Rural Transit Solutions Fund: Capital Projects Stream

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• Who can apply?
• What types of projects can receive funding under the Capital Projects stream?
• Key dates and deadlines

Who can apply?

The following groups are eligible to apply:

• Municipalities, local and regional governments established under provincial or territorial statute, including local service districts;
• Provinces and territories;
• Public sector bodies that are established by or under provincial or territorial statute, or by regulation, or are wholly-owned by a province, territory, municipal or regional government;
• Indigenous governing bodies;
• Federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organizations whose mandate is to improve Indigenous outcomes, organizations serving Indigenous communities living in urban centers and First Nations living off-reserve;
• Indigenous development corporations; and,
• Federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organizations.

For more information on who can apply, please refer to the How to apply tab on the website.

What types of projects can receive funding under the Capital Projects stream?

Capital Projects can cover a broad range of activities related to the delivery of rural transit solutions. Proposed solutions could include a range of modes of eligible transport, including traditional solutions such as fixed-route buses and non-traditional solutions such as ride-share or on-demand services requiring the purchase of minivans, small craft, zero-emission fleets, shared fleets, the construction of intermodal hubs, the installation of charging stations or the purchase of software.

Through this stream, eligible applicants will be able to submit applications for up to $3 million to help cover the capital costs of a new or expanded transit solution (e.g., purchase of a vehicle or digital platforms), and up to $5 million to support zero-emission transit solutions (e.g., for the purchase of a zero-emission vehicle(s)).

For more information, please refer to the Application and Step-by-Step guides located in the Applicant guides tab.

Maximum funding allocations for capital projects are as follows:

Eligible organization	Maximum Program contribution (% of capital expenses)	Maximum Federal Contribution from all sources (% of capital expenses)	Total Canadian (i.e., federal provincial, territorial, and municipal) Government stacking (% of capital expenses)
Applicant is located in a province or is a not-for-profit organization	80%	80%	100%
Applicant is located in a territory and/or an Indigenous recipient	100%	100%	100%
Provincial government	40%	40%	100%
Territorial government	75%	75%	100%

Key dates and deadlines

The application period for the Capital Projects Stream is now closed. For updates regarding the Rural Transit Solutions Fund, please visit our website regularly and/or subscribe to our mailing list.