Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds

A new audit of Canada's national program to install charging stations for electric vehicles says it is too concentrated in a small number of provinces and has no data to show where the biggest gaps are.

The report was one of several that Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

DeMarco said the good news is that Canada appears on track to hit its goal of installing 33,500 charging ports by 2026. 

As of July, the Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program had approved and funded 33,887 charging ports. About 13 per cent of them were already operational, and the rest are supposed to be up and running by March 2026, said DeMarco.