Council passed motion 26-193 unanimously at its Sept. 22, 2026 meeting. The motion approves the City entering the Build Canada Strong Fund contribution agreement with the federal government for the project called “Supporting Housing Development Through Enhanced Trucked and Utilidor Infrastructure in Iqaluit,” with a maximum federal contribution of $108,721,940.25. Administration is authorized to execute the agreement and related documents. Source↗

The agreement moves a major infrastructure funding package from a council agenda proposal to an approved municipal decision. The City says the work is intended to increase drinking-water and wastewater servicing capacity for housing growth. Its report identifies a total eligible project cost of $144,962,587 and says the federal contribution can cover up to 75 per cent of eligible costs. The City remains responsible for project delivery, costs and any overruns. Source↗

City administration can now finalize and sign the agreement. Before Canada’s first payment, the City report says a climate-risk assessment must be completed. The report also identifies procurement, reporting, audit, communications and asset-management requirements. The public record reviewed does not provide a construction schedule, project-by-project budget, procurement timetable or confirmation that work has started. Source↗

The City’s Sept. 22 report lists about 3,000 metres of sewer utilidor expansion and rehabilitation; wastewater, pretreatment and sludge-management upgrades; a septage receiving facility; three water trucks; three sewer trucks; and a heated storage facility for the trucked-services fleet. The agreement identifies this infrastructure as supporting about 925 new housing units in the near term and about 2,000 to 2,500 units by 2031. Those are infrastructure-support estimates, not approvals, starts or completions of that number of homes. Source↗