The aim of this study is to outline the complex impacts of immigration on infrastructure, broadly divided into the transport, housing and healthcare sectors, in an attempt to understand how immigration creates new pressures on infrastructure and how these changes can be strategically incorporated into spatial and actor-based institutional aspects of infrastructure development and planning. Using a qualitative research approach, this study employs a descriptive methodology (a narrative review of publications on the drivers of infrastructure transformation based on migration patterns) and an analytical methodology (a critical literature review of empirical research, theoretical frameworks, and policy debates and developments). The review takes a synthetic approach to the different views of different interest groups and takes into account empirical evidence across infrastructure sectors. The analysis reviews basic assumptions, research methods, and implications of empirical findings for the evolution of policy response. The results of this study reveal the need to develop a strategic response to modernizing infrastructure in the areas of transportation networks, affordable housing, and access to health care. Similarly, creating immigrant-friendly spaces along with innovative approaches to infrastructure design requires urgent policy-making efforts to make every community more resilient to demographic change. In short, this research will provide strong evidence that policy can be guided and infrastructure planning in built environments can be transformed to ensure more inclusive, equitable and resilient communities.