WCA News

Planning to hire youth in summer 2026? Canada Summer Jobs has funding to help you make it happen! The application period to receive Canada Summer Jobs funding to hire young workers will open November 4. From November 4 until December 11, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. PST, employers can apply for Canada Summer Jobs funding to hire young workers aged 15 to 30 next summer.

Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) has selected EllisDon as the Construction Manager to oversee enabling works construction for the newly named Fancsy Family Hospital Project, marking a major step forward in the transformation of health care in the region.

Phase one includes the construction of:

• An Administration Centre with an auditorium, simulation training centre, classrooms, and office space for support staff.
• A multi-level parking garage that will connect into the new facility and provide convenient, covered access to services in the new hospital, and
• Essential site infrastructure to support future phases of the hospital build.

https://wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=12394

The Truck Route Study was endorsed City Council on Monday, July 14, 2025. Implementation is expected in the third quarter of 2025.

Please see the attached high-res maps.
Included in addition to the 0-5 and 6-20 year map is the anticipated initial changes expected this fall 2025.

Maps can be found here

https://letstalk.citywindsor.ca/truck-route-study/news_feed/council-adoption

Attention WCA and HCA Members:
(This update is for members only. Architects and Engineers will be contacted separately.)
It’s time to review your digital roster listing for the next edition, launching January 2026.
What to do:
Step 1: Review Your Company Info
Log in at wca.on.ca/member/login to check and update your company’s address, phone, fax, and email.
Need login help? Click "Retrieve My Login Information."
Step 2: Submit Ads & Classifieds
Visit wca.on.ca/wca-form to order display ads, classified listings, and logos to boost your company’s profile.
Follow the form’s instructions. Need help? Contact Christine.
Important:
If we don’t hear from you by December 31, 2025, your current listing, ads, and charges will remain unchanged for 2026.
(This process does not apply to Issuing Authorities or non-member industry representatives.)

A Certificate of Substantial Performance (CSP) serves as notice that a construction project is almost complete, and once published in accordance with the Construction Act, acts to cut off a significant portion of lien rights.

We have received an updated list of utility contacts.

Click here for Schedule 3 containing the updated 2025 Building permit fees. These new fees were approved by City Council and went into effect on March 1, 2025.

Exciting news for our members! Free to members! 
You now have the option to showcase that you produce and/or supply Canadian-made products in our online roster. This feature will make your business searchable under the "Canadian" filter, making it easier for customers to find Canadian made products. 
If you’re proud to support Canadian manufacturing and craftsmanship, this is your chance to highlight it and attract more customers looking for homegrown goods.

 Email to [email protected] to have this added to your company profile

Understanding the Tariff Impact on Windsor’s Construction Industry

The WCA has received, from the City of Windsor, links to two apps:

MappMyCity
Learn about Windsor from underground up! We have apps that display our sewer system, roads, sidewalks, addresses, buildings, parks, trails, bike lanes and routes, waterways, schools, government offices, parking lots, playgrounds, public washrooms in parks, and much, much more.

The new MappMyCity application has combined the old applications into one new and fluid experience. In the new MappMyCity, you will find the old:

• MyCity
• MySchoolNeighbourhood
• MySewer
• MyParks
• MyBikesAndTrails
• MyDetour

We’ve also mapped things you can’t feel or see, like ward boundaries; street centreline with information about roads, speed limits, direction and more; districts of many types; property descriptions and info; services, size and distance for a number of features; and aerial photos over the years since 2000.

Visit us often! As needs expand, so will the new easy-to-use MappMyCity app.
You can find this here

City of Windsor Open Data Catalogue
Citizens are encouraged to use or repurpose the City of Windsor's open data for research purposes or to improve their interaction with municipal services and facilities. Members of the community can use the raw data provided here to create and share resources from maps to applications and more.
You can find this here.

The "GREEN BOOK" is available for Direct Print or Download from the Government website. 

Click here to get it. 

Payment delays and disputes can cost your business a LOT of time and money. That’s why Ontario has added Prompt Payment and Adjudication to the Construction Act.

For construction, the law now requires payors to pay invoices according to fixed timelines. If your payor does not make payment when it is due, you can choose to use adjudication to enforce your right to payment. It’s a fast and inexpensive way to resolve construction payment disputes.

Prompt Payment and Adjudication rules took effect on Oct. 1, 2019 and apply to all construction projects, with few exceptions.

You can find fact sheets on Prompt Payment and Adjudication here

https://mailchi.mp/wca/important-information-for-link2build-plansroom-members

Government improving access to care for local patients and families

The Windsor Construction Association Board of Directors is pleased to offer to the members of the WCA and HCA a new valuable, member feature. 
We know many of you are looking to hire new staff, from in house employees such as estimators, project managers, or office staff, to shop workers, warehousemen, drivers, to tradesmen of all kinds  and we are aware of the challenges you are facing to find the right new hire.

This guide helps you understand and adapt to Ontario's new Construction Act, which came into full effect October 1st.