Rural Transit Solutions Fund: Capital Projects Stream │Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

To be eligible for the Rural Transit Solutions Fund, applicants must be a legal entity capable of entering into legally binding agreements, be in good standing with the Government of Canada, and fall into one of the following categories:

• A provincial or territorial government;
• A municipal or regional government created by or under provincial or territorial statute;
• A public sector body created by or under provincial or territorial statute or by regulation or is wholly-owned by a province, territory, municipal or regional government. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Municipally-owned corporations (e.g., autonomous organizations owned by municipalities that provide local public services);
  • Provincial or territorial organization delivering municipal services (e.g., public utilities, community health services, economic development agencies); and,
  • Any other form of local governance outside traditional municipalities (e.g., local service districts).
• A federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organization or charity;
• An Indigenous benefiting organization or recipient, including:
  • A band council as defined in section 2 of the Indian Act;
  • A First Nation, Inuit or Métis government or authority established pursuant to a Self-Government Agreement or a Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement with Canada, which has been ratified by federal legislation;
  • A First Nation, Inuit or Métis government created by federal, provincial, or territorial legislation that includes a governance structure.
• A federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to improve Indigenous outcomes; and,
• An Indigenous development corporation.