Appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development and the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources (March 2022): Supplementary binder used by the President
- Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Assessments, By the Numbers
- List and status of Regional and Strategic Assessments and Designation requests
- Anticipated Assessment Decision-Making - 9 Month Look Ahead (April – December 2022)
- Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Memorandum of Understanding with Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Assessments, By the Numbers
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Assessments, By the Numbers (PDF - 164 kB)
List and status of Regional and Strategic Assessments and Designation requests
Status of Regional and Strategic Assessments, and Requests for these Assessments
All Regional and Strategic Assessments, as well relevant requests for, including their status and all related documents, are included on the dedicated IAAC webpage on Regional and Strategic Assessments. The table below provides an overview of the three regional assessments (RA) and one strategic assessment (SA), as well as the seven requests for RAs and one request for a SA.
Regional Assessment |
Status |
Decision date |
|---|---|---|
Planning in Progress |
- |
|
Planning in Progress |
- |
|
Offshore Oil and Gas Exploratory Drilling East of Newfoundland and Labrador |
Post-RA Activities |
04/06/2020 |
Regional Assessment |
Status |
Decision date |
|---|---|---|
RA warranted |
10/02/2020 |
|
RA warranted |
15/07/2021 |
Regional Assessment |
Status |
Decision date |
|---|---|---|
RA not warranted |
16/06/2021 |
|
RA not warranted |
21/06/2021 |
|
Toronto Danforth area including lands on the west side of the Don River |
RA not warranted |
19/07/2021 |
RA not warranted |
30/07/2021 |
|
RA not warranted |
30/11/2021 |
Strategic Assessment |
Request Status |
Decision date |
|---|---|---|
Completed, ECCC developing technical guidelines |
08/2019 |
Strategic Assessment |
Request Status |
Decision date |
|---|---|---|
SA not warranted |
05/07/2021 |
Status of Requests to Designate Physical Activities and Ministerial ResponsesFootnote1
All designation requests are posted on IAAC’s Registry when the request is received and deemed to be an official request. Related documents, including the Minister’s Response, are also available on the Registry. The table below includes the 41 designation requests under the Impact Assessment Act, including ongoing requests and related correspondence. Under CEAA 2012, the Agency received 35 requests.
Project Name |
Result |
Response dateFootnote2 |
|---|---|---|
Ongoing |
06/05/2022 |
|
Ongoing |
21/06/2022 |
|
Northern Pulp Mill Transformation and Effluent Treatment Facility Project |
Ongoing |
30/05/2022 |
Project Name |
Result |
Response date |
|---|---|---|
Project designated by the Minister |
18/08/2020 |
|
Project designated by the Minister |
03/05/2021 |
|
Project designated by the Minister |
28/06/2021 |
|
Projects designated by the MinisterFootnote3 |
29/09/2021 |
|
Projects designated by the Minister |
29/09/2021 |
Project Name |
Result |
Response date |
|---|---|---|
Designation not warranted |
12/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
12/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
12/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
12/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
13/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
16/12/2019 |
|
Designation not warranted |
27/05/2020 |
|
Designation not warranted |
26/08/2020 |
|
Designation not warranted |
28/09/2020 |
|
Vivian Sand Processing Facility Project and Vivian Sand Extraction |
Designation not warranted |
16/11/2020 |
Great Sandhills Railway Switching Operation at North West Terminal |
Designation not warranted |
19/01/2021 |
Designation not warranted |
16/04/2021 |
|
Designation not warranted |
03/05/2021 |
|
Designation not warranted |
26/05/2021 |
|
Designation not warranted |
04/11/2021 |
|
Designation not warranted |
04/11/2021 |
|
Designation not warrantedFootnote4 |
04/11/2021 |
|
Designation not warranted |
05/11/2021 |
|
Designation not warranted |
21/11/2021 |
|
Designation not warranted |
07/12/2021 |
|
Designation not warranted |
14/02/2022 |
Project Name |
Result |
Response date |
|---|---|---|
Minister cannot designate per subsection 9(7) limitation |
28/09/2020 |
|
Minister cannot designate per subsection 9(7) limitation |
11/05/2021 |
|
Minister cannot designate per subsection 9(7) limitation |
03/08/2021 |
|
Minister cannot designate per subsection 9(7) limitation |
08/02/2022 |
Project Name |
Result |
Response date |
|---|---|---|
Canso Spaceport |
Complete |
11/02/2021 |
Bradford Bypass |
Complete |
10/02/2022 |
Vivian Sand Facility |
Ongoing |
- |
Anticipated Assessment Decision-Making - 9 Month Look Ahead (April – December 2022)
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Summary
Map of Canada, and timeline, depicting projects under assessment with anticipated ministerial decision in the next 9 months:
- Cedar LNG (British Columbia; Substituted under the IAA; ministerial decision anticipated in October 2022);
- Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (British Columbia; Review Panel under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in September 2022);
- Tilbury Marine Jetty (British Columbia; Substituted under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in August 2022);
- Sukunka Coal Mine (British Columbia; Substituted under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in December 2022);
- Lake Manitoba Lake Saint Martin Outlet Channels (Manitoba; Agency-led under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in December 2022);
- Lynn Lake Gold (Manitoba; Agency-led under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in November 2022);
- Marathon Palladium (Ontario; Review Panel under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in November 2022);
- James Bay Lithium Mine (Quebec; Agency-led under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in September 2022);
- Boat Harbour Remediation (Nova Scotia; Agency-led under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in December 2022);
- Valentine Gold (Newfoundland and Labrador; Agency-led under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in July 2022); and
- Bay du Nord Development (Newfoundland and Labrador; Agency-led under CEAA 2012; ministerial decision anticipated in April 2022).
Project Name |
Bay Du Nord |
James Bay Lithium Mine |
Valentine Gold |
Sukunka Coal |
Tilbury Marine Jetty |
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 |
Cedar LNG |
Lynn Lake Gold |
Marathon Palladium |
Boat Harbour Remediation |
Lk. Manitoba and Lk St. Martin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Project Type |
Offshore Oil & Gas |
Lithium Mine |
Gold Mine |
Metallurgical Coal Mine |
LNG Transport Jetty |
Marine Terminal |
LNG Processing Facility and Terminal |
Gold Mine |
Palladium Mine |
Waste Management and Remediation |
Water Management |
Capital Investment |
$10.9 Billion |
$507 million |
$662 million |
$443.7 million |
$260 million |
$2.5 billion |
$2.5 billion |
$493 million |
$1.067 billion |
$311 million |
$540 million |
Next Ministerial Decision* |
April 2022 |
September 2022 |
July 2022 |
December 2022 |
August 2022 |
September 2022 |
October 2022 |
November 2022 |
November 2022 |
December 2022 |
December 2022 |
Assessment Type |
Agency-led |
Agency-led |
Agency-led |
Substituted |
Substituted |
Review Panel |
Substituted under IAA |
Agency-led |
Joint Review Panel |
Agency-led |
Agency-led |
Current Status / Next Milestone |
GIC extended Minister’s Significance decisions by 40 days |
EA Report to Minister in April 2022. |
Review of proponent responses and submit EA Report to Minister June 2022 |
BC submits report to IAAC in June 2022 |
EA Report to Minister July 2022 |
Comment Period on Draft Conditions and responses to Information Request March 2022 |
BC submits IA Report to Minister by late Summer 2022 |
Submission of outstanding information April 2022 |
Start of public hearings March 2022 |
Review of proponent info – Outstanding info still required from proponent |
Submission of outstanding information May 2022 |
Provincial Status |
No provincial EA |
Provincial EA under James Bay Agreement |
Provincial EA, approved |
BC leading substituted EA, ongoing |
BC leading substituted EA, ongoing |
BC EA to be concluded after federal decision |
BC leading substituted IA, ongoing |
Provincial EA, ongoing |
Joint Review, ongoing |
No provincial EA. NS funding. Proponent is a NS Crown corp |
Provincial EA, ongoing |
Key Issues / Considerations |
Noise on marine mammals; GHGs; Cap on Oil & Gas |
Cumulative effects of road traffic and water management |
Surface and groundwater quality |
SARA (Southern Mountain Caribou); Selenium; Impacts on Indigenous rights |
Cumulative effects of marine shipping (Southern Resident Killer Whale; Indigenous rights) |
Cumulative effects on Southern Resident Killer Whale; Salmon; Biofilm; Impacts on Indigenous rights |
Cap on Oil & Gas; Indigenous-led project; Marine shipping |
SARA (Woodland Boreal Caribou); Air; Ground and surface water; Indigenous impacts |
SARA (Woodland Boreal Caribou); Water quality and quantity; Impacts to Indigenous rights |
Lack of support from Pictou Landing First Nation for disposal location |
Effects to fish and fish habitat; Impacts on Indigenous communities |
*Dates contingent on the timing and quality of project information from proponents |
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Note: As of March 22, 2022
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Memorandum of Understanding with Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Question: What is the objective of the Agency’s MOU with NSERC?
