Families in Surrey will benefit from 295 new elementary school seats as part of the B.C. government’s initiative to speed up school expansion.

Students, staff and the surrounding community are one step closer to more on-campus supports at Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Burnaby as construction starts on a new student residence and will begin later this year on a new child care facility.  

Major infrastructure projects will be built faster in B.C. as the Province aims to speed up permitting and approvals through new legislation.

Children and youth with complex care needs throughout B.C are closer to having access to a dedicated BC Children’s Hospital facility, as construction is now underway.

Students and families will have more access to affordable child care spaces and a new centre to train early childhood educators (ECE) at Capilano University (CapU) in North Vancouver. 

More children can play and exercise at safer, more-inclusive school playgrounds throughout B.C., through Budget 2025 funding.  

People on the North Shore and in neighbouring communities will soon have enhanced access to health care services in the new, modern acute care tower at Lions Gate Hospital, opening March 9, 2025.

Prefabricated classrooms have opened in four schools over the past month, with more underway, adding more than 1,000 new student spaces in growing communities throughout B.C.

The new Ta’talu Elementary has created more than 500 student seats in Surrey.