Case Study · Infrastructure delivery
The Economic Impact of Canadian P3 Projects
A national analysis of 200 public-private partnership projects and the economic value of timing certainty.
Headline finding
200 projects
Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships · 2016
What the Work Shows
CANCEA analysed project-level data for 200 Canadian public-private partnership projects that had reached financial close, representing more than $110 billion in agreement costs. The work examined conventional economic contribution alongside risk, financing, integration and the value of delivering public assets when they are needed.
For a typical $100 billion infrastructure portfolio, the analysis found that a one-year delay could reduce 30-year value by an amount equivalent to nearly 10% of total project value. The timing effect was of similar magnitude to more traditional value-for-money benefits.
Why It Matters
The case demonstrates that infrastructure value depends not only on what is built and at what cost, but also on when the asset becomes available for public use.
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