“When it returns to service later this year, the Northlander will connect people across northern Ontario to life-changing opportunities, school, vital medical appointments and more, while strengthening local towns and industries along the entire route, creating good jobs and economic growth across the north for years to come.”
Doug Ford, · Ontario government news release, North Bay event
What happened
The government's stated target is a 2026 return, and no launch date had been announced as of October 2026.
On May 3, 2018, Ford tweeted: "You want the Northlander, and I will deliver it." On May 25, 2021, Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney's announcement set a potential in-service date in the mid-2020s, and Associate Minister Stan Cho repeated that target on Dec. 15, 2022. The first new trainset arrived in January 2026; on April 9, 2026 the government said full-route testing was underway and service would return 'later this year', but Ontario Northland's CEO said the start date would be announced only after all three trainsets finish testing. As of late July 2026 Ontario Northland said the launch was still on schedule for 2026, with no inaugural date set.
The province awarded a $198 million design-build contract in June 2026, below the target, but the garage is not built and its final cost is not known.
At the June 24, 2025 announcement, Ford said the garage would cost around $400 million and return about $60 million a year in gross revenue (CTV). On June 11, 2026 the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming awarded Pomerleau Inc. a $198 million contract to design and build a five-storey, up to 3,500-space structure. The province compared that figure with the '$1.3 billion cost in the Auditor General's 2024 report'. The $1.3 billion figure was the most expensive of seven options the Auditor General listed (a five-level below-grade garage). The two options Infrastructure Ontario short-listed were above-grade garages at Exhibition Place, estimated at more than $400 million (three levels above grade plus one below grade at the Science Centre site) and more than $280 million (four levels above grade).
“The investments we are making across the province will help transform health care, with $50 billion supporting more than 50 hospital projects across Ontario.”
Doug Ford, · Peel Memorial Hospital groundbreaking, Brampton
What happened · Mar 26, 2026
The commitment covers 10 years, from the 2024 budget onward; several flagship projects have broken ground but none of the new hospitals named here has opened.
The 2024 budget committed 'nearly $50 billion over the next 10 years in health infrastructure', and Ford repeated the '$50 billion supporting more than 50 hospital projects' line at the Peel Memorial groundbreaking on March 28, 2025. In October 2025, Osler and Infrastructure Ontario signed a development agreement with Bird Design-Build for Peel Memorial; no opening date is published. Windsor-Essex's Fancsy Family Hospital broke ground in July 2026 on the first of three phases. The FAO's 2025-26 year-end Expenditure Monitor reports a '$1,982 million decrease for Health Capital Program (Vote-Item 1407-1), largely for Major Hospital Projects' in third- and fourth-quarter spending plan changes, while spending on Major Hospital Projects still rose $1,101 million over 2024-25. The 2026 budget (March 26, 2026) still lists 'approximately $64 billion over the next 10 years in health infrastructure, including nearly $50 billion in capital grants, to support more than 50 major hospital projects that would add approximately 3,000 new beds over 10 years.'
“Building more frequent and connected GO train service across the entire network, with two-way, all-day 15-minute GO service to Kitchener and Niagara, as well as extending GO train services to Bowmanville in Durham Region.”
2025 PC platform, · PC platform, Our Plan to Protect Ontario
What happened · Jan 27, 2026
The main construction contract was awarded and ground was broken on January 27, 2026. Metrolinx has not published an opening date.
The Bowmanville Extension adds 18.7 km of track east of Durham College Oshawa GO, with four new stations: Thornton's Corners East, Ritson Road, Courtice and Bowmanville. Early works (tree clearing, geotechnical work and a watermain in Oshawa) started in spring 2025. On January 27, 2026 the province announced it had broken ground after Metrolinx awarded the major construction contract. The first phase covers bridge rebuilds, utility relocations and changes at Oshawa GO and the VIA building. Planned service is every 30 minutes at peak, hourly off-peak and every two hours on weekends. Neither the province nor Metrolinx has published a completion or service date.
“Complete the twinning of the Garden City Skyway Bridge in St. Catharines with a new bridge on the QEW over the Welland Canal.”
2025 PC platform, · PC platform, Our Plan to Protect Ontario
What happened · Sep 30, 2026
The project is in design and site preparation. Bridge construction is scheduled to start in 2027.
