Prepare or Repair

The report argues that proactive investment in adapting Canada's public infrastructure to climate risks can save governments billions in annual costs while protecting the economy from cascading disruptions.

• Proactive investment of $4.1 billion per year in adapting public infrastructure to climate risk could generate annual savings of up to $8.6 billion in maintenance and replacement costs.
• The cost of fortifying public infrastructure against rising heat and extreme rainfall is estimated at an average of $4 billion per year, which represents approximately 3.5 per cent more than current costs for maintaining infrastructure in good repair.
• Despite adaptation efforts, combined costs of investments and unavoidable climate damage are expected to increase annual infrastructure spending by an average of $6 billion until 2100, with municipalities bearing the majority of these costs.
• Municipal governments are disproportionately burdened by adaptation costs, as they own over 60 per cent of Canada's public infrastructure and are projected to bear 72 per cent of all investment costs to adapt to rising heat and extreme rainfall between 2025 and 2100.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2026). Prepare or Repair. https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/prepare-or-repair-canada-infrastructure/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. Prepare or Repair. 2026. https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/prepare-or-repair-canada-infrastructure/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Canadian Climate Institute |title=Prepare or Repair |date=9 February 2026 |url=https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/prepare-or-repair-canada-infrastructure/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{canadianclimateinstitute2026prepare, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{Prepare or Repair}}, institution = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2026}, month = feb, url = {https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/prepare-or-repair-canada-infrastructure/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }