Indigenous Equity In Energy And Infrastructure Projects In Canada

As reported in our prior bulletin, "Four Trends in Indigenous Equity Participation in Canada", we have been monitoring reports of Indigenous equity participation in energy and related infrastructure projects to see how these investments and projects are evolving. We know that Indigenous equity investments in energy and related infrastructure projects are key towards advancing economic reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in whose treaty and traditional territories such projects are located. They are also key for managing project risk by helping to align the interests of the parties and facilitating Indigenous support and consent for a project.

Based upon our data compiled to date [1], we note that the most Indigenous equity investments in this sector are in hydroelectric (31%) and wind (30%) energy generation projects, followed by solar energy generation projects (19%) and energy transmission projects (8%), including electricity transmission lines and pipelines.