towards sustaining and increasing the long-term efficiency of the Canada-U.S. border. Eligible projects for the program fall into three distinct categories:

Physical Infrastructure

Projects for the improvement of physical infrastructure at or around border crossings include dedicated lanes, local access roads and other transportation infrastructure leading to and from a crossing; additional lanes and approaches; and Canadian highways that provide direct access to a border. These improvements to infrastructure facilitate the free flow of people and goods across the border.

Intelligent Transportation System Infrastructure

Projects such as smart card and transponder technology, traffic management systems as well as projects moving clearance centres away from the border, through initiatives such as inland inspection help to monitor and improve the flow at our border crossings.

Improved Analytical Capacity

Traffic modelling and research of border flows are fundamental to continued economic growth and security as well as the establishment of sound public policy. This category facilitates planning and policy development by showing the impact of potential changes in parameters such as physical infrastructure, security, staffing levels, and customs and immigration policies.

Data collection and management also enables Canada to support the free flow of people and goods in a safe and secure environment. Eligible recipients include the provinces, municipalities, private sector firms, public and private transportation authorities and agencies.