This dashboard separates money received by Alto from actual project construction spending. It also distinguishes physical construction progress from planning, consultation and design work. The bonus figure is a reported short-term incentive payment covering January 1 to July 16, 2025, not a cumulative total of every bonus ever paid. The construction status refers to physical railway infrastructure: construction has not begun, and no track has been laid. Contract findings refer to the disclosed contracts over $10,000 and include an independent categorization of those records.
Project Statistics
Alto reported paying this amount in short-term incentive bonuses to 134 employees. The payment covered January 1 to July 16, 2025.
As of June 1, 2026 View source →All 134 employees included in the disclosure received bonuses: 18 executives and 116 below-executive employees.
As of June 1, 2026 View source →The 18 executives shared approximately $1.23 million in bonuses, averaging roughly $68,000 each.
As of June 1, 2026 View source →The 116 employees below executive level shared approximately $1.53 million in bonuses, averaging roughly $13,000 each.
As of June 1, 2026 View source →Total government funding Alto reported receiving since its creation in November 2022. This is funding received by the corporation, not a verified measure of railway construction spending.
As of June 5, 2026 View source →The railway remains in the planning and development phase. Construction on the first Ottawa–Montréal segment is targeted to begin in 2029.
As of May 21, 2026 View source →No railway track has been laid for the proposed high-speed rail network. This measures physical construction, not planning or consultation progress.
As of June 5, 2026 View source →An independent review of the nearly 200 disclosed contracts over $10,000 identified no contracts for civil works, track, signalling or trains.
As of June 5, 2026 View source →The independent review identified one engineering consulting contract among the disclosed contracts over $10,000.
As of June 5, 2026 View source →Independent Parliamentary Budget Officer estimate for the baseline route, excluding a potential Kingston amendment. Published October 1, 2026.
As of October 1, 2026 View source →Alto's own preliminary working estimate. This is not a final project budget or construction contract value.
As of November 3, 2026 View source →Federal funding announced for project development and pre-construction. Alto describes the period as six years; Transport Canada describes the first five-year period.
As of June 17, 2026 View source →Alto's published figure for operating support over six years. Transport Canada separately cites $371.8 million in Budget 2024; the figures require reconciliation.
As of November 3, 2026 View source →More than 10,000 people participated in Alto's initial public consultation between January and April 2026.
As of April 30, 2026 View source →Meetings with 29 Indigenous communities along the study corridor between October 2025 and June 2026.
As of June 30, 2026 View source →