Alberta Megaprojects That Are Going To Transform the Province

#Alberta #AlbertaMegaprojects #Canada Forget the story that Alberta’s boom is over. Forget the idea that the cranes are gone. Forget the people who say this province can’t build big anymore. The projects that will reshape Alberta are already on the map, and some of them are already rising out of the ground. Add up these 12 projects and you get well over 100 billion dollars. This is the Alberta that doesn’t exist yet. 🏗️ MEGAPROJECTS FEATURED (with price tag and current status) Scotia Place, Calgary — about 1.22 billion dollars, under construction, opening fall 2027 Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre redevelopment — 1.8 billion dollars, funded, with early work started Valley Line West light rail, Edmonton — about 2.7 billion dollars, under construction, 14 km and 16 stops, construction wraps in 2028 Yellowhead Pipeline — 2.9 billion dollars, under construction, 235 km, about 2,000 direct jobs Trans Mountain Mainline Optimization Project — about 3.97 billion dollars, proposed and under federal review, aiming for 1,190,000 barrels a day Greenlight Electricity Centre, Sturgeon County — about 4.6 billion dollars, approved and financed, 932 megawatts, power targeted for the second half of 2030 Horizon North Mine Expansion, Wood Buffalo — 4.5 to 5.5 billion dollars, proposed, about 90,000 barrels a day Green Line light rail Phase 1, Calgary — about 6.2 billion dollars, under construction Calgary to Edmonton high-speed rail / Prairie Link — Prairie Link’s plan is pegged at about 9 billion dollars, proposed, builder to be chosen by April 2027 Meta data centre, Sturgeon County — more than 13 billion dollars, under construction, about 3,000 construction workers at peak and 300+ permanent jobs TransPod hyperloop, Edmonton to Calgary — pegged at around 22.5 billion dollars, proposed and currently paused, about 45 minutes city to city Pacific Link (the West Coast Oil Pipeline) — 35.2 to 43.7 billion dollar preliminary estimate, proposed, 1 million barrels a day, earliest construction start September 1, 2027 📌 WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER Why Meta picked Alberta for its first Canadian data centre, and the gas plant being built to power it Which Calgary–Edmonton fast-travel plan is actually moving, and which one is on hold How a 2025–2026 deal between Ottawa and Alberta put a new west coast pipeline back on the table Which projects you can drive past today, and which are still lines on a map 📍 ALBERTA MEGAPROJECT QUICK FACTS The Trans Mountain Expansion cost 34 billion dollars and started moving oil on May 1, 2024, lifting capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels a day In December 2024, Alberta’s technology minister set a goal of 100 billion dollars in data centre infrastructure within five years Ottawa and Alberta signed an energy memorandum of understanding in November 2025 and finalized an implementation agreement in May 2026, tying pipeline support to the Pathways carbon capture project Pacific Link was announced as a project of national interest on October 1, 2026, in Fort McMurray 🚀 KEY TAKEAWAY These 12 projects don’t just show that Alberta is rich. They show a province that has stopped waiting for permission to plan big. Some are steel and concrete already. Others are still drawings and applications, and not all of them will make it. Together, they’re the next version of Alberta being built in plain sight. — 👉 Which of these 12 projects do you most want to see finished first? Drop a comment and let us know. 👉 Know someone who thinks Alberta’s best days are behind it? Send them this video. #Alberta #AlbertaMegaprojects #Canada