KQ-04: By 31 October 2027, will a fund we track commit C$1bn or more to a new Canadian build, with or without a government term, and if not, what moves instead?

Our standing estimate

Five outcomes that together make 100%. Our estimate, scored when it resolves.

A build on private contracts only

27% · unlikely · confidence not registered

A qualifying build stake is announced, but none carries such a government term.

F-0152 · Open
A standstill

27% · unlikely · confidence not registered

None of these: no airport terms, no listing and no build stake.

F-0155 · Open
A build with a government term

16% · very unlikely · confidence not registered

A named fund agrees a new C$1bn-plus stake in a Canadian project not yet built, with a published or signed project-specific government term.

F-0151 · Open
Airport terms published, no build

16% · very unlikely · confidence not registered

Ottawa publishes concession terms for at least one of Pearson, Vancouver, Montreal-Trudeau or Calgary airports, and no build stake is announced.

F-0153 · Open
A fast-track listing only

14% · very unlikely · confidence not registered

A project is listed in Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act, the fast track, with no airport terms and no build stake.

F-0154 · Open

The situation when it was sealed (28 Sep 2026). Large investors pledged capital to Canada, but for 6 of 7 pledges the brief found no placement to 27 September 2026.

How it moved

Each point is a sealed register row. There is one sealed estimate for each outcome so far: a new point is added only when we register a new estimate, and the old one stays listed and scored.

The vertical line is 31 Oct 2026. Numbers match the outcomes above.

Every sealed estimate for this question: outcome number, register row, date sealed, estimate, status
No.	Row	Sealed	Estimate	Status
1	F-0152	28 Sep 2026	27%	Open
2	F-0155	28 Sep 2026	27%	Open
3	F-0151	28 Sep 2026	16%	Open
4	F-0153	28 Sep 2026	16%	Open
5	F-0154	28 Sep 2026	14%	Open

Reassessments

No reassessment yet.

Signposts

What the brief says would move the view, quoted from it.

Which public events to October 2027 would move the answer?
Twelve of the twenty signposts carry a date; four fall in October 2026, beginning with the Alberta pipeline's 1 October listing target. Read it in the brief

Why it matters, by category

Regulation and compliance

Projects with a published or signed government term went ahead 6 times in 15, against 12 in 58 without: a signal, not a guarantee.
Can Canada turn promised capital into built projects?
Not quickly. A fund we track taking a C$1bn-plus build stake by 31 October 2027: 43% (16% with a government term, 27% without), our estimate, scored when it resolves. Read it in the brief
How likely is a new build stake by October 2027?
The two futures with a new build stake by a fund we track, with or without a government term, come to 43% together, our estimate, scored when it resolves. Read it in the brief

Countries it touches

The countries our register links to these forecasts, most often linked first.

All 14 countries

How it resolves

The registered words that decide each forecast, quoted unchanged.

F-0151
“Resolves if, by 2027-10-31, a named allocator's new C$1bn+ equity commitment (agreed after 2026-09-27) to a to-be-built Canadian asset is announced with a published or signed project-specific government term”
F-0152
“Resolves if, by 2027-10-31, a named allocator's new C$1bn+ equity commitment (agreed after 2026-09-27) to a to-be-built Canadian asset is announced, and no qualifying commitment carries a published or signed project-specific government term”
F-0153
“Resolves if, by 2027-10-31, the Government of Canada publishes the concession length and charge regime for at least one of Pearson, Vancouver, Montreal-Trudeau or Calgary, and no qualifying named-allocator C$1bn+ build commitment is announced”
F-0154
“Resolves if, by 2027-10-31, a project is listed in Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act, no airport concession length and charge regime is published, and no qualifying named-allocator C$1bn+ build commitment is announced”
F-0155
“Resolves if, by 2027-10-31, no airport concession terms are published, Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act lists no project, and no qualifying named-allocator C$1bn+ build commitment is announced”

The seals: each statement’s SHA-256 fingerprint

F-0151 sealed 28 Sep 2026SHA-256 534afa104dfe86d824af5dee259628119ee31102e1b43be5e456ba288a8d9843
F-0152 sealed 28 Sep 2026SHA-256 28e02f5a7c69e165d59de43831304eae69e967fbf9426f9b0879ae8862dc1955
F-0153 sealed 28 Sep 2026SHA-256 f7ecab92235084e807131f8134388069deaf0610da2b790c1a064d428e1f1070
F-0154 sealed 28 Sep 2026SHA-256 a6af19ba57c3f1d516e69f829c0e406b25207a689fef5d1c0cdeed03d8bac4a7
F-0155 sealed 28 Sep 2026SHA-256 4b8bb3b1e5a172b01e507c0d09e3bf654afca62e633c34f31c9e9320c38fdd2d

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