First of two annual funding transfers now available for 190 communities across the province
VICTORIA, Aug. 10, 2018 /CNW/ - Investing in modern efficient public infrastructure is key to promoting economic growth, strengthening the middle class and developing healthy sustainable communities.
The Government of Canada has delivered the first of two $139.3-million annual instalments of the federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) to British Columbia. In total, the province will be provided with over $278.6 million this year through the fund.
The GTF is a long-term, indexed source of funding that supports local infrastructure projects across the province annually. This year funding is going towards projects as diverse as Chilliwack's new curling rink; a new solar energy system for Richmond's fire hall; and a new Westshore water reservoir in Central Okanagan Regional District.
Recreation, community energy and water systems are only three of the 18 project categories eligible for funding under the program. This wide range demonstrates the flexibility of the GTF in allowing communities to direct their allocations to their most pressing local needs.
Quotes
"Local governments know best what their communities need and the Government of Canada is proud to deliver stable, long-term funding they count on to develop and maintain their public infrastructure. By investing in our communities, the Government of Canada is promoting economic growth and environmental sustainability, strengthening the middle class and helping ensure all Canadians have access to the opportunities they need to succeed."
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
"Funding from the federal Gas Tax Fund will help make communities across British Columbia even better places to live with investments in modern, up-to-date community infrastructure. Our government recognizes the importance of working with all levels of government to make key projects possible that create good jobs and support a strong, sustainable economy."
The Honourable Selina Robinson, B.C. Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
"The federal Gas Tax Fund continues to provide valuable long-term stable and predictable funding to all local governments in British Columbia for critical investments in local and regional infrastructure and capacity building priorities. This program is a difference-maker BC communities and demonstrates the Government of Canada's commitment to the renewal, upgrading and expansion of local infrastructure."
Wendy Booth, President of the Union of B.C. Municipalities
Quick Facts
- Communities can invest across 18 different project categories. They can also use the funds immediately for priority projects, bank them for later use, pool the dollars with other communities for shared infrastructure projects or use them to finance major infrastructure expenditures.
- Through its Investing in Canada plan, the Government of Canada will invest more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada's rural and northern communities.
Related product
2018‒2019 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations in British Columbia by community: https://www.canada.ca/en/office-infrastructure/news/2018/08/british-columbias-201819-federal-gas-tax-fund-allocations.html
Backgrounder
British Columbia's 2018‒19 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations
The Government of Canada has delivered the first of two annual $139.3-million federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) instalments to British Columbia. The funding will flow through the Union of British Columbia Municipalities to the following 190 communities on a per capita basis. A portion of this annual allocation is awarded on an application basis to support strategic priorities across the province. In total, the GTF will provide over $278.6 million this year for local infrastructure projects.
2018‒19 GTF allocations per community1
| Ultimate Recipient |
Allocation 2018-19 |
| 100 Mile House |
$138,460 |
| Abbotsford |
$5,953,816 |
| Alberni-Clayoquot |
$488,810 |
| Alert Bay |
$74,788 |
| Anmore |
$61,694 |
| Armstrong |
$267,880 |
| Ashcroft |
$127,060 |
| Barriere |
$133,467 |
| Belcarra |
$57,147 |
| Bowen Island |
$65,808 |
| Bulkley-Nechako |
$922,804 |
| Burnaby |
$756,066 |
| Burns Lake |
$144,778 |
| Cache Creek |
$101,078 |
| Campbell River |
$1,433,108 |
| Canal Flats |
$86,718 |
| Capital |
$1,148,064 |
| Cariboo |
$1,797,023 |
| Castlegar |
$400,482 |
| Central Coast |
$196,785 |
| Central Kootenay |
$1,396,610 |
| Central Okanagan |
$705,851 |
| Central Saanich |
$759,272 |
| Chase |
$165,369 |
| Chetwynd |
$171,555 |
| Chilliwack |
$3,498,801 |
| Clearwater |
$158,122 |
| Clinton |
$83,227 |
| Coldstream |
$510,859 |
| Columbia Shuswap |
$928,549 |
| Colwood |
$766,209 |
| Comox Valley |
$1,045,509 |
| Comox |
$657,247 |
| Coquitlam |
$452,218 |
| Courtenay |
$1,119,962 |
| Cowichan Valley |
$1,632,475 |
| Cranbrook |
$908,753 |
| Creston |
$289,576 |
| Cumberland |
$205,269 |
| Dawson Creek |
$566,931 |
| Delta |
$368,711 |
| Duncan |
$273,050 |
| East Kootenay |
$745,707 |
| Elkford |
$166,606 |
