{"id":591048,"date":"2026-04-08T21:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591048\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:21:21","slug":"ottawa-to-spend-108m-to-upgrade-iqaluits-sewage-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591048\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa to spend $108M to upgrade Iqaluit\u2019s sewage system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iqaluit will get $108 million in federal funding for water and sewer upgrades which could allow the city to nearly double its current housing supply, Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s how impactful it can be,\u201d she said Tuesday, after an announcement at Iqaluit\u2019s public works garage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that we always have a shortage of housing, that is very exciting to me knowing that focusing on this infrastructure will create more opportunities for more housing to be built.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The money will come from the $51-billion Build Communities Strong Fund, first introduced in the 2025 federal budget. It\u2019s earmarked for hospitals, bridges, water systems and other core infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In Iqaluit, the funding will go toward upgrades to trucked water and sewer services as well as expansions of existing infrastructure which will build Iqaluit\u2019s capacity to grow by 2,500 housing units, Idlout said.<\/p>\n<p>The work on those upgrades is set to be completed by 2031.<\/p>\n<p>If built, 2,500 additional housing units would represent a 73 per cent increase in Iqaluit\u2019s housing stock, which is listed at around 3,419 units, according to City of Iqaluit website.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/260320-ncc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260320.100.95.png\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The funding will add on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/stories\/article\/4-years-after-getting-214m-from-ottawa-iqaluits-new-reservoir-is-in-procurement-phase\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">existing<\/a> $214-million federal funding for a new Iqaluit water reservoir and the renewal of critical pipelines announced in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Iqaluit sewage system upgrade is one of 13 projects across the country to get support from the federal fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it will be very impactful for all of Nunavut,\u201d Idlout said of the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that it might sound like it\u2019s just for Iqaluit, but with all the government offices being here I think it will make sure that we have more reliable services from the City of Iqaluit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nunavut is also set to receive $155 million over 10 years for \u201ccritical public infrastructure,\u201d which will be determined later under separate agreements between the federal and territorial governments, the federal news release said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iqaluit will get $108 million in federal funding for water and sewer upgrades which could allow the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-591048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}