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Canada/BC Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund - CBCMRIF

Funding Agency:

The federal, provincial and local governments

Funding Allocation:

More than $150 million in British Columbia for infrastructure projects. The federal and provincial governments will each be contributing up to one-third ($51 million) of the total program funds with the remainder of funds coming from the participating local governments. The funding targets are:

  • a minimum of 60 percent of the funds for green local government infrastructure; and
  • a maximum of 40 percent of the funds for other infrastructure projects including tourism projects.
  • A minimum of 80% will have been committed to projects implemented in municipalities or regional districts having populations of less than two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000).
  • Eligible Participants: Local governments or their authorized representatives. (Local Government is defined as: a municipality, a regional district, a greater board, as defined in the Community Charter, or a public authority responsible for delivering local services in BC, if that authority is approved by the Management Committee)
  • Non-governmental organizations whose application is supported by a resolution from the local government where the project is located.

Application Process:

The application process for accessing funding began on October 12, 2006 and ended January 31, 2007. Applications for funding under the CBCMRIF are no longer accepted.

Awards:

The program received over 330 applications and the review of these applications is underway.

Comments:

Project Categories Green Local Government Infrastructure Projects A minimum of 60 percent of the program funding has been allocated to green local government infrastructure projects, such as:

  • Water projects
  • Wastewater projects
  • Public transit projects
  • Environmental energy improvement projects

Other Projects

A maximum of 40 percent of the program funding is allocated to other projects under the following categories:

  • Local road projects including arterial roads, bridges and tunnels within local boundaries and capital investments to improve public transportation on the local road network such as queue-jumpers and High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes and Intelligent Transport System (ITS) technologies to improve priority signalling, passenger and traffic information, incident management and rescue systems;
  • Cultural projects including museums and public art galleries, designated local heritage sites, facilities for performing arts, cultural or community centres, municipal and community libraries, and other cultural infrastructure;
  • Recreation projects including sports facilities (excludes facilities used primarily by professional athletes), community recreation spaces, fields and parks, fitness trails, bike paths and lanes, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities;
  • Tourism projects including basic local government infrastructure to support or provide access to tourist facilities, community public attractions, convention or trade centres, exhibition buildings, and other tourism infrastructure that meets the category objectives (e.g. municipal airports or wharves); and
  • Connectivity projects including broadband access such as high-speed backbone (transport), points of presence (access) and local distribution within communities.

The maximum contribution from each of the federal and provincial governments towards “Other Projects” (i.e. non-green) is capped at a maximum of $1,000,000 (i.e. a maximum CBCMRIF contribution of $2,000,000).

Ineligible Applicants

  • Departments, ministries and agencies of Canada or British Columbia, and federal or provincial departmental corporations or Crown corporations;
  • Departmental corporations;
  • Crown corporations or wholly owned subsidiaries;
  • Other corporations or trusts established by a government department, departmental corporation or Crown corporation;
  • City of Vancouver;
  • City of Richmond; and
  • A non-governmental organization whose project is located within the City of Vancouver or the City of Richmond.

http://www.canadabcmrif.ca/

Infrastructure projects of First Nations communities are funded separately and administered by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC).