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Best Grants for Municipalities

Municipalities provide vital services and infrastructure that improve the quality of life for Canadians. Local governments are improving residents’ lives in a variety of ways, from roads and bridges that keep people and things flowing to treatment facilities that make our water safe to drink.

Below mentioned grants are available to assist your town in improving its asset management procedures. This will allow you to get the most out of every dollar spent on infrastructure. It will assist you in ensuring the long-term viability of your transportation, drinking water, and wastewater systems, as well as buildings and other critical infrastructure. It will enable you to continue offering dependable services and a great quality of life to your community.

Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program

Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC)

The Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) programme intends to construct new community buildings and enhance existing ones, particularly in places where populations have higher needs, while also making them more energy-efficient, low-carbon, resilient, and high-performing. This $1.5 billion, five-year programme will fund green and accessible retrofits, repairs or renovations to existing public community facilities, and the construction of new publicly-accessible community buildings in high-needs, underserved communities across Canada.

Eligible Applicants

Small and medium retrofit applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Open to the following possibilities:

  • All governments, provincial, territorial, and municipal
  • a government agency
  • Registered charities and federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organizations
  • Indigenous government structures
  • Indigenous charitable organizations

Submission Deadline: Rolling Intake

Contact:

  • Contact Name: Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC)
  • Phone Number: 1-877-997-9926
  • E-mail Address: [email protected]

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Round 3 – Housing Supply Challenge Program

Housing Supply Challenge Round 3 – Northern Access Impact Canada

The Northern Access Round is looking for ways to reduce the time, cost, and risk of obtaining resources for building and maintaining an adequate supply of northern and remote homes.

The Northern Access Round has a budget of up to $80 million to invest in and implement supply chain solutions.

Eligible Applicants

Professionals and organizations in the following fields are encouraged to apply:

  • Supply chain specialists
  • Organizations that are for-profit and non-profit
  • Governments, organizations, and groups of indigenous peoples
  • Post-secondary institutions in Canada
  • Administrations (provincial, territorial, Indigenous, municipal, local and regional)
  • Teams with a wide range of participants

All applicants must be members of a legally recognized organization.

Submission Deadline

February 23, 2022 – June 23, 2022

Contact:

  • Contact Name: Applicant Support – Evergreen
  • Phone Number: 647-670-2265
  • E-mail Address: [email protected]

Apply Now

Climate Resilience Capacity Building Program

Climate Resilience Capacity Building Program

Alberta municipalities and Indigenous communities will receive $4.5 million from the provincial government to review adaptation measures and develop climate resilience plans. This cash will assist you in reducing negative consequences and leveraging opportunities so that you can feel confident in the future of your town.

The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre, a partnership of Alberta Municipalities, Rural Municipalities of Alberta, and the Government of Alberta, designed and administers the Climate Resilience Capacity Building Program.

Eligible Applicants

The first two streams are open to municipalities and Indigenous communities in Alberta, and the Indigenous Climate Resilience Stream is only open to Indigenous communities.

A total of $160,000 from all streams might be awarded to a single community to allow for broad involvement.

Submission Deadline

First-come, first-served basis. Applications are due by March 31, 2023, and all projects must be completed by March 31, 2024.

Contact

  • Contact Name: Municipal Climate Change Action Centre
  • Phone Number: 780-433-4431 or 310-2862 (Toll-Free)

Apply Now

Smart Cities Challenge Program

Smart Cities Challenge

The Smart Cities Challenge is a national competition available to all municipalities, local and regional governments, and Indigenous communities (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) in Canada. The Challenge encourages municipalities to use a smart city strategy to better their inhabitants’ lives by leveraging innovation, data, and connected technology.

Eligible Applicants

Indigenous communities (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) as well as municipalities and local or regional governments.

Submission Deadline: Ongoing

Contact:

  • Contact Name: Infrastructure Canada
  • E-mail Address: [email protected]

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Community Building Recommissioning Grant

Community building recommissioning grant Federation of Canadian Municipalities

The Community Building Recommissioning Grant assists communities in identifying possibilities to reduce whole-building energy use by up to 15% (with even greater savings conceivable) extend equipment life, and lower maintenance costs.

Eligible Applicants

All Canadian local administrations (with the exception of the cities of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, and the Halifax Regional Municipality, which are named after Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3)).

Their project collaborators include:

  • Private-sector organizations
  • Indigenous peoples’ groups
  • Corporations controlled by municipalities
  • Municipal services are provided by a regional, provincial, or territorial authority.
  • Non-government organizations (NGOs)
  • charitable organizations
  • Institutes of research (e.g., universities)

Submission Deadline: Year-round

Contact

  • Contact Name: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  • Phone Number: 613-241-5221

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Capital Project – GHG Reduction Pathway Retrofit Program

Capital project

Retrofitting community facilities over time can result in significant reductions in energy use and GHG emissions. Longer-term, multi-measure retrofit capital projects that contribute to a GHG reduction route can be implemented using this money.

Eligible Applicants

Projects must include at least one community building owned by a municipality or non-profit organization to be eligible for this funding.

A community building is an enclosed public space or enclosed workplace that meets the following criteria:

  • owned by a municipality or a non-profit organization;
  • largely utilized to provide local residents with athletic, recreational, cultural, and community events or services;
  • Individuals and communities can benefit from programmes aimed at improving their health and well-being, skills development, and economic development.

