The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is pleased to facilitate a federal investment in environmentally sustainable municipal infrastructure through the use of Federal Gas Tax Funding.

Announced in the 2005 Federal Budget, the funding will result in approximately $1.9 billion flowing to Ontario municipalities for environmentally sustainable municipal infrastructure between 2005 – 2010.  Vaughan’s portion will total $14,786,956.42 over that time.  In March 2007, the Federal Budget announced that the Federal Gas Tax program will be extended to 2014.

The City of Vaughan is working in partnership with the Government of Canada to use this groundbreaking new revenue source to build strong and sustainable communities within the City of Vaughan that consist of:

The Federal Gas Tax is longer term predictable funding that will give the City the ability to invest in environmentally sustainable municipal infrastructure.  It comes with the expectation that the investments will see Ontarians enjoying cleaner air, cleaner water and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The Federal investment is not an application based initiative nor does it require matching funding.  Rather it empowers the City of Vaughan to make investments within the parameters established in the Agreement for the Transfer of Federal Gas Tax Revenues under the New Deal for Cities and Communities between the Governments of Canada and Ontario, AMO and the City of Toronto signed June 17, 2005.  One of these requirements is that the funding be used for eligible projects incremental to our 5-year historical average from 2000 – 2004.  The City of Vaughan executed our funding agreement on November 25, 2005.

What types of infrastructure are eligible?

Environmentally sustainable municipal infrastructure projects within the following categories: