The Federal Government fulfilled its commitment in Budget 2007 to extend Federal Gas Tax Funding for an additional four years. This provides municipalities in Canada with an additional $2 billion per year from 2010 to 2014 for a total of $8 billion nationally under the Building Canada Plan.
 
Municipalities in Ontario will see predictable entitlement based funding of approximately $746 million per year which will help them continue to address the estimated annual infrastructure deficit of $6 billion. The allocations for 2010 to 2014 will be based on population data provided by the 2006 Census. This is estimated to bring an additional $2.9 Billion to Ontario’s communities between 2010 and 2014.
The process for reflecting the extended funds in Gas Tax Agreements is currently being finalized and AMO will communicate with all municipalities as soon as specific municipal allocations are known.
 
The Federal Gas Tax Fund was originally announced in the 2005 Federal Budget and committed approximately $1.9 billion to Ontario municipalities for environmentally sustainable infrastructure over a five year period (2005-2010).
 
Municipalities can apply funding to infrastructure projects that promote cleaner water, cleaner air, or reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Predictable, long-term and entitlement-based, funding is helping Ontario municipalities plan for environmental sustainability and address a massive, province-wide infrastructure deficit.
 
This area contains information municipalities will need to implement the Federal Gas Tax Agreement. Please check back frequently, the area is updated regularly.