| Enderby |
$184,678 |
| Esquimalt |
$771,335 |
| Fernie |
$251,664 |
| Fort St. James |
$129,843 |
| Fort St. John |
$877,381 |
| Fraser Lake |
$106,690 |
| Fraser Valley |
$790,070 |
| Fraser-Fort George |
$708,723 |
| Fruitvale |
$144,204 |
| Gibsons |
$251,178 |
| Gold River |
$111,109 |
| Golden |
$218,657 |
| Grand Forks |
$231,206 |
| Granisle |
$68,513 |
| Greater Vancouver Regional District (Translink) |
$131,749,184 |
| Greater Vancouver Regional District (Unincorporated Areas) |
$121,474 |
| Greenwood |
$86,409 |
| Harrison Hot Springs |
$119,990 |
| Hazelton |
$67,055 |
| Highlands |
$148,799 |
| Hope |
$318,871 |
| Houston |
$194,178 |
| Hudson's Hope |
$97,985 |
| Invermere |
$185,694 |
| Jumbo |
$55,125 |
| Kamloops |
$3,840,888 |
| Kaslo |
$100,460 |
| Kelowna |
$5,238,666 |
| Kent |
$305,394 |
| Keremeos |
$113,892 |
| Kimberley |
$349,050 |
| Kitimat |
$423,415 |
| Kitimat-Stikine |
$766,961 |
| Kootenay Boundary |
$487,617 |
| Ladysmith |
$405,122 |
| Lake Country |
$572,454 |
| Lake Cowichan |
$186,534 |
| Langford |
$1,346,592 |
| Langley (City) |
$133,883 |
| Langley (Township) |
$382,258 |
| Lantzville |
$214,239 |
| Lillooet |
$157,725 |
| Lions Bay |
$59,264 |
| Logan Lake |
$146,722 |
| Lumby |
$131,611 |
| Lytton |
$65,199 |
| Mackenzie |
$210,085 |
| Maple Ridge |
$293,941 |
| Masset |
$94,185 |
| McBride |
$81,018 |
| Merritt |
$369,420 |
| Metchosin |
$267,350 |
| Midway |
$84,906 |
| Mission |
$1,664,642 |
| Montrose |
$100,637 |
| Mount Waddington |
$220,513 |
| Nakusp |
$124,453 |
| Nanaimo (City) |
$3,758,349 |
| Nanaimo (Regional District) |
$1,756,240 |
| Nelson |
$507,147 |
| New Denver |
$77,395 |
| New Hazelton |
$84,553 |
| New Westminster |
$262,301 |
| North Cowichan |
$1,327,989 |
| North Okanagan |
$861,077 |
| North Saanich |
$545,103 |
| North Vancouver (City) |
$206,468 |
| North Vancouver (District) |
$320,193 |
| Northern Rockies |
$301,594 |
| Oak Bay |
$851,135 |
| Okanagan-Similkameen |
$1,065,304 |
| Oliver |
$268,278 |
| Osoyoos |
$269,206 |
| Parksville |
$584,340 |
| Peace River |
$1,003,532 |
| Peachland |
$284,892 |
| Pemberton |
$159,802 |
| Penticton |
$1,507,826 |
| Pitt Meadows |
$110,819 |
| Port Alberni |
$839,116 |
| Port Alice |
$90,695 |
| Port Clements |
$71,827 |
| Port Coquitlam |
$232,048 |
| Port Edward |
$79,162 |
| Port Hardy |
$232,222 |
| Port McNeill |
$165,811 |
| Port Moody |
$158,672 |
| Pouce Coupe |
$87,734 |
| Powell River (City) |
$636,833 |
| Powell River (Regional District) |
$352,010 |
| Prince George |
$3,235,364 |
| Prince Rupert |
$607,803 |
| Princeton |
$175,488 |
| Qualicum Beach |
$438,968 |
| Queen Charlotte |
$96,837 |
| Quesnel |
$497,294 |
| Radium Hot Springs |
$89,457 |
| Revelstoke |
$370,568 |
| Richmond |
$653,242 |
| Rossland |
$212,250 |
| Saanich |
$4,904,621 |
| Salmo |
$105,453 |
| Salmon Arm |
$826,788 |
| Sayward |
$69,132 |
| Sechelt Indian Government District |
$91,313 |
| Sechelt |
$465,657 |
| Sicamous |
$162,983 |
| Sidney |
$549,035 |
| Silverton |
$63,741 |
| Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
$210,925 |
| Slocan |
$68,204 |
| Smithers |
$293,906 |
| Sooke |
$560,391 |
| Spallumcheen |
$278,485 |
| Sparwood |
$217,155 |
| Squamish |
$813,267 |
| Squamish-Lillooet |
$342,245 |
| Stewart |
$76,953 |
| Strathcona |
$498,796 |
| Summerland |
$553,542 |
| Sun Peaks |
$71,518 |
| Sunshine Coast |
$677,882 |
| Surrey |
$1,525,511 |
| Tahsis |
$69,088 |
| Taylor |
$115,792 |
| Telkwa |
$114,776 |
| Terrace |
$562,645 |
| Thompson-Nicola |
$1,076,130 |
| Tofino |
$138,018 |
| Trail |
$394,517 |
| Tumbler Ridge |
$174,869 |
| Ucluelet |
$127,016 |
| Valemount |
$100,195 |
| Vancouver |
$1,950,221 |
| Vanderhoof |
$253,078 |
| Vernon |
$1,740,819 |
| Victoria |
$3,590,752 |
| View Royal |
$469,633 |
| Warfield |
$130,241 |
| Wells |
$65,951 |
| West Kelowna |
$1,420,117 |
| West Vancouver |
$189,191 |
| Whistler |
$489,208 |
| White Rock |
$115,853 |
| Williams Lake |
$533,747 |
| Zeballos |
$60,648 |
| 1 Amounts exclude administrative costs. |
For more information on the federal Gas Tax Fund, please visit:
http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html
Associated links
Investing in Canada, Canada's long-term infrastructure plan: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/icp-publication-pic-eng.html
Federal infrastructure investments in British Columbia: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/map-carte/bc-eng.html
The federal Gas Tax Fund: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html
The federal Gas Tax Fund in British Columbia: http://www.ubcm.ca/EN/main/funding/renewed-gas-tax-agreement/community-works-fund.html
Twitter: @INFC_eng
Web: Infrastructure Canada
SOURCE Infrastructure Canada
Kate Monfette, Director of Communications, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 613-301-0894, [email protected]; Kate Mukasa, Media Relations, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 250-952-0617, [email protected]; Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251,Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, [email protected]
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