These guides outline everything you need to know about applying for GMF funding. Each GMF funding initiative has a dedicated application guide. Find the appropriate guide below for your funding application submission. Then, check out our sample letters for suggestions on how to reach out to your provincial or territorial government and provide details on funding sources in your GMF funding application.

Energy, transportation, waste, land use and water

This guide outlines everything you need to know about applying for GMF’s core energy, transportation, waste, land use and water funding. It contains detailed application instructions, including eligible projects, required supporting documents, and the stages of application assessment and evaluation criteria.

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Community Efficiency Financing

This guide outlines everything you need to know about applying for GMF’s Community Efficiency Financing (CEF) funding, a $300 million initiative that helps municipalities deliver energy financing programs for low-rise residential properties. The guide contains detailed application instructions, including forms, eligible programs, required supporting documents, and the stages of application assessment and evaluation criteria.

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Sustainable Affordable Housing

This document outlines everything you should know about applying for GMF’s Sustainable Affordable Housing (SAH) funding, a $300 million initiative that offers support to local affordable housing providers – including municipal, not-for-profit organizations and housing co-ops – to retrofit existing affordable housing units, or construct energy efficient new builds that emit lower GHG emissions. The guide contains detailed application instructions, including forms, project eligibility, required energy and affordability thresholds, and the stages of application assessment and evaluation criteria.

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Community Buildings Retrofit

This guide outlines everything you need to know about applying for CBR funding, an initiative that supports local governments and not-for-profit organizations in retrofitting public buildings to improve energy performance, lower operating and maintenance costs, and transition to cleaner energy solutions over time. The guide contains detailed application instructions, including forms, eligible projects, greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements, required supporting documents, and the stages of application assessment and eligibility criteria.

Read the CBR application guide

Sample letter: confirming provincial/territorial government consultation

Consultation between the lead funding applicant and the government of the province or territory in which the project is located is a requirement when applying for GMF funding, except for municipal governments in Quebec. Use this sample letter template to reach out to your provincial or territorial government and include it in your funding application as proof that the consultation has taken place. 

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Sample letter: confirming project funding sources 

Each organization contributing to a GMF-funded project, including the lead municipality, must submit a letter confirming specific contributions to the project. Use this sample letter template when providing details on funding sources in your GMF funding application. 

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