First of two annual funding transfers now available for more than 350 communities across the province
EDMONTON, 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 $114.7-million annual instalments of the federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) to Alberta. In total, the province will be provided with over $229.5 million this year through the fund.
The GTF is a long-term, indexed source of funding that supports local infrastructure projects across the province each year. In the Town of Canmore, GTF funds are supporting new connections for pedestrians and cyclists through expansion of the active transportation route along Legacy Trail in the direction of downtown Banff and Lake Louise. In Lac La Biche, residents will enjoy 15 kilometres of newly paved road that will lead to smoother, safer travel. In Paradise Valley, funding will be used to replace fire hydrants along several key streets to ensure reliable access to the Village's emergency water supply for years to come.
Recreation, roads 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 that 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
"Our government is committed to working with all levels of government to support the local projects that keep Alberta's communities strong and vibrant. From clean water, to safe roads, and beautiful parks where you can go to unwind and stay active, we are dedicated to investing in what matters to Albertans."
The Honourable Shaye Anderson, Minister of Alberta Municipal Affairs
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 Alberta by community: https://www.canada.ca/en/office-infrastructure/news/2018/08/albertas-201819-federal-gas-tax-fund-allocations.html
Backgrounder
Alberta's 2018‒19 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations
The Government of Canada has delivered the first of two annual $114.7-million federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) instalments to Alberta. The funding will flow through the provincial government to the following 351 communities. In total, the GTF will provide over $229.5 million this year for local infrastructure projects.
2018‒19 GTF allocations per community1
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1 Amounts exclude administrative costs.
| Ultimate Recipient |
Federal Funding |
| Acadia No. 34 |
$50,000 |
| Acme |
$50,000 |
| Airdrie |
$3,580,713 |
| Alberta Beach |
$56,147 |
| Alix |
$50,000 |
| Alliance |
$50,000 |
| Amisk |
$50,000 |
| Andrew |
$50,000 |
| Argentia Beach |
$6,489 |
| Arrowwood |
$50,000 |
| Athabasca County (Municipal District) |
$434,007 |
| Athabasca |
$163,532 |
| Banff (no.9) (Improvement District) |
$56,698 |
| Banff |
$489,492 |
| Barnwell |
$52,231 |
| Barons |
$50,000 |
| Barrhead No. 11 (Municipal District) |
$346,809 |
| Barrhead |
$252,551 |
| Bashaw |
$50,000 |
| Bassano |
$66,516 |
| Bawlf |
$50,000 |
| Beaumont |
$1,010,423 |
| Beaver County |
$325,685 |
| Beaverlodge |
$135,955 |
| Beiseker |
$50,000 |
| Bentley |
$59,456 |
| Berwyn |
$50,000 |
| Betula Beach |
$5,882 |
| Big Lakes |
$226,297 |
| Big Valley |
$50,000 |
| Bighorn No. 8 |
$73,576 |
| Birch Cove |
$7,482 |
| Birch Hills County |
$85,654 |
| Birchcliff |
$11,453 |
| Bittern Lake |
$50,000 |
| Black Diamond |
$148,916 |
| Blackfalds |
$546,908 |