Response:
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) entered into a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) in October 2021. Through this mechanism, the Agency can provide funding to recipients of NSERC scholarships conducting research related to impact assessment.
The funding is supplemental. It is provided to existing NSERC award holders at the post-graduate and/or post-doctoral levels.
For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the first year of the partnership, the Agency provided supplemental funding for 15 projects for a total of $155,000 ($150,000 in grants transferred ($10,000 for each recipient) plus $5,000 in operating funds). The funds went to students at different universities across Canada, conducting research on a variety of different environmental topics of importance to impact assessment, such as impacts on marine mammals, protecting biodiversity, and remediation.
Background:
The Agency’s MOU with NSERC contributes to the implementation of the Agency’s Research Program. This program aims to support the new impact assessment system by providing research and evidence related to the field of impact assessment, forging partnerships (e.g., with institutions, organizations, governments, other federal departments, etc.), and disseminating knowledge, while also allowing NSERC to provide additional funding to successful applicants. The amount of funds transferred through this agreement is subject to the availability of Agency grant funding in a given fiscal year. The payments that NSERC made with this funding to the researchers (listed in the table to the right) will be in NSERC’s awards database and proactively disclosed on the Government of Canada website this summer. The Agency’s transfer of funds to NSERC “for research in the field of impact assessment” is published in the TBS Supplemental Estimates C publications.
Tenure institution |
Title |
|---|---|
Alberta |
Optimizing the coupling of persulfate oxidation and microbial degradation for the remediation of oil sands naphthenic acids |
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Quantification de l’utilisation des structures linéaires par les prédateurs du Caribou forestier. |
Laurentian |
Connectivity by design: protecting biodiversity in fragmented habitats |
Victoria |
Nearshore habitat use, estuarine residency, and conservation priorities for Pacific Salmon in the Salish Sea. |
Simon Fraser |
Sound Marine Management: Integrating Marine Bioacoustics into Habitat Protection, Spatial Planning, and Policy. |
British Columbia |
Linking Caribou population trends to nutritional landscapes following habitat alteration |
Carleton |
Measurement and Mitigation of Methane and Black Carbon Emissions in the Oil and Gas Sector |
Dalhousie |
Balancing ecological, social and economic outcomes in Nova Scotia’s lobster fisheries |
British Columbia |
Cumulative impacts of climate change and habitat alteration on migratory shorebirds |
Saskatchewan |
Geochemical implications of soil covers on oil sands sulfide tailings |
New Brunswick |
Validating the ability of autonomous, mobile, undersea gliders to detect North Atlantic right whale prey populations using a multi-frequency echosounder |
University College Dublin |
Exploring the role of native tundra legumes in restoring soil health and ecosystem functioning at degraded mining sites in Northern Canada |
McMaster |
Perturbations in ovarian function associated with exposure to petroleum-derived polycyclic aromatic compounds |
Dalhousie |
Whale Watching from the Stars: Surveying baleen whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence using VHR satellite imagery |
Ottawa |
Génétique du paysage et mouvement des tortues et poissons évoluant au sein de systèmes aquatiques anthropisés |
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