Pacific Link is a new oil pipeline project that proposes to connect Alberta’s abundant crude oil resources to Canada’s west coast. This will enable Canada to diversify oil exports and help to meet global energy needs, connect to fast-growing markets and set more competitive prices for Alberta oil.

Pacific Link will transport a quality of crude oil that meets the growing global demand for oil that is suitable for gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, petrochemical feedstock and other uses.

The Pacific Link pipeline is being advanced by the Government of Canada (through the Crown Corporation Trans Mountain Corporation), the Government of Alberta (through Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission) and Pembina Pipeline Corporation.

The proposed pipeline will connect Alberta oil to Canada’s west coast, helping the country meet global energy demand and ensuring Canada’s prosperity, sovereignty and security for future generations.

Canada currently sends most of its oil exports to a single market, and as a result, the oil trades at a discount. Reaching more customers in the Asia-Pacific region and other global markets would diversify Canada's oil exports, strengthen its trading relationships, further position Canada as a global energy superpower and help Canadians receive greater value for the country’s resources.

The proposed pipeline will run from central Alberta to the Roberts Bank area of Delta, British Columbia. Pacific Link will primarily follow Trans Mountain's existing pipeline corridor. Following an established corridor reduces disturbances to new areas and enables the proposed project to leverage existing infrastructure and experience.

Further technical work, regulatory review and engagement with Indigenous groups, landowners, municipalities and other stakeholders will inform the route selection.

Pacific Link will offer Indigenous peoples a minimum of 10 per cent ownership interest in the Project. How that opportunity will be structured and allocated will be developed through engagement with Indigenous groups.

The project expects to begin to engage with potentially affected local governments in fall 2026. Landowners, communities and other stakeholders will also have opportunities to ask questions, share local knowledge and raise concerns as planning moves forward.

Alberta’s government began engaging with Indigenous groups while it was preparing the proposal for the new oil pipeline. The Major Projects Office of the federal government continued engagement with Indigenous groups over the summer of 2026 to gather input on the project’s listing as a Project of National Interest.

Pacific Link will continue to engage with Indigenous groups throughout all phases of project development and execution through an open, transparent and respectful process. Engagement will respect Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, support informed, rights-based participation and seek to understand Indigenous interests, perspectives and priorities.

The project expects to create up to 140,000 direct and indirect jobs in upstream production and pipeline construction. Most of the employment opportunities will be concentrated in Alberta and British Columbia, with about 15 per cent of employment opportunities available for people in other parts of Canada. Pacific Link will create jobs both directly through project development, construction and operations and indirectly through the businesses and services supporting it.

Pacific Link intends to use qualified Alberta, British Columbia and Canadian businesses wherever possible. Potential opportunities could include construction, transportation, accommodation, equipment, environmental services and other local goods and services. The project will share contracting and procurement opportunities as they become available.

Pacific Link will primarily follow Trans Mountain’s existing pipeline corridor, which minimizes environmental impacts associated with new construction.

The project will also build on the significant marine spill prevention and response enhancements already established on B.C.’s south coast, which have significantly strengthened preparedness across the Salish Sea through faster response times and substantially greater on-water response capability.

Alberta’s government, the federal government and the Oil Sands Alliance signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding to advance the proposed Pathways Project, the world’s largest carbon capture and storage infrastructure project. The project will facilitate the development of the Pathways Project as it is directly connected with the development of the Pathways Project and is intended to support significant reductions in oil sands operations emissions. The 650-kilometre CO₂ pipeline network is estimated to transport millions of tonnes of compressed CO₂ from oil sands production sites to a storage facility in the Cold Lake region of Alberta. The three parties established a shared objective to achieve 16 million tonnes of net emissions reductions per year by 2045.

The project will update the website regularly as more information becomes available. 

If you have questions or comments about Pacific Link, please email info@pacificlinkpipeline.ca.