| Bon Accord |
$84,331 |
| Bondiss |
$11,067 |
| Bonnyville Beach |
$9,633 |
| Bonnyville No. 87 (Municipal District) |
$643,152 |
| Bonnyville |
$354,200 |
| Bow Island |
$112,680 |
| Bowden |
$68,391 |
| Boyle |
$50,000 |
| Brazeau County |
$428,602 |
| Breton |
$50,000 |
| Brooks |
$797,032 |
| Bruderheim |
$72,142 |
| Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement |
$50,000 |
| Burnstick Lake |
$5,827 |
| Calgary |
$68,740,572 |
| Calmar |
$122,883 |
| Camrose County (Municipal District) |
$466,493 |
| Camrose |
$1,033,698 |
| Canmore |
$771,716 |
| Carbon |
$50,000 |
| Cardston County (Municipal District) |
$247,145 |
| Cardston |
$197,727 |
| Carmangay |
$50,000 |
| Caroline |
$50,000 |
| Carstairs |
$224,863 |
| Castle Island |
$5,552 |
| Castor |
$51,238 |
| Cereal |
$50,000 |
| Champion |
$50,000 |
| Chauvin |
$50,000 |
| Chestermere |
$1,121,338 |
| Chipman |
$50,000 |
| Claresholm |
$208,482 |
| Clear Hills County |
$166,731 |
| Clearwater County |
$658,926 |
| Clive |
$50,000 |
| Clyde |
$50,000 |
| Coaldale |
$453,091 |
| Coalhurst |
$147,151 |
| Cochrane |
$1,451,655 |
| Cold Lake |
$825,160 |
| Consort |
$50,000 |
| Coronation |
$51,845 |
| Coutts |
$50,000 |
| Cowley |
$50,000 |
| Cremona |
$50,000 |
| Crossfield |
$168,496 |
| Crowsnest Pass |
$391,795 |
| Crystal Springs |
$7,813 |
| Cypress County |
$422,591 |
| Czar |
$50,000 |
| Daysland |
$50,000 |
| Delburne |
$50,000 |
| Delia |
$50,000 |
| Devon |
$362,804 |
| Dewberry |
$50,000 |
| Didsbury |
$290,552 |
| Donalda |
$50,000 |
| Donnelly |
$50,000 |
| Drayton Valley |
$399,040 |
| Drumheller |
$440,240 |
| Duchess |
$59,842 |
| East Prairie Metis Settlement |
$50,000 |
| Eckville |
$62,048 |
| Edberg |
$50,000 |
| Edgerton |
$50,000 |
| Edmonton |
$51,433,718 |
| Edson |
$464,066 |
| Elizabeth Metis Settlement |
$50,000 |
| Elk Island (no.13) |
$50,000 |
| Elk Point |
$80,084 |
| Elnora |
$50,000 |
| Empress |
$50,000 |
| Fairview No. 136, (Municipal District) |
$88,467 |
| Fairview |
$165,352 |
| Falher |
$57,746 |
| Ferintosh |
$50,000 |
| Fishing Lake Metis Settlement |
$50,000 |
| Flagstaff County |
$286,244 |
| Foothills No. 31 |
$1,255,638 |
| Foremost |
$50,000 |
| Forestburg |
$50,000 |
| Fort Macleod |
$163,642 |
| Fort Saskatchewan |
$1,408,249 |
| Forty Mile No. 8 |
$197,507 |
| Fox Creek |
$108,709 |
| Gadsby |
$50,000 |
| Ghost Lake |
$9,523 |
| Gibbons |
$174,232 |
| Gift Lake Metis Settlement |
$50,000 |
| Girouxville |
$50,000 |
| Glendon |
$50,000 |
| Glenwood |
$50,000 |
| Golden Days |
$13,825 |
| Grande Cache |
$196,955 |
| Grande Prairie No. 1 (Municipal District) |
$1,230,101 |
| Grande Prairie |
$3,483,863 |
| Grandview |
$11,288 |
| Granum |
$50,000 |
| Greenview No. 16 |
$307,925 |
| Grimshaw |
$149,909 |
| Gull Lake |
$14,707 |
| Half Moon Bay |
$7,316 |
| Halkirk |
$50,000 |
| Hanna |
$141,139 |
| Hardisty |
$50,000 |
| Hay Lakes |
$50,000 |
| Heisler |
$50,000 |
| High Level |
$220,175 |
| High Prairie |
$141,415 |
| High River |
$749,213 |
| Hill Spring |
$50,000 |
| Hines Creek |
$50,000 |
| Hinton |
$545,033 |
| Holden |
$50,000 |
| Horseshoe Bay |
$9,026 |
| Hughenden |
$50,000 |
| Hussar |
$50,000 |
| Hythe |
$50,000 |
| Innisfail |
$432,794 |
| Innisfree |
$50,000 |
| Irma |
$50,000 |
| Irricana |
$67,067 |
| Island Lake South |
