2023-2024 Annual report - Build Communities Strong Fund Community stream

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Cat. No. T91-17E-PDF
ISSN 3110-9888

Impact

The Build Communities Strong Fund (BCSF) Community stream, formerly the Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF), is a permanent, legislated, stable program that flows funds to roughly 3,700 Canadian municipalities through their respective provinces and territories (PTs). These funds contribute to over 5,000 projects each year to help municipalities build and revitalize their public infrastructure. These investments create outcomes that support four long-term program objectives, which are in line with departmental priorities of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC):

Increasing productivity and economic growth;
Contributing to a clean environment;
Contributing to strong cities and communities; and
Increasing housing supply and affordability.

Annual report context

The annual report on the Community stream provides a comprehensive overview of how federal funds were invested in municipalities to support local infrastructure, in line with the four program objectives, through its 19 eligible project categories:

Increasing productivity and economic growth

Local roads and bridges
Highways
Short-sea shipping
Short-line rail
Regional and local airports
Broadband connectivity
Public transit

Contributing to a clean environment

Drinking water
Wastewater
Solid waste
Community energy systems
Brownfield redevelopment

Contributing to strong cities and communities

Sport infrastructure
Recreational infrastructure
Tourism infrastructure
Resilience
Capacity building
Fire halls
Cultural Infrastructure

Increasing housing supply and affordability

All categories*

*Added in the 2024-2034 agreements and will start 2024-25 reporting

The report also combines financial data, project-level results, and performance indicators to assess how well the fund is delivering on its long-term goals.

Graph 1: Summary of BCSF Community stream projects by program objectives from 2023-24 — Graph 1 - Text version

Graph 1 includes the following information in a chart or bar graph:

**Program objective**

**Northern Territories**

**Ontario & Quebec**

**Western Provinces**

**Atlantic Provinces**

**Total**

**Increasing productivity and economic growth**

$2,435,046

$629,218,361

$246,081,291

$34,510,494

$915,972,644
Project count: 1,877

**Contributing to a clean environment**

$2,503,687

$104,423,373

$52,390,919

$13,180,682

$192,209,431
Project count: 959

**Contributing to strong cities and communities**

$14,943,321

$41,231,168

$19,398,938

$10,475,215

$113,521,586
Project count: 881

Program objective	Northern Territories	Ontario & Quebec	Western Provinces	Atlantic Provinces	Total
Increasing productivity and economic growth	$2,435,046	$629,218,361	$246,081,291	$34,510,494	$915,972,644 Project count: 1,877
Contributing to a clean environment	$2,503,687	$104,423,373	$52,390,919	$13,180,682	$192,209,431 Project count: 959
Contributing to strong cities and communities	$14,943,321	$41,231,168	$19,398,938	$10,475,215	$113,521,586 Project count: 881

Graph 2: Increasing productivity and economic growth by regions — Graph 2 - Text version

Graph 2 includes the following information in a chart or bar graph:

**Project categories**
**Northern Territories**

**Ontario & Quebec**

**Western Provinces**

**Atlantic Provinces**

**Total**

**Broadband connectivity**

$0

$2,002,550

$2,152,936

$224,503

$4,379,989
Project count: 25

**Highways**

$0

$0

$1,140,448

$0

$1,140,448
Project count: 5

**Local roads and bridges**

$2,435,046

$377,056,789

$225,267,294

$33,977,640

$638,736,769
Project count: 1,760

**Short-sea shipping**

$0

$0

$0

$14,471

$14,471
Project count: 1

**Regional and local airports**

$0

$0

$1,574,516

$31,182

$1,605,698
Project count: 9

**Public transit**

$0

$250,159,022

$19,673,549

$262,698

$270,095,269
Project count: 77

Project categories	Northern Territories	Ontario & Quebec	Western Provinces	Atlantic Provinces	Total
Broadband connectivity	$0	$2,002,550	$2,152,936	$224,503	$4,379,989 Project count: 25
Highways	$0	$0	$1,140,448	$0	$1,140,448 Project count: 5
Local roads and bridges	$2,435,046	$377,056,789	$225,267,294	$33,977,640	$638,736,769 Project count: 1,760
Short-sea shipping	$0	$0	$0	$14,471	$14,471 Project count: 1
Regional and local airports	$0	$0	$1,574,516	$31,182	$1,605,698 Project count: 9
Public transit	$0	$250,159,022	$19,673,549	$262,698	$270,095,269 Project count: 77

