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Canada’s Giant Mine is one of the most contaminated sites in the country and with an estimated cost of $4.38 billion it is projected to be one of the most expensive federal environmental cleanups in the country’s history. The Giant Mine does not stand alone as there are over 20,000 locations listed in the federal contaminated sites inventory which include dumps, mines, and military operations.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the four most expensive cleanups after Giant Mine are the Faro Mine in Yukon, the Port Hope Area Initiative in Ontario, Esquimalt Harbour in British Columbia and Yukon’s United Keno Hill Mine. These five sites have cost taxpayers over $2-billion and are expected to cost billions more in the coming years.