$8,364 |
| Island Lake |
$17,575 |
| Itaska Beach |
$6,269 |
| Jarvis Bay |
$16,748 |
| Jasper National Park (no.12) (Improvement District) |
$50,000 |
| Jasper |
$253,157 |
| Kananaskis (Improvement District) |
$50,000 |
| Kapasiwin |
$5,552 |
| Kikino Metis Settlement |
$51,514 |
| Killam |
$54,547 |
| Kitscoty |
$53,830 |
| Kneehill County |
$275,826 |
| Lac La Biche County |
$525,674 |
| Lac Ste. Anne County |
$601,124 |
| Lacombe County |
$570,459 |
| Lacombe |
$720,147 |
| Lakeview |
$6,655 |
| Lamont County (Municipal District) |
$215,046 |
| Lamont |
$97,843 |
| Larkspur |
$7,427 |
| Leduc County |
$760,023 |
| Leduc |
$1,716,947 |
| Legal |
$74,182 |
| Lesser Slave River No. 124 |
$154,597 |
| Lethbridge (Municipal District) |
$571,010 |
| Lethbridge |
$5,416,020 |
| Linden |
$50,000 |
| Lloydminster |
$1,083,502 |
| Lomond |
$50,000 |
| Longview |
$50,000 |
| Lougheed |
$50,000 |
| Mackenzie County |
$616,126 |
| Magrath |
$134,300 |
| Ma-Me-O Beach |
$11,067 |
| Manning |
$65,247 |
| Mannville |
$50,000 |
| Marwayne |
$50,000 |
| Mayerthorpe |
$72,803 |
| McLennan |
$50,000 |
| Medicine Hat |
$3,489,047 |
| Mewatha Beach |
$9,964 |
| Milk River |
$50,000 |
| Millet |
$107,275 |
| Milo |
$50,000 |
| Minburn No. 27 |
$220,374 |
| Morinville |
$545,639 |
| Morrin |
$50,000 |
| Mountain View County |
$721,084 |
| Mundare |
$50,000 |
| Munson |
$50,000 |
| Myrnam |
$50,000 |
| Nakamun Park |
$10,295 |
| Nampa |
$50,000 |
| Nanton |
$120,291 |
| Newell No. 4 |
$444,515 |
| No. 349 (Improvement District) |
$50,000 |
| Nobleford |
$70,487 |
| Norglenwold |
$20,057 |
| Norris Beach |
$7,096 |
| Northern Lights |
$201,643 |
| Northern Sunrise County |
$104,296 |
| Okotoks |
$1,592,905 |
| Olds |
$506,535 |
| Onoway |
$56,754 |
| Opportunity No. 17 |
$175,445 |
| Oyen |
$56,367 |
| Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement |
$50,000 |
| Paintearth No. 18 |
$115,934 |
| Paradise Valley |
$50,000 |
| Parkland Beach |
$13,439 |
| Parkland County |
$1,770,281 |
| Peace No. 135 (Municipal District) |
$96,354 |
| Peace River |
$377,364 |
| Peavine Metis Settlement |
$50,000 |
| Pelican Narrows |
$13,328 |
| Penhold |
$180,740 |
| Picture Butte |
$99,829 |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 (Municipal District) |
$163,532 |
| Pincher Creek |
$200,871 |
| Point Alison |
$5,552 |
| Ponoka County (Municipal District) |
$540,841 |
| Ponoka |
$398,709 |
| Poplar Bay |
$10,681 |
| Provost No. 52 (Municipal District) |
$121,615 |
| Provost |
$110,198 |
| Rainbow Lake |
$50,000 |
| Ranchland No. 66 |
$50,000 |
| Raymond |
$222,657 |
| Red Deer County (Municipal District) |
$1,077,766 |
| Red Deer |
$5,538,463 |
| Redcliff |
$308,863 |
| Redwater |
$113,231 |
| Redwood Meadows |
$59,566 |
| Rimbey |
$141,581 |
| Rochon Sands |
$9,743 |
| Rocky Mountain House |
$365,947 |
| Rocky View County |
$2,173,457 |
| Rockyford |
$50,000 |
| Rosalind |
$50,000 |
| Rosemary |
$50,000 |
| Ross Haven |
$13,825 |
| Rycroft |
$50,000 |
| Ryley |
$50,000 |
| Saddle Hills County |
$122,718 |
| Sandy Beach |
$20,333 |
| Seba Beach |
$14,321 |
| Sedgewick |
$50,000 |
| Sexsmith |
$144,504 |
| Silver Beach |
$8,585 |
| Silver Sands |
$13,825 |
| Slave Lake |
$366,830 |
| Smoky Lake County (Municipal District) |
$135,734 |
| Smoky Lake |
$53,169 |