Submission Deadline: Ongoing

Contact:

  • Contact Name: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  • Phone Number: 16132415221
  • E-mail Address: [email protected]

Apply Now

Women’s Economic Recovery Challenge Grant Program

Women’s Economic Recovery Challenge Grant Program

The Women’s Economic Recovery Challenge Grant Program supports initiatives run by non-profit organizations in Alberta that help women improve their economic chances by providing methods and solutions to overcome barriers and participate more effectively in the economy.

Eligible Applicants

Non-profit organizations that meet the following requirements are eligible to apply:

  • for a minimum of two years as a registered non-profit
  • demonstrate at least two years of relevant experience providing community-based economic growth support
  • ability to put a grant agreement into action

Non-profits that are eligible include, but are not limited to:

  • Alberta’s First Nations and Métis communities
  • philanthropic organizations
  • local governments, including municipal districts
  • organizations for economic development
  • trade associations

Submission Deadline: January 12, 2022

Contact

  • Contact Name: Government of Alberta
  • E-mail Address: [email protected]

Apply Now

Alberta Research Capacity Program

Research Capacity Program

The Research Capacity Program (RCP) is a competitive funding programme that supports the acquisition of small equipment and large research infrastructure to help Alberta’s post-secondary institutions build capacity and attract, retain, and develop researchers working on transformative research and applied research.

The following competition streams are included in the RCP:

  • College-Industry Innovation (CII) helps colleges and polytechnics build applied research infrastructure.
  • Cyberinfrastructure (CYB) provides support for computational and data-intensive research infrastructure.
  • Large research infrastructure for research teams of up to ten principle users is supported by Research Infrastructure (RI).
  • Small Equipment Grants (SEG) provide funding for individual researchers or small groups to purchase research equipment.

Eligible Applicants

In terms of eligibility criteria, application processes, and other regulations, all RCP submissions must follow the CFI Policy and Program Guide.

Eligible Institutions

The RCP follows the CFI’s rules for application eligibility. As a result, RCP streams are only available to CFI-eligible schools. For further information, see the CFI Policy and Program Guide.

Submission Deadline: Varies.

Contact:

  • Contact Name: Government of Alberta
  • Phone Number: 310-0000 (in Alberta) or 780-427-2711

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Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program

Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program

The Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program (SREPs) gives smart renewable energy and grid modernization projects up to $964 million over four years. This programme will help Canada’s equitable transition to an electrified economy by encouraging the substitution of fossil-fuel-generated power with renewables that can supply important grid services.

Eligible Applicants

Owners of Eligible Projects are eligible recipients, which may include:

  • Validly incorporated or registered legal entities in Canada;
  • Departments and agencies of provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal administrations;
  • Tribal Councils, National and Regional Indigenous Communities and Governments
  • Indigenous for-profit and non-profit organizations, as well as Indigenous councils or groups.

Note: If an Applicant is a newly formed Limited Partnership, the Program may require the Applicant to get a Project Guarantor. The Guarantor will be needed to sign a form of Guarantee up to the requested Program financing amount, as given by the Program.

Submission Deadline: Open.

Contact:

  • Contact Name: Natural Resources Canada
  • E-mail Address: [email protected]

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Building Energy Retrofit Accelerator Program

Building Energy Retrofit Accelerator Program

The Building Energy Retrofit Accelerator programme helps commercial, light industrial, and institutional buildings in Edmonton improve their energy efficiency. Participants gain from quick and long-term cost benefits by reducing their buildings’ greenhouse gas emissions thanks to financial incentives for retrofit initiatives. Upgrades to HVAC systems, windows, lighting fixtures, building envelopes, and much more are eligible for rebates of up to $125,000 per building each year.

Eligible Applicants

Large commercial, light industrial, and institutional buildings in Edmonton can take advantage of Edmonton’s Building Energy Retrofit Accelerator. Multi-family buildings, such as apartments and condominiums, have common areas that are also eligible.

Submission Deadline: Ongoing

Contact:

Contact Name: City of Edmonton

Phone Number: 1-844-604-4399 (toll-free)

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Recreation Energy Conservation Program

Recreation Energy Conservation Program

The Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) programme assists municipally owned recreation facilities in reducing energy use and GHG emissions by providing financial incentives to find and implement energy-saving opportunities. Municipalities can get rebates for Scoping Audits and Engineering Studies that help them make investment decisions, as well as rebates for Implementation Projects that help them make energy-efficient retrofits in their buildings.

Eligible Applicants

Participation in the REC programme is open to the following organizations:

  • Municipalities: The REC programme is open to all municipalities in Alberta that have been designated as such. A “municipality” is defined as follows in Section 1(1)(s) of the Municipal Government Act:
  • a municipality, a city, a town, a village, a summer village, a municipal district, or a specialized municipality,
  • a municipality established under the Parks Towns Act, or
  • a municipality established by special legislation; or
  • the geographical area within a municipality’s boundaries, if the circumstance warrants it, subclauses I to (ii) (iii).
  • If the Project is located within a municipally-owned facility, non-profit community-related organizations (CROs) are eligible to participate in the REC program. While CROs are eligible to participate, the municipality must complete and sign the REC Application and the Offer Letter. The municipality will receive all rebate reimbursements made under the scheme. Case-by-case evaluations of community-related organization participation will be conducted.

Submission Deadline

First-come first-serve basis.

Contact:

Contact Name: Municipal Climate Change Action Centre

Phone Number: 780-433-4431 or 310-2862 (Toll-Free)

Apply Now

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