Graph 3: Contributing to a clean environment by regions — Graph 3 - Text version

Graph 3 includes the following information in a chart or bar graph:

**Project categories**
**Northern Territories**

**Ontario & Quebec**

**Western Provinces**

**Atlantic Provinces**

**Total**

**Brownfield redevelopment**

$0

$0

$647,807

$79,568

$727,375
Project count: 3

**Community energy system**

$316,935

$7,702,462

$4,966,878

$1,332,730

$14,319,005
Project count: 143

**Drinking water**

$974,004

$54,261,505

$18,526,094

$5,673,954

$79,435,557
Project count: 408

**Solid waste management**

$892,760

$734,581

$14,096,085

$497,141

$16,220,567
Project count: 35

**Wastewater**

$319,988

$41,724,825

$33,864,825

$5,597,289

$81,506,927
Project count: 370

Project categories	Northern Territories	Ontario & Quebec	Western Provinces	Atlantic Provinces	Total
Brownfield redevelopment	$0	$0	$647,807	$79,568	$727,375 Project count: 3
Community energy system	$316,935	$7,702,462	$4,966,878	$1,332,730	$14,319,005 Project count: 143
Drinking water	$974,004	$54,261,505	$18,526,094	$5,673,954	$79,435,557 Project count: 408
Solid waste management	$892,760	$734,581	$14,096,085	$497,141	$16,220,567 Project count: 35
Wastewater	$319,988	$41,724,825	$33,864,825	$5,597,289	$81,506,927 Project count: 370

Graph 4: Contributing to strong cities and communities by regions — Graph 4 - Text version

Graph 4 includes the following information in a chart or bar graph:

**Project categories**
**Northern Territories**

**Ontario & Quebec**

**Western Provinces**

**Atlantic Provinces**

**Total**

**Tourism infrastructure**

$15,300

$75,694

$1,642,913

$472,070

$2,205,977
Project count: 45

**Capacity building**

$893,378

$5,623,618

$1,981,929

$799,462

$9,298,387
Project count:197

**Cultural infrastructure**

$0

$3,536,591

$3,420,666

$444,741

$7,401,998
Project count: 74

**Disaster mitigation**

$0

$372,166

$802,093

$742,264

$1,916,523
Project count: 29

**Fire halls**

$352,190

$2,337,185

$5,644,180

$1,174,946

$9,508,501
Project count: 61

**Recreational infrastructure**

$13,682,453

$23,993,993

$19,398,938

$5,472,538

$62,547,922
Project count: 389

**Sports infrastructure**

0

$5,291,921

$13,981,163

$1,369,194

$20,642,278
Project count: 89

Project categories	Northern Territories	Ontario & Quebec	Western Provinces	Atlantic Provinces	Total
Tourism infrastructure	$15,300	$75,694	$1,642,913	$472,070	$2,205,977 Project count: 45
Capacity building	$893,378	$5,623,618	$1,981,929	$799,462	$9,298,387 Project count:197
Cultural infrastructure	$0	$3,536,591	$3,420,666	$444,741	$7,401,998 Project count: 74
Disaster mitigation	$0	$372,166	$802,093	$742,264	$1,916,523 Project count: 29
Fire halls	$352,190	$2,337,185	$5,644,180	$1,174,946	$9,508,501 Project count: 61
Recreational infrastructure	$13,682,453	$23,993,993	$19,398,938	$5,472,538	$62,547,922 Project count: 389
Sports infrastructure	0	$5,291,921	$13,981,163	$1,369,194	$20,642,278 Project count: 89

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2023-2024 Annual report - Build Communities Strong Fund Community stream

Impact

Annual report context

Graph 1: Summary of BCSF Community stream projects by program objectives from 2023-24

Graph 2: Increasing productivity and economic growth by regions

Graph 3: Contributing to a clean environment by regions

Graph 4: Contributing to strong cities and communities by regions

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