How to Register Your Project
The Climate Ready Infrastructure Service (CRIS) can connect your community with expert guidance for long term cost savings, resilience, and sustainability. This page will guide you through the simple steps to register for support.
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Indigenous Governing Bodies, First Nation, Inuit or Metis government or authorities, and local governments from across Canada with populations of under or around 30, 000 inhabitants are eligible for this service. If you represent a local government, you can register a public infrastructure project to receive free expert consulting services and a technical options report from a member of our expert roster.
Ready to register your project? Click the button below to fill out our simple, 20-minute submission form.
Want to learn more?
If you'd like more information before registering, see below for a clear, step-by-step guide to completing your registration.
Special Call for Projects: National Road Resilience Program
Do you have priority transportation routes with existing flooding or wildfire concerns, that may be disrupted during major climate events? If you do—now’s the time to plan for its future.
To support resilient infrastructure in Canada's smaller communities, the CRIS in partnership with NAMS Canada and the AIM Network is offering a specialized Call for Projects to provide local governments and First Nations with up to $20,000 of expert consulting support from a member of the CRIS roster to develop options to address climate change challenges for roads. Eligible participants must be Canadian local government or First Nation community and serving populations of 30,000 or fewer; and who own, operate, or manage the critical road and underlying service networks.
The NAMS/CRIS Resilient Roadways Cohort will assist local roads and public works departments to address climate change challenges that result in the following conditions:
- Chronic flooding, including bridge damages
- Roadway erosion due to storms, runoff, slopes and unstable soils
- Exposure to wildfire events
- Exposure to heave snowfall events
- Increasing road maintenance costs arising from increased temperatures, including permafrost melt
Examples of eligible infrastructure projects can include road expansion, reconstruction, or upgrades for roads, bridges and tunnels. To be eligible for CRIS support, projects must serve Canadian communities of under or around 30, 000 people, and be included in a multi-year capital plan, Council approved, or formally endorsed by a senior decision-making authority.
Through the project, your community will benefit from FREE personalized, one-on-one consulting to:
- Identify risks & road upgrade priorities
- Review resilient designs, materials and nature-based solutions
- Evaluate stormwater, water and sewer systems
- Align with grant funding opportunities
Each participating community can receive:
- Up to 60 hours of technical guidance
- Custom report & council presentation
- Options analysis, costing, and funding alignment
To request support for your infrastructure project, please complete our short 15-minute application form. This form allows you to submit your service request to CRIS and begin the process of receiving technical assistance for your project. For more information on how to register, check out our 3-step registration guide below.
3 Step Registration Guide
1. Verify Your Eligibility
2. Prepare Your Registration
Here’s a quick look at the basic information you'll need to fill out the online form. This will help us understand your project, your goals, and how we can best support your team.
- About You and Your Community: Your name, contact details, local government name, province/territory, and community population.
- About Your Team: Who’s involved, what departments are participating, your team size, and whether you’ve identified a climate expert or need help finding one.
- Your Project Overview: A description of the project, its current phase, approval status, estimated cost, funding, and how it fits into capital or strategic plans.
- Climate Lens: How the project addresses climate change, including climate hazards, emissions reduction strategies and any risk assessments completed (like using the Climate Insight tool from the Climate Toolkit).
- Timing & Readiness: When you need support, construction timelines, and what work has already been done.
3. Use the Climate Insight Tool
To strengthen your submission to the CRIS, use the Climate Insight Tool from ICLEI to discover how an expert can support your project.
Climate Insight is a free online platform that empowers communities across Canada with the data and information needed to build low-carbon, resilient housing and infrastructure. Climate Insight is designed to meet the needs of housing and infrastructure professionals, and is a key resource for communities feeling the impacts of aging infrastructure and increasing climate risk. With user feedback at the heart of the process, the platform’s functionality, features, and content is continuously being updated to better serve communities as they confront the growing challenges of climate change.
Register Now!
If you've reviewed the steps and prepared your information, you're all set! Click the link below to start your online registration—it’s simple, quick, and the first step toward getting expert support for your infrastructure project. You don't need to have everything finalized, but the more information you can share, the better we can match you with our Roster of Climate and Infrastructure Experts.
What to expect after you register
Still Have Questions?
Tune into our past virtual Information Session to get an overview of how the service works, hear first-hand from project participants, and watch a Q&A with our team.
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The CRIS is designed to support governments in building infrastructure that’s ready for a changing climate—but we know every project is unique. Our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section offers detailed information about how the CRIS service works, what kinds of support are available, and how to get started. Whether you're in early planning or ready to implement, you'll find answers to help you make the most of what the CRIS offers.
"The application process was seamless: it was very easy and very straightforward, and the CRIS team got back to me very quickly."
-Mohammed Awojobi
Corporate Climate Initiatives Coordinator | Climate and Energy – Public Works Department, County of Dufferin
"The results [of the CRIS project] provided clarity and prioritization for our Board and staff on how best to use our limited resources."
-Mark Boysen
Chief Administrative Officer, North Salt Spring Waterworks District
