Environmental impact
Environmental targets are still the main pillar in GMF’s triple-bottom-line approach to all our funding initiatives. In the past two decades, we’ve made significant impacts in all our target sectors:
Social impact
GMF’s offerings benefit entire communities, including vulnerable populations. Social benefits like increased access to affordable housing, strengthened community programs and improved public health help communities to thrive.
Here are some of the ways GMF-funded projects have helped build stronger communities:
- Community centres, cultural centres and libraries
- 19 capital projects
- $55,482,578 invested
- Social benefits reported:
- Improves quality of life
- Strengthens community ties
- Supports cultural vitality
- Preserves heritage
- Supports educational activities
- Provides local employment and volunteer positions
- Recreation centres, pools and ice rinks
- 15 capital projects
- $53 million disbursed
- Social benefits reported:
- Promotes public health through physical activity
- Improves local quality of life
- Promotes economic growth through events and visitors
- Affordable housing (new builds and retrofits of existing units)
- 139 new builds or retrofits of existing units
- 10 completed capital projects
- $29.1 million disbursed
- Social benefits reported:
Creates welcoming places to live, work and start a business
Helps in addressing poverty
Provides security and comfort for vulnerable populations
Retains workers and attraction of newcomers
Enriches neighbourhoods and drives economic growth
Economic Impact
Building sustainable communities is good for the economy. From creating local jobs to driving operational efficiencies that help municipalities stretch tax dollars, the return on GMF investments has always been unmatched.
Using the Local Economic Development (LED) model, we’ve calculated the economic impact of our investments in plans, studies, pilots and capital projects:
- $1.53 billion contributed to national GDP
- 16,209 person-years of employment
- $853 million of national wages and salaries paid to households
Find out more about GMF’s impact in our Annual Report