October 2026 · updated October 12, 2026

What changed in Western Canada major projects: October 2026

Every month: investment decisions, contract awards, schedule moves and new projects across B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. The first edition of our monthly change log.

Status changes since last month

This is the first monthly change log. From next month, every change to a tracked project’s status, next milestone or disclosed cost appears here automatically.

This month’s headlines

• LNG Canada Phase 2 (B.C.): LNG Canada Phase 2 starts early works three days after its investment decision.
• Coastal GasLink Phase 2 (B.C.): Coastal GasLink Phase 2 is a compressor-station job, not a pipeline spread.
• Cedar LNG (B.C.): Cedar LNG: site crews hand over as the floating plant takes shape in Korea.
• Ksi Lisims LNG + Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) (B.C.): Ksi Lisims has 9 of 12 Mtpa lined up as its FID deadline nears.
• Woodfibre LNG (B.C.): Woodfibre LNG: all 16 modules on site, tunnel holed through.
• North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL) (B.C.): North Coast Transmission Line: the region's clearest procurement calendar.
• Tilbury Phase 2 LNG (B.C.): Tilbury Phase 2: approved by both governments, not yet sanctioned.
• Red Chris block cave and Eskay Creek (B.C.): Red Chris goes to an FID vote; Eskay Creek nears first ore.
• Pacific Link oil pipeline (Alberta): Pacific Link is now a national-interest project; construction is at least a year out.
• Dow Path2Zero (Alberta): Dow Path2Zero is back on, with startup in late 2029.
• Cenovus Christina Lake interconnect (Alberta): Cenovus files to connect Christina Lake and Christina Lake North.
• Fall oil sands and refinery turnarounds (Alberta): Fall turnaround season ends this week.
• Alliance Heartland Expansion and Pathways CCS (Alberta): Alliance Heartland Expansion reaches the CER; Pathways still has no FID.
• BHP Jansen potash mine (Saskatchewan): BHP Jansen Stage 1 is 84% complete, with first potash in mid-2027.
• Meta data centre, Sturgeon County (Alberta): Meta's first Canadian data centre: 1 GW, >C$13B, under way.
• Greenlight Electricity Centre (Alberta): Greenlight Electricity Centre: Alberta's first dedicated data-centre power plant.
• Capital Power supply to Meta / Genesee (Alberta): Capital Power bridges Meta to 2030 and pitches Genesee to the next hyperscaler.
• Keephills data centre (TransAlta) (Alberta): Keephills: an AESO allocation in hand, but no binding deal yet.
• Beacon AI Centers (Heartland and Indus) (Alberta): Beacon AI Centers waits on the AUC for two gas plants.
• Wonder Valley data centre (Alberta): Wonder Valley: zoning help, but no permits yet.
• Bell AI Fabric Hillside AI Centre, Kamloops (B.C.): Bell AI Fabric's Hillside AI Centre at TRU is under construction.
• Bell AI Fabric, Regina area (Saskatchewan): Bell AI Fabric: 300 MW under construction, with a path to 1.2 GW.

Added to the tracker

• Surrey Langley SkyTrain (B.C.): A C$6B, 16 km elevated SkyTrain extension with all eight stations now under construction.
• Broadway Subway (B.C.): Track complete on the 5.7 km Millennium Line extension, with trains testing ahead of a fall 2027 opening.
• Fraser River Tunnel (George Massey replacement) (B.C.): A C$8.5B, eight-lane tunnel, re-tendered in five packages after the original agreement ended.
• Seabridge KSM copper-gold project (B.C.): Treaty Creek Terminal energized while the 'substantially started' ruling is reconsidered.
• Calgary Green Line LRT (SE) (Alberta): C$6.2B committed, with station, track and systems contracts coming to market.
• Valley Line West LRT (Alberta): A C$2.6B, 14 km LRT line, 68.7% built and on budget.
• Shell Polaris CCS and Atlas hub (Alberta): Shell's second Scotford carbon-capture plant, capturing 650,000 t a year, builds toward 2028.
• Scotia Place event centre (Alberta): Calgary's C$926M event-centre block is building toward a fall 2027 opening.
• SaskPower Aspen Power Station (Saskatchewan): A 370 MW combined-cycle gas plant built by Burns & McDonnell, due December 2027.
• K+S Bethune ramp-up (Saskatchewan): K+S is pushing Bethune toward 4 Mt a year; Worley and Graham hold the first scopes.
• Site C Clean Energy Project (B.C.): All six Site C units are in service; the C$16B dam is in close-out.
• Trans Mountain optimization (DRA and Mainline Optimization Project) (B.C.): Trans Mountain plans to lift capacity from about 890,000 to 1.19 million bbl/d.
• Eagle Mountain–Woodfibre Gas Pipeline (EGP) (B.C.): FortisBC's 9 km tunnel under the Squamish estuary is through; the gas line to Woodfibre LNG is next.
• Enbridge Sunrise Expansion Program (B.C.): A C$4B, 300 MMcf/d Westcoast expansion, under construction since July 2026.
• AltaGas REEF (Ridley Island Energy Export Facility) (B.C.): AltaGas's LPG export terminal is 85% built, with start-up pushed to March 2027.
• Teck Highland Valley Copper Mine Life Extension (B.C.): A C$2.1–2.4B brownfield extension keeps Canada's largest copper mine running to 2046.
• Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (B.C.): TerraMarine (Aecon, FlatironDragados, Van Oord, Carlson) picked to build the port's new container terminal.
• Artemis Gold Blackwater EP2 expansion (B.C.): Major works on a C$1.44B expansion to 21 Mtpa began ahead of schedule.
• Centerra Kemess restart (B.C.): Centerra's Kemess restart has a positive PEA, targeting first production in late 2031.
• BC Hydro 2024 and 2025 calls for power (B.C.): 14 wind and solar projects with First Nations equity add 8,500 GWh a year by 2033.
• ATCO Yellowhead Mainline (Alberta): A C$2.9B, 235 km, 1 Bcf/d gas pipeline feeding the Heartland broke ground in Sept 2026.
• Air Products net-zero hydrogen complex (Alberta): A C$4.6B hydrogen and liquefaction complex with carbon capture, due 2027.
• eStruxture CAL-3 data centre (Alberta): Alberta's largest colocation build: a 90 MW, Tier III, C$750M AI-ready campus.
• TNE / Data District data centres (Phase 1) (Alberta): Four data centres totalling 240 MW and C$1.26B; Olds first in 2026.
• Crusoe AI data centres with Kalina gas power (Alberta): Crusoe plans gas-powered AI campuses at 170 MW Kalina energy parks, C$3B in total.
• Canadian Natural growth projects (on hold) (Alberta): Pike 2, Jackfish and a new Jackpine mine wait on federal–Alberta agreements due November 2026.
• Suncor Base Mine Extension (proposed) (Alberta): A proposed 225,000 bbl/d mine to replace Base Plant supply.
• BC Hydro Peace to Kelly Lake Stations Sustainment (B.C.): A C$354M rebuild of the 500 kV stations that carry Peace power south, due Oct 2028.