OTTAWA – Canada’s Arctic and northern communities are set to receive $700 million over 10 years through the 2019 federal budget to help drive development and prosperity.

The new funding is designed to address enhanced infrastructure resources to connect northern and remote communities, increase economic development programming, increase post-secondary educational options and further enable Arctic research.

“Canada has an opportunity — and a responsibility — to be a world leader in sustainably developing the North,” reads Budget 2019. “This means making the most of emerging economic opportunities while ensuring that the people who reside in the North are able to be full participants in and beneficiaries of the region’s growth.”

The funding initiatives vary from social and community programs to development and construction projects. Here is a sampling of some of the construction-related funding initiatives: