Community stream in Nunavut

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• Housing priorities
• Canada-Nunavut Administrative Agreement
• How the Community stream works in Nunavut
• News

The Build Communities Strong Fund (BCSF) Community stream provides up-front, predictable long-term funding to help address local infrastructure priorities. The agreements were renewed for a 10-year period, starting in 2024-25. Over the first five years, the Community stream will invest over $94.5 million in Nunavut to support community growth.

Information for previous years is available at Canada's open portal: Build Communities Strong Fund Community stream Municipal Allocations.

Housing priorities

The Community stream will enable increased housing supply through the following shared housing action priorities, agreed to by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada and the Government of Nunavut for 2024-25 to 2026-27:

• Support construction technology and productivity improvements including training and skills development on new types of cost-effective and rapidly built housing, such as modular housing.

Canada-Nunavut Administrative Agreement

The renewal of this agreement ensures that essential infrastructure that supports housing will continue to be built, maintained, and expanded in Nunavut.

• BCSF Community stream Administrative Agreement 2024-2034

How the Community stream works in Nunavut

• Number of communities currently receiving funding: 25
• Funding breakdown:
  • Up to 2.5% to the Administrative Fund;
  • Up to 4.5% to the Municipal Capacity Building Fund;
  • Up to 2.75% to the Critical Infrastructure Fund; and
  • The Government of Nunavut and the Nunavut Association of Municipalities will distribute the remaining funds through a tailored formula, accounting for the unique challenges that northern communities encounter during infrastructure projects. Each municipality will submit a project list to Nunavut which will be reviewed before funding is transferred to the municipality.
• Contact information: This Program is managed by the Department of Community Services and can be reached via email at cs@gov.nu.ca.

News

• Governments of Canada and Nunavut announce the renewal of the Canada Community-Building Fund for the next ten years (August 8, 2024)
• Federal government transfers $9 million through the Canada Community-Building Fund to Nunavut (August 23, 2024)