How to Register Your Project

Do you need free expert advice to future-proof your infrastructure?

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.

Ready to get started?

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?

The CRIS is a low-barrier service designed to support smaller communities with lower staff capacity. To register for support, complete our online form which can take 10-20 minutes. If you'd like more information before registering, see below for a clear, step-by-step guide to completing your registration.

1. Verify Your Eligibility

If you're involved in a public infrastructure project—whether you're the project manager, sustainability coordinator, or even the mayor—you can register for free tailored support from the CRIS Roster of Climate and Infrastructure Experts through our online form. You are eligible to register if you meet these criteria:

You represent a smaller Canadian Community

Your community has a population of approximately 30,000 or less. This includes municipalities, local governments, an Indigenous Governing Body or authority, or unincorporated communities within a regional district.

You're planning a Public Infrastructure Project

To register for expert support, participants must specify a public infrastructure or housing project in an eligible asset class. To be eligible, your project must either have Council approval and/or be included in a multi-year capital plan.

You have used the Climate Insight Tool

Before registering for expert support from the CRIS, participants should use the Climate Insight tool (climateinsight.ca) to establish current or projected climate risks for their community.

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.

See the full list of questions

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.

Access Climate Insight

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.

Registration Form (English) Registration Form (French)

What to expect after you register

Approval

Registrants with eligible infrastructure projects are approved by the CRIS team and notified by email.

Intake

Project leads are invited to an intake meeting with the CRIS team to review the application and initial scope of work.

Match

We match you to an expert from our Roster. The scope of work is reviewed by the Expert, Local team, and the CRIS team.

Work Order

The approved scope of work is converted to a work order. The Expert and local government have a kickoff meeting to begin.

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.

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