WCCRP Economic Corridors
Trade and Movement
British Columbia’s southern and interior corridors underpin Canada’s trade, energy, and food security systems.
Increasing climate events; flooding, wildfires, and landslides are disrupting highways, railways, and pipeline infrastructure, threatening supply chains.
A coordinated regional approach is needed to strengthen transportation, energy, and agricultural resilience, protecting critical corridors and ensuring reliable movement of goods, resources, and food.
2021 showed the vulnerability of these critical corridors, stopping the movement of people, energy, and trade goods.
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Critical Minerals
Agricultural Areas
Roads & Highways
Railway Lines
TMX Pipeline
Enbridge Westcoast Pipeline
BC Hydro Electric Lines
2021 showed the vulnerability of these critical corridors, stopping the movement of people, energy, and trade goods.
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Transportation Infrastructure
British Columbia’s southern and interior transportation corridors are a critical lifeline for Canada’s economy and emergency response.
Intensifying floods, wildfires, and landslides are repeatedly severing highways and rail, isolating communities and disrupting supply chains. Without urgent, coordinated regional action, these failures will become more frequent, putting national trade, public safety, and economic stability at increasing risk.
Transportation infrastructure supports highways, bridges, & rail networks.
Resilience ensures reliable connectivity, safe travel, & uninterrupted movement of goods and people.
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Energy Security Corridors
British Columbia’s southern and interior energy corridors are critical to Canada’s fuel and power supply and international supply chains.
Intensifying floods, wildfires, and landslides threaten pipelines and transmission systems, increasing risks to public safety and the environment. Without urgent, coordinated regional action, failures could trigger cascading outages, disrupt global energy flows, and cripple essential services nationwide.
The corridor supports energy distribution through pipelines and infrastructure.
A climate resilient corridor ensures reliable supply, protecting communities and national energy security.
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Food Security
British Columbia’s southern and interior agricultural corridors underpin Canada’s food supply and export markets.
Severe flooding can drown livestock in large numbers, destroy crops, contaminate soils, and shut down transport routes, causing cascading supply chain failures. Without urgent, coordinated regional action, these events will intensify, threatening food security, farmer livelihoods, animal welfare, and economic stability across Canada and beyond.
The West Coast Corridor supports food security by connecting farms to markets.
A resilient system is key to ensuring reliable supply chains and agricultural production.