Delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Green Municipal Fund (GMF) is a $1.6 billion endowment from the Government of Canada. GMF helps municipalities implement sustainability projects and emission-reducing policies—creating lasting environmental change, improving the quality of life, and driving sustainable economic growth in communities and across Canada.

Also delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP) is an eight-year, $110-million program funded by the Government of Canada. It is being implemented in partnership with municipal, provincial, and territorial associations and other key stakeholders.

Municipality and province Project title Project type

Township of the Archipelago, ON

Tale of a Thousand Turtles

Natural Asset Management Award

Tale of a Thousand Turtles project of the Township of Archipelago, a successful effort to protect local species-at-risk, including turtles and snakes, during roadwork.

Parkland County, AB

Municipal Servicing Benefits of Natural Infrastructure in Agricultural Lands

Natural Asset Management Award

By partnering at the watershed level with local NGOs and academia, Parkland County has been able to map, model and analyze the value of natural assets such as wetlands and build a quantifiable business case for preserving and restoring them not only within their own borders, but across municipal boundaries as well.

Town of Stratford, PEI
City of Charlottetown, PEI
Town of Wolfville, NS

Switch

Climate Change Mitigation Award

A multi-provincial program by PACE Atlantic CIC that operates in Stratford and Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Wolfville, N.S. to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) and drive cost savings in communities in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia

Carleton-sur-Mer, QC

RÉGIM TCiTé: Gaspé

Climate Change Mitigation Award

In an effort to reduce GHG emissions from transportation and provide more equitable transport options, a group of municipalities in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region together with transit organization RÉGÎM have teamed up to create TCiTé. This shared mobility project is aimed at reducing the need for private vehicles by using Mobility as a Service (MaaS) technology to offer electric car and bike sharing, taxi services and other transport options, and includes municipal purchase of EVs.

City of Guelph, ON

Food Material Flow Study in Guelph-Wellington

Waste Award

In order to find the most impactful ways to reduce food waste, Guelph-Wellington conducted a study that examined the local food system from production to export and consumption. It found a number of solutions to the food waste problem that have the potential to both address economic inequality and reduce the community’s carbon footprint.

Alma, QC

Réemploi +

Waste Award

A pilot project that significantly reduces GHG emissions and diverts more than 5,000 metric tonnes of waste each year from the network of organizations and ecocentres in the Réemploi + program run by the Régie des matières résiduelles du Lac-Saint-Jean (RMR).

Hamilton, ON

500 MacNab - the Ken Soble Passive House Retrofit

Affordable Housing Retrofit Award

This city housing project is North America’s first Passive House (PH) retrofit of a 50-year-old apartment building. It is one of only 10 multi-residential retrofits in the world to qualify for international Passive House certification through the Passive House Institute.

Barrie, ON
Brampton, ON
Caledon, ON
Halton Hills, ON
Township of King, ON
Markham, ON
Toronto, ON

Actionable Roadmap to Net Zero Ice Rinks: from technical solutions to practical implementation

Community Buildings Retrofit Award

A project by the Climate Challenge Network, in partnership with seven municipalities that conducted a feasibility study on retrofitting ice rinks facilities in each municipality to be net-zero carbon. The ice rink initiative is a response to each of the seven participating municipalities declaring a climate emergency and each setting aggressive targets, ranging from 50 percent GHG reduction by 2050 and net-zero emissions by 2030 in their corporate energy management plans.

Source: GMF and FCM

Green Municipal Fund
Municipal Asset Management Program
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