Canada: Utilities

Ontario is fundamentally restructuring water and wastewater service delivery through the Water and Wastewater Public Corporations Act, 2025, moving services from municipal departments into arm's-length public corporations. With the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing now actively soliciting municipal expressions of interest, this framework presents both strategic opportunities and significant governance implications that municipalities must understand and engage with now, even before the legislation...

Currently, Ontario has approximately 61 municipal electricity utilities (MEUs) that provide local electricity distribution services to municipalities across the province.

The concept of deploying nuclear reactors as a carbon-free source of energy is gaining momentum in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada. This article explores recent promising developments...