Supporting communities across Manitoba

WINNIPEG, MB, June 11, 2020 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is taking decisive action to support communities and stabilize the economy across Canada, while first and foremost ensuring that the health and safety of all Canadians are protected during this COVID-19 pandemic.  

Today, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna announced that Manitoba has received $72.5 million through the federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) for the 2020–21 fiscal year to fund its most pressing infrastructure needs.

The GTF provides communities with stable and flexible funding for their infrastructure priorities across a wide range of categories. Recent projects that have benefited from the GTF in Manitoba include an extended taxiway at the Lac Du Bonnet Regional Airport to accommodate additional airplane hangars and improve safety around the runway. The Rural Municipality of Tache invested its GTF allocation in expanding the wastewater system to support a new subdivision and increase capacity for future residents. In the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne, the GTF supported electrical and amenity upgrades to the Cottonwood Campground to accommodate a wider variety of campers.

By enabling communities to plan for their current and future needs, and build or improve the infrastructure that will help them thrive through any circumstance, the GTF is a critical tool that will help ensure Manitoba remains among the best places in the world to live for generations to come.

The Government of Canada will be announcing new measures in the coming weeks and months to help Canadian communities get back on their feet and make them even more resilient in the future.

Quotes

"Our Government is making immediate investments in infrastructure that will play a vital role in helping municipalities and First Nations communities revive their economies, and will improve the lives of Canadians. As a first step, we are accelerating this year's payment through the federal Gas Tax Fund. In Manitoba, this will put $72.5 million in the hands of 136 communities to improve local infrastructure like drinking water systems, public transit, high-speed broadband, and recreation centres."

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

"The accelerated federal funding through the gas tax will be welcomed by our municipal partners. This will complement our government's earlier action to fast-track municipal funding and increase our ongoing investments in vital infrastructure to support Manitobans and their communities. We are delivering on our commitment to sustain and restore Manitoba's economy through the unprecedented impacts caused by COVID-19. The Manitoba government is pleased to partner with the federal government to rapidly administer the Gas Tax Fund to fund local and regional infrastructure priorities."

The Honourable Reg Helwer, Minister of Central Services

Quick Facts

• The federal Gas Tax Fund is a long-term indexed source of funding for over 3,600 communities across the country. In recent years it has supported thousands of projects annually.
• The federal Gas Tax Fund has 18 project eligibility categories, including capacity building, sport infrastructure and roads. Communities can 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.

Related product

2020‒2021 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations in Manitoba by community

Backgrounder

Manitoba's 2020‒21 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations

The Government of Canada is providing $72.5 million under the GTF. The table below indicates its distribution to 136 Manitoba communities and Manitoba's Northern Affairs Communities, excluding administrative funding.

Ultimate Recipient	Allocation 2020‒21 ($)
Alexander	179,371
Alonsa	67,109
Altona	226,676
Arborg	66,302
Argyle	55,162
Armstrong	96,439
Beausejour	173,236
Bifrost-Riverton	181,793
Boissevain-Morton	126,630
Brandon	3,075,740
Brenda-Waskada	36,272
Brokenhead	275,649
Carberry	93,533
Carman	170,276
Cartier	181,254
Cartwright-Roblin	70,392
Churchill	48,381
Clanwilliam-Erickson	46,820
Coldwell	67,486
Cornwallis	243,251
Dauphin (City)	450,391
Dauphin	123,671
De Salaberry	192,663
Deloraine-Winchester	80,133
Dufferin	131,043
Dunnottar	41,062
East St. Paul	504,369
Ellice-Archie	47,735
Elton	68,509
Emerson-Franklin	136,533
Ethelbert	32,667
Fisher	98,323
Flin Flon	268,599
Gilbert Plains	79,110
Gillam	68,078
Gimli	332,640
Glenboro-South Cypress	84,223
Glenella-Lansdowne	63,557
Government of Manitoba (Northern Affairs Communities)	478,591
Grahamdale	73,137
Grand Rapids	14,423
Grandview	79,756
Grassland	84,008
Grey	142,506
Hamiota	65,925
Hanover	846,697
Harrison Park	87,291
Headingley	192,610
Kelsey	130,451
Killarney-Turtle Mountain	184,537
La Broquerie	326,990
Lac du Bonnet (Rural Municipality)	167,962
Lac du Bonnet (Town)	58,606
Lakeshore	73,352
Leaf Rapids	31,321
Lorne	163,656
Louise	103,220
Lynn Lake	26,585
MacDonald	385,435
McCreary	48,004
Melita	56,077
Minitonas-Bowsman	88,959
Minnedosa	131,797
Minto-Odanah	63,988
Montcalm	67,809
Morden (City)	466,482
Morris (Rural Municipality)	163,979
Morris (Town)	101,444
Mossey River	61,620
Mountain	52,633
Neepawa	248,041
Niverville	248,095
Norfolk Treherne	94,233
North Cypress-Langford	147,727
North Norfolk	207,355
Oakland-Wawanesa	90,950
Oakview	87,506
Pembina	126,308
Pinawa (Local Government District)	80,940
Piney	92,887
Pipestone	78,465
Portage la Prairie (City)	715,976
Portage la Prairie (Rural Municipality)	375,371
Powerview-Pine Falls	70,823
Prairie Lakes	78,196
Prairie View	112,369
Reynolds	72,007
Rhineland	319,940
Riding Mountain West	76,420
Ritchot	359,441
Riverdale	114,791
Roblin (Rural Municipality)	172,967
Rockwood	421,007
Roland	60,759
Rosedale	89,981
Rossburn (Rural Municipality)	52,525
Rosser	73,836
Russell-Binscarth	131,420
Selkirk	553,127
Sifton	67,594
Snow Lake	48,381
Souris-Glenwood	137,878
Springfield	825,654
St. Andrews	641,117
St. Clements	585,309
St. Francois Xavier	75,935
St. Laurent	72,007
Stanley	482,681
Ste. Anne (Rural Municipality)	269,245
Ste. Anne (Town)	113,768
Ste. Rose	92,134
Steinbach	851,863
Stonewall	258,804
St-Pierre-Jolys	62,965
Stuartburn	88,690
Swan River (Town)	216,020
Swan Valley West	152,247
Taché	622,551
Teulon	64,634
The Pas	288,941
Thompson (City)	736,104
Thompson (Rural Municipality)	76,527
Two Borders	63,235
Victoria	60,920
Victoria Beach	21,419
Virden	178,779
Wallace-Woodworth	158,651
West Interlake	116,352
West St. Paul	288,888
WestLake-Gladstone	169,738
Whitehead	89,389
Whitemouth	83,792
Winkler	681,318
Winnipeg	44,396,057
Winnipeg Beach	61,620
Woodlands	183,838
Yellowhead	104,835

Associated links

Prime Minister announces support to help communities create jobs and restart the economy: https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2020/06/01/prime-minister-announces-support-help-communities-create-jobs-and 

Government of Canada Resources - Coronavirus disease (COVID 19): www.canada.ca/coronavirus

The federal Gas Tax Fund: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html 

The federal Gas Tax Fund in Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/fpir/strainfrasec/fedgastax/index.html  

Federal infrastructure investments in Manitoba: https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/investments-2002-investissements/mb-eng.html

Twitter: @INFC_eng 
Web: Infrastructure Canada

SOURCE Infrastructure Canada

Contacts: Chantalle Aubertin, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 613-949-1759, [email protected]; Andrea Slobodian, Press Secretary, Minister of Central Services, 204-945-1912, [email protected]; Infrastructure Canada: 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, [email protected]

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