Table 1 
Investment by asset, Canada 

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Investment by asset, Canada
  2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
  thousands of dollarsthousands of dollarsthousands of dollarsthousands of dollarsthousands of dollarsthousands of dollarsthousands of dollarsthousands of dollarsthousands of dollars
Turbines, turbine generators, and turbine generator sets 171,390 321,410 566,034 553,151 636,782 555,949 389,552 388,466 409,524
Nuclear reactor steam supply systems 339,697 318,129 361,371 376,732 353,866 289,893 143,093 310,504 325,312
Water treatment equipment 99,189 119,614 124,579 126,530 185,014 110,933 128,234 115,754 155,982
Power and distribution transformers 964,533 785,202 701,494 760,152 909,135 1,213,592 1,347,532 748,975 787,063
Buses 958,259 1,041,794 701,542 613,336 475,512 759,385 983,264 863,134 909,333
Locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment 790,094 883,690 1,043,152 1,284,232 1,141,992 1,267,202 1,505,628 1,418,584 1,495,360
Sports facilities with spectator capacity 480,695 659,237 916,673 608,005 734,915 609,749 457,960 372,987 614,001
Indoor recreational facilities 1,652,580 1,678,302 2,214,132 1,812,545 2,082,120 1,599,687 2,063,731 1,713,458 1,635,535
Student residences 95,350 21,892 66,728 139,760 122,353 27,008 183,055 92,980 112,229
Airports and other passenger terminals 409,748 413,626 524,996 471,171 458,198 662,005 758,819 584,647 534,131
Communications buildings 117,806 74,689 322,671 123,298 114,756 142,115 575,232 363,243 354,392
Schools, colleges, universities and other educational buildings 5,750,299 7,684,255 7,060,348 6,543,869 6,004,014 6,433,267 7,401,621 8,280,224 8,528,481
Hospitals 3,891,366 4,498,012 4,288,385 4,078,434 3,919,206 3,458,908 2,689,306 2,340,956 3,041,194
Nursing homes, homes for the aged 332,551 382,006 344,962 310,373 295,647 235,063 434,714 215,902 451,027
Religious centres and memorial sites 33,489 26,449 8,262 35,561 4,346 18,511 7,765 13,338 13,830
Museums 92,990 113,424 143,628 170,041 174,477 201,861 268,757 266,552 217,710
Historical sites 16,108 10,929 27,086 19,742 66,586 25,355 51,255 51,856 33,676
Libraries 133,133 158,847 199,094 233,185 282,866 318,379 230,746 536,616 554,996
Public security facilities 381,014 497,149 557,073 660,792 799,423 698,873 963,706 975,465 793,063
Highway and road structures and networks 14,928,378 16,047,282 14,744,485 15,825,684 14,126,286 13,332,386 14,289,937 16,983,106 17,149,060
Bridges 2,679,360 3,020,080 3,092,740 2,904,969 2,360,813 2,760,856 1,991,909 1,928,985 3,105,329
Tunnels 140,413 217,981 216,415 228,445 192,051 67,067 131,763 73,527 103,112
Railway lines 695,305 910,755 1,168,382 1,662,601 2,020,038 1,928,053 1,707,296 2,302,004 1,314,117
Seaports 98,650 178,839 71,272 105,868 187,652 189,014 155,479 76,997 83,529
Marinas and harbours 26,220 12,672 61,579 20,160 26,183 96,714 69,644 139,667 81,683
Canals and waterways 43,384 41,378 23,861 29,753 110,084 41,873 96,168 163,955 57,804
Other marine infrastructure 347,365 203,080 309,591 164,171 280,542 127,050 237,131 242,812 418,119
Runways 252,114 249,743 354,938 496,992 566,582 265,409 407,851 637,623 863,940
Pipelines 1,381,032 972,156 1,465,191 2,095,433 2,978,596 2,865,464 4,427,338 5,687,773 3,031,953
Wind and solar power plants 1,449,454 1,770,926 1,783,041 1,840,140 2,583,416 2,814,363 1,949,034 1,323,750 825,387
Steam production plants 466,991 603,092 550,552 537,229 775,572 1,505,400 969,613 845,752 743,799
Nuclear production plants 355,317 358,639 409,649 369,129 469,408 520,243 600,722 407,256 272,879
Hydraulic production plants 1,805,090 2,066,029 2,109,534 2,296,050 2,694,555 3,436,978 3,091,002 4,064,333 3,683,923
Other electric power construction 1,931,493 2,262,775 2,365,613 2,534,497 2,869,030 1,382,091 1,903,899 2,186,215 3,995,753
Power transmission networks 2,545,451 2,799,988 2,909,733 3,256,314 3,863,998 3,729,963 5,408,602 5,783,734 4,514,708
Power distribution networks 3,526,400 4,357,738 4,278,696 4,452,485 5,509,362 6,633,354 4,191,705 4,367,928 5,230,567
Cables and lines - coaxial, copper, aluminum, etc. 470,746 1,068,648 867,245 761,893 749,882 1,022,918 1,239,224 454,898 1,251,168
Optical fibre 157,572 338,001 274,567 254,607 221,676 766,395 982,085 552,420 371,786
Transmission support structures - towers, poles, conduit 440,396 839,093 684,995 618,163 580,814 1,783,474 1,979,785 2,129,825 1,564,364
Other communication construction 373,770 831,117 689,293 580,924 590,359 1,332,602 751,313 1,376,012 1,395,536
Water filtration plants 1,115,428 1,649,316 2,572,626 2,751,029 2,511,435 1,739,404 227,175 607,746 359,281
Other water infrastructure 2,590,850 4,481,305 3,652,935 3,551,062 3,481,124 3,695,601 2,131,786 2,039,266 2,479,137
Sewage treatment plants 909,781 1,114,975 1,342,467 1,368,035 1,130,099 559,843 1,056,082 1,515,769 451,034
Other sewage infrastructure 2,207,518 2,378,991 2,661,742 2,622,523 1,816,186 2,297,321 1,446,540 1,084,589 2,336,248
Waste disposal facilities 178,251 219,006 163,866 187,908 190,905 344,310 394,387 263,263 159,526
Outdoor recreational facilities 789,495 937,298 464,259 558,264 704,796 594,823 699,554 1,315,961 1,464,445
Pollution abatement and control 20,437 50,965 44,003 47,224 74,166 134,204 555,296 542,794 247,092
Source(s):
Infrastructure Economic Account.
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