Building Canada Fund

The Building Canada Fund, Communities Component Agreement, is a joint federal, provincial program that provides $136-million in funding from each partner to assist local governments in communities with populations of 100,000 or less to build or renew infrastructure.

The 2009 intake is now open. There are two deadlines of submitting project applications online: March 16, 2009 and April 24, 2009. Applications received by March 16, 2009 will be considered during the first round of 2009 approvals while applications received by April 24, 2009 will be considered in a subsequent round of approvals.
The 2009 intake will include the following project categories, denoted by the Ministry responsible:

Ministry of Community and Rural Development

Drinking Water
Wastewater
Green Energy Infrastructure
Solid Waste Management
Collaborative Projects

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

Local Road
Shortline Rail
Short Sea Shipping
Tourism
Public Transit
National Highway System
Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment
Culture
Sport
Connectivity and Broadband
Regional & Local Airports
Disaster Mitigation

For program, application, and additional information on the Building Canada Fund-Communities Component visit: http://www.bcbuildingcanadafundcommunities.ca.

For assistance with the funding application, contact the Building Canada Fund - Communities Component program area or the RuralBC Secretariat.