Mr. Speaker, since 2016, to help expand Canada’s electric vehicle, EV, charging network to the scale required, the federal government continues to invest in charging infrastructure through NRCan’s electric vehicle and alternative fuel infrastructure deployment initiative, EVAFIDI. For details, please see https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/transportation-alternative-fuels/electric-and-alternative-fuel-infrastructure/electric-vehicle-alternative-fuels-infrastructure-deployment-initiative/18352. It provided funding to organizations to help establish a coast-to-coast network of EV fast chargers along core routes and highways through NRCan’s zero emission vehicle infrastructure program, ZEVIP. For details, please see https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/transportation-alternative-fuels/zero-emission-vehicle-infrastructure-program/21876. It provides funding to increase the availability of local charging options where Canadians live, work and play, in public places, on street, and in multi-unit residential buildings, workplaces and vehicle fleets. The Canada Infrastructure Bank, CIB, will be investing $500 million in large-scale charging and refuelling infrastructure that is revenue generating and in the public interest.
The charging investments fit in the greater, comprehensive approach of the Government of Canada to support this ZEV transition. For more on Canada’s action plan for clean on-road transportation, visit https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transportation/publications/canada-s-action-plan-clean-road-transportation#_Toc117001122.
As part of NRCan’s efforts to support open data, we have created openly available maps with our latest information on open or nearly open projects, which can be found at https://gcgeo.gc.ca/viz/index-en.html?keys=draft-706a6d1a-df8e-40e3-8e0c-94211025c528.
Information pertaining to parts (a) and (b) can be found at this link. The fuel type “L2” refers to slow chargers and “L3” refers to fast chargers. The range of speeds of the latter are indicated as being between 50 and 99 kilowatts, kW. These figures are for projects that are already installed or in the very late stages of project completion. They represent 12,153 stations installed or soon to be installed, totalling over $183 million invested by the federal programs to date. Program officials have given the initial commitment for more chargers, although details are still being finalized. Including this latter category, the government has committed to 34,666 chargers and funding of over $277 million.
With regard to part (c), the programs are brand neutral and do not track charging station manufacturers associated with each project. The programs conform with international trade obligations and so do not prejudice against origin of manufacturing. Information on the carbon footprint of charging station manufacturing is not tracked.