Deadline: 26-Feb-25
The Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada is seeking proposals for the Active Transportation Fund Program, Active Transportation refers to the movement of people or goods powered by human activity and includes walking, cycling and the use of human-powered or hybrid mobility aids such as wheelchairs, scooters, e-bikes, rollerblades, snowshoes, cross-country skis, and more.
The most effective active transportation infrastructure provides a complete network that allows users to safely move through their communities and between destinations, from main streets to schools, parks, public transit hubs and residential neighborhoods.
Objectives
- The Active Transportation Fund aims to advance the objectives of the Canada Public Transit Fund, and those embedded within Canada’s National Active Transportation Strategy, and Canada’s Strengthened Climate Plan. As such, the ATF will aim to support projects that:
- Increase the use of active transportation relative to car travel and increase the use of public transit by supporting first and last kilometer connections to existing and planned infrastructure;
- Increase affordability by providing economic value to communities and providing cheaper travel options over vehicular travel;
- Support efforts to mitigate climate change and improve climate resilience by reducing road congestion and cutting air and noise pollution; and
- Improve active transportation options for all, especially Indigenous People and equity-deserving groups to ensure people of all ages and abilities can access jobs and services.
Funding Information
- Up to $500M will be available for active transportation capital projects across Canada. This includes a minimum of 10% of total funds set aside for Indigenous recipients.
Funding Streams
- The Active Transportation Fund offers two funding streams:
- Planning projects involve the development or enhancement of formal active transportation strategic planning documents or stakeholder engagement.
- Capital projects involve new construction, enhancement of existing infrastructure, and/or improvements to design and safety features that encourage active transportation.
Eligible Projects
- Eligible capital projects may include:
- Building or enhancing infrastructure for active transportation, such as multi-use paths, sidewalks, footbridges, separated bicycle lanes, and connections to other roadways (this could include recreation trails provided they can also be used for transportation, i.e. connecting to destinations, services, or amenities);
- Enhancing active transportation infrastructure, including design considerations in which there may be no net gain in kilometers of infrastructure, but include quality improvements that support greater usage;
- Building or enhancing design features and facilities which promote active transportation, such as storage facilities, lighting, greenery, shade, and benches;
- Building or enhancing safety features which promote active transportation, such as crosswalks, speed bumps, fences, and wayfinding signage.
Eligibility Criteria
- An applicant must be a legal entity capable of entering into legally binding agreements. To be considered an eligible recipient, applicants must fit within one of the following categories:
- A municipal, local or regional government established by or under provincial or territorial statute;
- A provincial or territorial government;
- A public sector body that is established by or under provincial or territorial statute or by regulation or is wholly owned by a province, territory, municipal or regional government, including, but not limited to:
- Municipally-owned corporations (for example, autonomous organizations owned by municipalities, used to produce or deliver local public services outside the local bureaucracy);
- A provincial or territorial organization that delivers municipal services (for example, public utilities, community health services, economic development bodies);
- Any other form of local governance that exists outside of the municipality description (for example, local service districts);
- A federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organization or charity.
- Eligible Indigenous Recipients include:
- Indigenous Governing Body:
- A band council within the meaning of Section 2 of the Indian Act;
- A First Nation, Inuit or Métis government or authority established pursuant to a Self-Government Agreement or a Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement between His Majesty the King in right of Canada and an Indigenous people of Canada, that has been approved, given effect and declared valid by federal legislation;
- A First Nation, Inuit or Métis government that are established by or under legislation whether federal, provincial or territorial that incorporates a governance structure;
- Indigenous Governing Body:
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