On June 11, 2025 the province awarded the detail design contract to Skyway Bridging Partners, a team led by Flatiron Dragados, Demathieu & Bard and Green Infrastructure Partners. Infrastructure Ontario signed the development phase agreement on June 12, 2025, as a progressive design-build. In May 2026 design was 60 per cent complete. Infrastructure Ontario said major construction would run from 2027 to 2028 onward and take 'multiple years', and the cost was reported at $1 billion to $2 billion. The project site said in September 2026 that enabling works (clearing, geotechnical drilling, utility relocations) were under way and the bridge itself 'won't begin construction until 2027'. No opening date has been published.
“Expanding Highway 69 from two to four lanes between Parry Sound and Sudbury.”
2025 PC platform, · PC platform, Our Plan to Protect Ontario
What happened · Aug 25, 2026
68 km of the 152-km corridor is still two lanes. In August 2026 the province announced a rail relocation as the first step and said four of six remaining sections would be under heavy construction by the end of 2027. There is still no completion date.
On August 25, 2026 the province said it had widened 84 km of the 152-km Parry Sound–Sudbury corridor. The remaining 68 km will be split into six sections, and four of them 'will be under heavy construction by the end of next year'. The first step is moving a CN rail line in Mowat Township and the Municipality of Killarney so a new Highway 522 interchange can be built. No price tag or completion date was given. The Sudbury Star reported this was the first time since 2018 that the government had committed funding to the project. Four-laning was once expected to be finished by 2017. The platform set no deadline, so this cannot be scored yet.
“Expand new medical school seats across the province to complete the largest expansion of new seats in over a decade, and leverage more capacity to train more doctors here at home. This includes a nearly 50 per cent expansion to residency spots by 2028, and a nearly 40 per cent increase in undergraduate medical spots over the same period, which will result in a total of more than 500 new undergraduate spots and 742 new residency positions.”
2025 PC platform, · PC platform, Our Plan to Protect Ontario
What happened · Apr 17, 2026
The deadline is 2028. As of April 2026 the province says 551 residency positions have been added since 2018, for a total of 1,739. That is short of the 742 promised.
In October 2024 the government said its medical school expansion had added 449 residency spots so far and would eventually reach 742 new residency positions. On April 17, 2026 the province said Ontario has added 551 residency training positions since 2018, bringing the total to 1,739. It called that 'a nearly 50 per cent increase' and said more than 270 new residency seats are being added. The same day it announced plans to give Ontario-connected international medical graduates priority for residency positions. Both medical schools named in the platform, at Toronto Metropolitan University in Brampton and York University in Vaughan, are part of the expansion. The 2028 target date has not arrived.
“Speeding up construction of the new interchange at Highway 416 and Barnsdale Road in Ottawa.”
2025 PC platform, · PC platform, Our Plan to Protect Ontario
What happened · Aug 10, 2026
Construction has not started. An August 2026 study notice says it is expected to begin in 2028, 'subject to funding and approvals'.
In April 2024 the province announced $5 million for the interchange and said it would work with the City of Ottawa to plan and design it. The environmental assessment and preliminary design had been finished in 2023. The platform promised to speed up construction. Eighteen months later, the latest public milestone is a Notice of Study Commencement dated August 10, 2026. It says the Ministry of Transportation has hired a consultant (Egis) for the detail design and Class Environmental Assessment study. It also says: 'Construction is anticipated to begin in 2028, subject to funding and approvals.' The platform set no completion date, so the promise cannot be scored yet, but there is no construction to speed up so far.
“With this historic, transformative investment, we can now achieve our goal of connecting every person in the province who wants a primary care provider.”
Sylvia Jones, · Primary Care Action Plan launch, Toronto
What happened
The deadline is 2029. The government says it beat its first-year target of attaching 300,000 people, but it has not confirmed that it cleared the Health Care Connect backlog by its spring 2026 interim deadline.
The Jan. 27, 2025 plan committed $1.8 billion to attach two million more people to a family doctor or primary care team within four years, with interim goals of attaching 300,000 people in 2025-26 and clearing everyone on the Health Care Connect waitlist as of Jan. 1, 2025 (about 235,000 people) by spring 2026. The ministry's Budget 2026 update (March 2026) reported about 330,000 people attached in calendar 2025 (an interim estimate with incomplete data) and the January 2025 waitlist cohort reduced by more than 87%. On Aug. 18, 2026 the government said more than 437,000 people had been connected since the plan began. It did not say whether the waitlist cohort had been fully cleared.
“Infrastructure Ontario will be releasing a Request for Proposals to help identify a temporary location for the Ontario Science Centre, while work continues to build a new permanent home for the Science Centre at Ontario Place with an opening slated for as early as 2028.”
Ministry of Infrastructure news release, · Ministry of Infrastructure news release
What happened · May 25, 2026
2028 hasn't arrived, but the government's own releases now say the new centre is on track to open in 2029.
