Canada Center for Inland Water Marine Infrastructure Repairs, Burlington, ON

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) on behalf of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) intend to complete repairs and upgrades to the wharf, docks and breakwater (the Project) at the Canadian Centre for Inland Waters (CCIW) in Burlington, Ontario along the Hamilton Harbour in Lake Ontario (the Site). CCIW is owned and operated by ECCC and is used by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). DFO is the main user of the marine infrastructure and ECCC is the custodian.
An inspection of the existing marine infrastructure, completed in 2025, identified areas in the breakwater, small craft harbour and main wharf which require repairs. The following provides an overview of the repairs that will be undertaken on the Site over the next five to ten years, starting in 2027. The following work is proposed to be completed in four phases:

Phase I – Repair of Breakwater and Small Craft Harbour

    1) Repairing or replacing missing fenders, repainting fixtures, patching concrete, repairing concrete, (where spalled concrete has exposed rebar), installation of new safety ladders.
    2) Replace the deficient or re-install the missing three metre (m) wide precast concrete panels that are secured to the H-pile flanges and the concrete pile cap. There should be approximately 169 panels and 174 pile bents.
    3) Repairs to the existing boat launch.

Phase II – Repair of Main Wharf (mainly steel sheet piles)

    1) Repairing or replacing missing fenders, repainting fixtures, patching concrete, repairing concrete (where spalled concrete has exposed rebar), installation of new safety ladders, and replacement or reinforcement of steel sheet piles.

Phase III – Mechanical and Electrical Repairs

    1) Replacement of all existing domestic cold water and sanitary pipes from the accessible tunnel to the terminals, including underground piping and a provision of a new backflow preventer to serve the terminal domestic cold water main piping, recapitalization of the tunnel, replacement of the existing single feeder with individual feeders to Kiosk N1/N2 and S1/S2. In order to accommodate this upgrade, the Main Switchboard (in the Boiler room) would require an additional section equipped with a medium voltage beaker.
     2) The new cable will traverse through the underground tunnel and run underground to Kiosk N1/N2 and Kiosk S1/S2. The option will be more reliable than the existing infrastructure, with the additional cost of the additional section equipped with a medium voltage beaker.

Phase IV – Asphalt Replacement on Wharf   

     1) Replacement of asphalt in wharf and in parking areas, this includes all asphalt between the road and harbour.

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Latest update

June 19, 2026 – The ECCC Authority intends to make a determination regarding whether the carrying out of the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. To help inform this determination, the ECCC Authority is inviting public comments until July 21, 2026, respecting that determination.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document number Document title File Date
1 Canada Center for Inland Water Marine Infrastructure Repairs, Burlington, ON - June 19, 2026

Contacts

ECCC
Daniel Ventura, Senior Engineer
867 lakeshore Rd.
Burlington, Ontario L7S 1A1
Telephone: 905-220-9806
Email: daniel.ventura@ec.gc.ca


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  • Location

    • Canada Centre for Inland Water (Ontario)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Ports and Harbours

  • Assessment Status

    In progress

  • Start Date

    2026-06-19

  • Proponent

    ECCC

  • Authorities

    • Environment and Climate Change Canada

  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands

  • Reference Number

    90565

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