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Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund | Government of Ontario

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Description

The province will provide $400 million to 423 small, rural and northern communities across Ontario in 2025.Communities don’t need to apply for the funding but will need to provide planning and reporting documents to the government to receive the grants.

Under the formula-based component, eligible recipients:

  • receive annual allocation notices specifying OCIF funding for the calendar year
  • may accumulate annual formula-based grants for up to five years to address larger infrastructure projects
  • are guaranteed to receive a minimum of $100,000 per year

Eligible Applicants

  • Ontario municipalities:
    • small municipalities (municipalities with populations less than 100,000)
    • northern municipalities
    • rural municipalities
  • Local Services Boards (LSBs)
    • Local Services Boards that own water and/or wastewater systems are eligible to receive the minimum grant of $100,000 per year.

 

Eligible Expenses

Capital expenditures on core infrastructure projects (such as roads, bridges, water and wastewater, including sanitary and stormwater facilities) that are part of an asset management plan are eligible, including:

  • capital construction of new core infrastructure to be owned by the recipient that addresses an existing health or safety issue
  • capital maintenance for the renewal, rehabilitation and replacement of core infrastructure owned by the recipient (this may include municipally owned infrastructure assets that are owned by a municipality’s municipal services corporation)
  • debt-financing charges specifically associated with the capital construction and maintenance of core infrastructure

Deadline Date

Ongoing. Please click the link indicated below for update.

Contact

Contact Name: Ministry of Infrastructure

E-mail Address: ocif@ontario.ca

Website: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-community-infrastructure-fund

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