In its December 3, 2024 Ontario Place audit, the Auditor General wrote that 'The new building is expected to open in 2029', using a date supplied by Infrastructure Ontario. On February 26, 2026 the province awarded the $1.04 billion construction contract and said the building would be finished 'as early as 2029'. On May 25, 2026 the province broke ground and said the facility 'is on track to open in 2029'. The province also says the interim Harbourfront Centre site will run until 2029.
“The Ontario government is making child care more affordable and accessible for families across the province, creating an additional 53,000 new, affordable licensed child care spaces by December 2026 – bringing our total to 86,000 new spaces since 2019.”
Ministry of Education news release, · Ontario government news release (Lecce announcement)
What happened
The deadline is Dec. 31, 2026. In September 2026 the province was just under 60,000 spaces, and the education minister said it now aims to reach the target by March 31, 2027.
The Auditor General reported in October 2025 that 36,287 new spaces had been added by Dec. 31, 2024, measured from March 2019. That was about 75 per cent of the ministry's own target of 48,127 for that date. In December 2025 the federal government said Ontario reported about 41,000 net new spaces as of June 2025. On Sept. 29, 2026, CBC reported the province was 'just shy of 60,000.' Education Minister Paul Calandra said the province now aims to meet the target by March 31 instead of the end of 2026. The CWELCC agreement's interim milestone was 76,700 new spaces by March 31, 2026.
“paving the way for the SMR to be constructed by 2028”
Ontario government news release, · Ontario Newsroom release, Darlington site
What happened · May 8, 2025
The 2028 date has not passed, but the government has since said the first reactor will finish construction at the end of 2029 and come online in 2030.
On May 8, 2025, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce approved OPG's plan to start building the first of four BWRX-300 reactors at Darlington. CBC reported that day a total project cost of $20.9 billion, $7.7 billion for the first unit (including $1.6 billion of shared infrastructure), and a timeline to finish the first reactor by the end of 2029 and connect it to the grid in 2030. An Ontario release on October 23, 2025 said construction began in May 2025, 'with the SMR expected to come online in 2030.'
“Our plan to get shovels in the ground to build 1.5 million new homes will help keep costs down for families by building the supply that meets homeownership demand.”
The deadline is 2031, but the province missed its own annual targets in 2024 and 2025, and internal ministry notes from fall 2024 say '1.5 million homes not reach target'.
The province set interim annual targets of 110,000 (2023), 125,000 (2024), 150,000 (2025) and 175,000 a year from 2026. It met 2023 only after counting long-term care beds, reached 94,908 of 125,000 in 2024 by its own tracker, and, per a briefing note obtained by Global News, 86,760 of 150,000 (58%) in 2025, even after counting basement suites, long-term care beds, retirement suites and student beds. Handwritten housing ministry notes from October–December 2024, obtained by Global News in June 2026, read '1.5 million homes not reach target'. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has called the goal a 'soft target'.
“A re-elected PC government will invest $730 million to bring two-way, all-day 15-minute GO train service all the way to Bowmanville as part of our plan to save families in Durham Region and across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area time and money by offering more transit options.”
2022 PC campaign release, · PC campaign stop, Bowmanville
What happened
Construction began in January 2026 with no completion date. The government's own service plan is a train every 30 minutes at peak and every hour off-peak, not every 15 minutes.
On May 6, 2022, Ford's campaign promised $730 million for 'two-way, all-day 15-minute' GO train service to Bowmanville, with four new stations east of Oshawa. The province broke ground on the extension on January 27, 2026. Its release that day said the line will run from Durham College Oshawa GO to Bowmanville GO, 'offering service every half hour during peak periods, hourly during off-peak periods and every two hours on weekends.' Metrolinx's project page describes the same service. The four stations, at Thornton's Corners East, Ritson Road, Courtice and Bowmanville, are still planned. In May 2026, Metrolinx told Clarington council that work on the Green Road rail bridge was starting, and Durham Region News reported that there was still no final completion date. No trains run to Bowmanville yet, so the promise is not yet due. But the published plan runs trains half as often at peak, and a quarter as often off-peak, as Ford promised.
“Ontario now has over 31,000 new and over 28,000 upgraded beds in the development pipeline — and is on track to build more than 30,000 net new beds across the province by 2028.”
The 2028 deadline has not arrived. The government's own figures show it is far behind the pace its 2022 budget projected.
