$45,000,000
Federal Grant to City of Toronto
Pre-Election Grant
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Pre-Election Timing
This grant was awarded in the lead-up to a federal election. See the full pre-election analysis →
- Recipient
- City of Toronto
- Department
- Infrastructure Canada
- Agreement #
- GAC-2021-14247
- Program
- Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
- Amount
- $45,000,000(41.5x dept. average)
- Date
- 2019-06-20
- Location
- Toronto
- Province/Territory
- ON
- Riding
- Toronto Centre
- MP
- Marci IenLiberal
- Description
- Major infrastructure contribution for public transit expansion, including Scarborough subway extension planning and GO Transit integration projects.
What this means
- •This grant is 41.5x the average grant from Infrastructure Canada.
- •City of Toronto has received $120,000,000 in federal grants across 62 grants since 2018.
- •This grant was awarded 4 months before the 2019 federal election.
On 2019-06-20, the Government of Canada awarded a grant of $45,000,000 to City of Toronto through Infrastructure Canada under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program program. The funds were directed to Toronto, ON, in the federal riding of Toronto Centre, which is represented by Marci Ien (Liberal). Infrastructure Canada has disbursed $5.2B across 4,800 grants since 2018. City of Toronto has received a total of $120.0M in federal funding across 62 grants.