| Smoky River No. 130 |
$111,577 |
| South Baptiste |
$8,640 |
| South View |
$8,695 |
| Special Areas Board |
$230,765 |
| Spirit River No. 133 (Municipal District) |
$50,000 |
| Spirit River |
$54,878 |
| Spring Lake |
$50,000 |
| Spruce Grove |
$1,923,829 |
| St. Albert |
$3,617,501 |
| St. Paul No. 19 (Municipal District) |
$356,737 |
| St. Paul |
$328,884 |
| Standard |
$50,000 |
| Starland County |
$113,948 |
| Stavely |
$50,000 |
| Stettler No. 6 (Municipal District) |
$343,530 |
| Stettler |
$328,277 |
| Stirling |
$69,991 |
| Stony Plain |
$948,043 |
| Strathcona County |
$5,407,527 |
| Strathmore |
$758,700 |
| Sturgeon County |
$1,130,383 |
| Sunbreaker Cove |
$9,467 |
| Sundance Beach |
$9,026 |
| Sundre |
$150,515 |
| Sunrise Beach |
$12,446 |
| Sunset Beach |
$7,703 |
| Sunset Point |
$14,321 |
| Swan Hills |
$71,755 |
| Sylvan Lake |
$817,163 |
| Taber (Municipal District) |
$395,620 |
| Taber |
$464,839 |
| Thorhild No. 7 |
$179,471 |
| Thorsby |
$55,981 |
| Three Hills |
$177,155 |
| Tofield |
$114,776 |
| Trochu |
$58,353 |
| Turner Valley |
$141,139 |
| Two Hills No. 21 (Municipal District) |
$233,222 |
| Two Hills |
$79,587 |
| Val Quentin |
$18,899 |
| Valleyview |
$102,752 |
| Vauxhall |
$67,398 |
| Vegreville |
$314,819 |
| Vermilion River |
$455,959 |
| Vermilion |
$228,889 |
| Veteran |
$50,000 |
| Viking |
$59,732 |
| Vilna |
$50,000 |
| Vulcan (Municipal District) |
$219,734 |
| Vulcan |
$105,730 |
| Wabamun |
$50,000 |
| Wainwright No. 61 (Municipal District) |
$247,035 |
| Wainwright |
$345,816 |
| Waiparous |
$7,703 |
| Warburg |
$50,000 |
| Warner No. 5 (Municipal District) |
$212,178 |
| Warner |
$50,000 |
| Waskatenau |
$50,000 |
| Waterton (no.4) |
$50,000 |
| Wembley |
$83,614 |
| West Baptiste |
$7,096 |
| West Cove |
$13,218 |
| Westlock (Municipal District) |
$398,212 |
| Westlock |
$281,341 |
| Wetaskiwin No. 10 (Municipal District) |
$616,678 |
| Wetaskiwin |
$697,975 |
| Wheatland County |
$484,694 |
| Whispering Hills |
$12,832 |
| White Sands |
$11,618 |
| Whitecourt |
$562,792 |
| Willow Creek No. 26 |
$285,643 |
| Wilmore Wilderness (no.25) |
$50,000 |
| Wood Buffalo (no.24) (Improvement District) |
$50,000 |
| Wood Buffalo (Regional Municipality) |
$6,324,684 |
| Woodlands County |
$262,203 |
| Yellowhead County |
$606,419 |
| Yellowstone |
$12,556 |
| Youngstown |
$50,000 |
For more information on the federal Gas Tax Fund, please visit: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html
For more information on the federal Gas Tax Fund in Alberta, please visit:
http://municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/gtf-funding-allocations-eligibility
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 Alberta: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/map-carte/ab-eng.html
The federal Gas Tax Fund: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html
The federal Gas Tax Fund in Alberta: http://municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/gtf-funding-allocations-eligibility
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]; Leanne Stroh, Assistant Communications Director, Alberta Municipal Affairs, 780-644-5687, [email protected]; Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, [email protected]
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