The 2022 budget included a chart projecting cumulative new long-term care beds opening: 13,075 by 2024, 24,399 by 2025, 30,549 by 2026 and 31,705 by 2028. The Ministry of Long-Term Care's 2025–26 published plan reported that 322 net new beds opened between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. It counted 13,052 net new beds as 'opened, under construction or approved to construct' since 2018. That combines open beds with beds not yet built. CBC reported on November 6, 2025 that the fall economic statement showed nearly 6,700 beds built, with about 18,000 more in the pipeline. That is against the wider goal of 58,000 new or upgraded beds by 2028. CBC also reported that the Financial Accountability Office counted 79,212 long-term care beds in 2024–25 and projected an increase of only 4,276 beds by 2027–28 under the province's spending plans. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said the province would 'not waver from achieving that goal.'
“A redeveloped Ontario Place will not include casinos or condos and the land will not be sold. Ontario Place will remain open to the public 365 days a year, with free public access and a waterfront experience that can be enjoyed by all.”
Ontario government news release, · Ontario Newsroom release announcing redevelopment
What happened
The published Therme lease keeps the land in provincial ownership and rules out casinos and condos, but the redeveloped site is not open yet, so the free-access commitment cannot be judged.
On October 3, 2024 the province published its lease with Therme Canada: 75 years with a 20-year extension option, starting in 2025. The province said it 'will maintain ownership of the lands', and Global News reported that the deal does not allow a casino, shopping mall or condo towers. The West Island was leased rather than sold, but it is now committed to a private, paid-entry spa and waterpark for up to 95 years, with about 16 acres of free public space around it. As of the province's June 11, 2026 release, 'Ontario Place remains open to visitors and admission is free'. The government says the rebuilt site will offer free access 365 days a year once complete.
ParaphraseThe Scarborough Subway Extension, will turn the city's one stop Scarborough extension into a three-stop subway, will cost $5.5 billion and will be delivered before 2030.
Metrolinx account of the province's April 10, 2019 announcement, · Transit plan announcement, Metrolinx Willowbrook yard
What happened
The 'before 2030' delivery date has not passed, but the cost estimate has risen from $5.5 billion to $10.2 billion and TTC records show an internal planning date of 2033.
On April 10, 2019, the province announced the three-stop extension at $5.5 billion, to be delivered before 2030. In June 2025, Metrolinx board documents put the cost at $10.2 billion. Metrolinx said the 2019 figure covered construction only, while the new figure adds property, advisers, testing and commissioning, and integration with TTC systems. On May 14, 2026, the Toronto Star reported TTC emails saying the 'public date is 2030, with internal planning date for 2033'; the transportation minister's office said a completion date will be announced once construction is finished and tested.
“The Ontario Line will cost $10.9 billion and will be delivered by 2027.”
Premier's Office news release, · Transit plan announcement, Willowbrook Yard
What happened · Aug 11, 2026
The 2027 deadline has not yet arrived, but Metrolinx, the provincial agency building the line, has publicly moved completion to the early 2030s and confirmed in August 2026 that the cost has risen to about $34 billion.
The completion date slipped from 2027 to 2030, then 2031, and Metrolinx now says only that civil work is 'trending towards the early 2030s'. On August 11, 2026 Metrolinx confirmed to CBC that the cost had risen to about $34 billion, more than triple the $10.9 billion announced in 2019, and that the final figure could be higher because the elevated sections had not yet been contracted. Tunnelling began in April 2026.
“Help those in need: Invest $3.8 billion in mental health, addictions and housing supports over 10 years.”
2018 PC platform, · PC platform, Plan for the People
What happened · Mar 13, 2026
The commitment runs for 10 years: the government adopted it in its March 2020 Roadmap to Wellness, which the government still cited as '$3.8 billion over 10 years' in March 2026, so it is not due until about 2029. The Star reported in February 2025 that just over $500 million had been invested under the Roadmap between 2018 and 2024. No public accounting we found tracks spending against the $3.8 billion.
The $3.8 billion was always half federal money. The PCs' April 30, 2018 release pledged $1.9 billion over 10 years, 'matched by the federal government' to make $3.8 billion. In March 2020 the government released its Roadmap to Wellness, which Ford's letter called an investment of '$3.8 billion over 10 years'. The Toronto Star reported on February 22, 2025 that 'over $500 million' had been invested under the Roadmap between 2018 and 2024. The 2024 budget added $396 million over three years. The Star also cited a 2024 Auditor General finding of limited evaluation of the opioid strategy's impacts. A March 13, 2026 government release on a Durham Region HART hub still said Ontario 'is investing $3.8 billion over 10 years' through the Roadmap. No public tally of spending against the $3.8 billion has been published. The 10-year window has not closed.