Ontario Gives Boost to Municipal Public Transit systems through Gas Tax funding

Ontario Gives Boost to Municipal Public Transit through Gas Tax funding

Province tops up Gas Tax funding to make up for reduced gas sales during COVID-19

TORONTO — The Ontario government is providing $375.6 million to help 107 municipalities across the province operate and improve local transit. The funding is being delivered through the Gas Tax program and can be used to extend service hours, buy transit vehicles, add routes, improve accessibility or upgrade infrastructure.

“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen how critical public transit is for frontline workers and for Ontarians who depend on these services to get to medical appointments, the grocery store and other important locations,” said Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation. “Gas Tax funding remains a vital source of long-term transit funding that municipalities can rely on to help operate and expand existing public transit services – ensuring people have access to safe and reliable transportation when they need it.”

Funding for the Gas Tax program is determined by the number of litres of gasoline sold in the province during the previous year. Municipalities that support public transit services in their community receive two cents per litre of provincial Gas Tax revenue collected.

To make up for reduced gas sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Gas Tax program funding includes one-time additional funding of $120.4 million to ensure municipalities can continue to support their transit systems.

“The government’s ongoing responsiveness to public transit’s needs during the pandemic has allowed transit to keep running,” said Kelly Paleczny, Chair of the Ontario Public Transit Association. “Whether transit systems have suffered lower revenue due to lower gas sales or fewer riders, Premier Ford and Minister Mulroney have, since the pandemic’s early days, helped keep service levels high for the more than one million Ontarians who rely on transit every day. The Gas Tax announcement is the latest evidence of their support and we thank them.”

View amounts the following 107 municipalities will receive below:

	Municipality	2021-22 Allocation
1	Atikokan	$ 23,817
2	Bancroft (Hastings Highlands, Wollaston)	$ 78,270
3	Barrie	$ 2,269,206
4	Belleville	$ 842,922
5	Blind River	$ 16,191
6	Bracebridge	$ 154,443
7	Bradford West Gwillimbury	$ 379,965
8	Brampton	$ 15,625,839
9	Brant County	$ 280,774
10	Brantford	$ 1,493,053
11	Brockville	$ 225,812
12	Burlington	$ 2,381,115
13	Caledon	$ 385,473
14	Chapleau	$ 18,693
15	Chatham-Kent	$ 983,991
16	Clearview	$ 128,858
17	Cobourg	$ 214,856
18	Cochrane	$ 40,630
19	Collingwood (The Blue Mountains)	$ 351,950
20	Cornwall	$ 680,358
21	Cramahe (Alnwick/Haldimand, Hamilton Township)	$ 89,958
22	Deseronto (Greater Napanee, Hastings County, Tyendinaga)	$ 148,417
23	Dryden	$ 66,714
24	Durham Region	$ 9,369,547
25	Dysart et Al	$ 23,618
26	Elliot Lake	$ 128,881
27	Espanola	$ 45,920
28	Fort Erie	$ 286,701
29	Fort Frances	$ 71,538
30	Greater Sudbury	$ 2,847,834
31	Greenstone	$ 23,568
32	Guelph	$ 3,247,990
33	Halton Hills	$ 572,129
34	Hamilton	$ 11,698,988
35	Hanover (Arran-Elderslie, Brockton, Chatsworth, Huron-Kinloss, Kincardine, Saugeen Shores, Southgate, West Grey)	$ 769,398
36	Hearst	$ 45,808
37	Huntsville	$ 95,869
38	Ingersoll	$ 55,595
39	Innisfil	$ 376,471
40	Kapuskasing	$ 74,405
41	Kawartha Lakes	$ 641,771
42	Kenora	$ 142,998
43	Kingston	$ 3,262,655
44	Lanark County	$ 434,033
45	LaSalle	$ 284,859
46	Leamington (Kingsville)	$ 231,587
47	London	$ 11,147,133
48	Loyalist Township	$ 188,448
49	Machin	$ 9,374
50	Marmora and Lake (Centre Hastings, Madoc, Stirling-Rawdon, Tweed)	$ 198,433
51	Meaford	$ 65,797
52	Midland	$ 177,285
53	Milton	$ 1,315,588
54	Mississauga	$ 18,932,146
55	Muskoka	$ 89,528
56	New Tecumseth	$ 101,447
57	Niagara Falls	$ 1,603,144
58	Niagara-on-the-Lake	$ 165,301
59	Niagara Region	$ 1,141,830
60	Norfolk County	$ 244,393
61	North Bay	$ 906,919
62	North Grenville	$ 60,071
63	North Perth	$ 80,089
64	Oakville	$ 2,889,087
65	Orangeville	$ 289,430
66	Orillia	$ 543,912
67	Ottawa	$ 38,490,012
68	Owen Sound	$ 251,642
69	Parry Sound	$ 56,543
70	Peel	$ 482,539
71	Pembroke (Laurentian Valley)	$ 103,817
72	Penetanguishene	$ 89,343
73	Perth East	$ 73,121
74	Peterborough City	$ 1,913,675
75	Peterborough County	$ 41,648
76	Point Edward	$ 20,597
77	Port Colborne	$ 150,380
78	Port Hope	$ 164,477
79	Prince Edward County	$ 115,736
80	Quinte West (Brighton)	$ 532,608
81	Renfrew (Admaston/Bromley, Bonnechere Valley, Greater Madawaska, Horton, Whitewater Region)	$ 249,782
82	Sarnia	$ 1,152,561
83	Sault Ste Marie	$ 1,222,605
84	Schreiber (Terrace Bay)	$ 23,048
85	Simcoe County	$ 1,391,871
86	Sioux Lookout	$ 50,985
87	St. Catharines	$ 2,644,675
88	St. Marys (Perth South, Thames Centre, Zorra)	$ 142,538
89	St. Thomas	$ 422,877
90	Stratford	$ 467,929
91	Tecumseh	$ 171,226
92	Temiskaming Shores (Cobalt)	$ 136,956
93	Thorold	$ 272,810
94	Thunder Bay	$ 2,251,850
95	Tillsonburg	$ 102,407
96	Timmins	$ 661,115
97	Toronto	$ 185,139,981
98	Trent Hills	$ 41,997
99	Wasaga Beach	$ 226,205
100	Waterloo Region	$ 11,824,691
101	Wawa	$ 25,843
102	Welland	$ 670,905
103	West Elgin (Newbury, Southwest Middlesex)	$ 35,867
104	West Perth	$ 45,658
105	Windsor	$ 4,537,529
106	Woodstock	$ 537,347
107	York Region	$ 16,995,822

Quick Facts

• The 107 municipalities receiving funding through the Gas Tax program deliver public transit service to 142 communities representing more than 92 per cent of Ontario’s total population.

• The provincial and federal governments are providing up to $2.15 billion to support municipal transit systems across the province in response to COVID-19 through the Safe Restart Agreement.

• Ontario is developing regional plans that will help build a better transportation system across the province. The province has released draft regional transportation plans for Northern Ontario and southwestern Ontario, and planning is underway for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and eastern Ontario.