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Funding opportunities for your project

Make sure you are GMF funding-ready: Contact our Outreach team to confirm your eligibility. Ensure you have a detailed project budget in place. Review the required prerequisites and supporting documentation listed in each funding opportunity. Be aware that capital projects require a com…

January 31, 2022

Municipal and community buildings

Case Study: Creating a shared path to net zero ice rinks

Many Canadian municipalities are seeking ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. One major contributor to these emissions is ice rinks, which make up about one-quarter of energy usage from municipal buildings. In order to find cost-effective ways to reduce the carbon footprint of these facilities, a group of municipalities teamed up to analyze the issue and create net-zero road maps for themselves, as well as a pathway for other rinks to follow.

January 26, 2023

Waste

Case Study: How Guelph-Wellington is building a sustainable food future

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.

January 26, 2023

Sustainable affordable housing

Webinar recording: Affordable housing providers’ impact on energy poverty

This introductory webinar is to help motivate municipal staff to consider energy efficiency in the context of any municipal affordable housing.

November 10, 2022

Energy | Housing

E-learning course: Planning a Community Efficiency Financing program

A self-paced course to help municipalities learn about planning local financing programs for home energy upgrades.

Local energy generation

Case study: A novel approach to geothermal energy systems in Canada

A case study detailing a switch from closed-loop to open-loop geothermal systems, based on findings from test drilling. The open-loop system offered greater energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness and served as an innovative model for geothermal energy application in Canada.

November 28, 2023

Water

Quebec City launches innovative in situ project for managing sediment-derived phosphorus

To restore the highly eutrophicated Saint-Augustin Lake and prevent the proliferation of cyanobacteria, Quebec City conducted two field tests to determine the effectiveness of various nutrient control techniques.

December 5, 2018

Transportation

Case study: Imagining a people-oriented street

102nd Street Revitalization Plan The City of Grande Prairie studied the feasibility of turning a four-lane thoroughfare into a mixed-use street with bike lanes, wider sidewalks, shopping and other amenities. The six-block portion of 102nd St. would become a community hub in an inner-city nei…

December 14, 2018

Community efficiency financing

Video: Introduction to home energy upgrade programs

Watch this video to learn more about home energy upgrade programs and how they can help municipalities to tackle climate change, save money, and invest in the local economy.

June 22, 2021

Case study: Island community seeks to preserve quality of life

Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands Sustainable Community Plan To foster job-generating growth without undermining its laid-back cottage-country lifestyle, the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands adopted a plan to extend the local tourist season and attract investment…

December 14, 2018