Backgrounder

The Government of delivered the first of two federal Gas Tax Fund installments for 2016-17 to all the provinces and territories benefitting 639 communities in .

The following table indicates this year’s federal Gas Tax Fund allocation for each of Ontario’s communities.

14 Mile Island $1,172.92 Association of $2,483,684.00 Municipalities of Ontario Aberdeen & McMahon $19,993.01 (Administration) Athens $94,797.13 Addington Highlands $76,980.86 Atikokan $169,467.35 Adelaide-Metcalfe $92,060.84 Aubrey East $10,236.42 Adjala-Tosorontio $322,364.96 Augusta $225,895.66 Admaston/Bromley $86,466.66 Aurora $1,617,540.62 Ajax $3,332,189.02 Aylmer $217,413.17 Alberton $52,536.70 Baldwin $33,504.31 Alfred and Plantagenet $279,587.68 Ballantyne & Pt. Laurier $15,621.21 Algonquin Highlands $65,549.27 Bancroft $117,964.36 Alnwick/Haldimand $201,177.87 Barrie $8,273,496.97 Amaranth $120,487.82 Bayham $212,487.86 Amherstburg $655,371.04 Bears Passage $2,559.11 Anima-Nipissing $2,239.22 Beauchamp $17,807.11 Armour $83,426.34 Beaver Bay $586.46 Armstrong $3,252.20 Beckwith $212,396.65 Armstrong Lake $3,252.20 Belleville $3,007,118.17 Armstrong $73,940.54 Bidwell Lake $1,546.13 Arnprior $246,691.44 Bigstone $959.66 Arran-Elderslie $207,045.69 Billings $30,768.02 Ashfield-Colborne- $169,710.58 Wawanosh Black River-Matheson $146,543.35 Asphodel-Norwood $122,859.27 Blandford-Blenheim $223,737.03 Assiginack $58,374.11 Blind River $215,801.80

Blindfold Lake $2,079.27 Cane $27,297.12

Bluewater $214,160.03 Carleton Place $298,224.84

Bonfield $122,585.64 Carling $75,886.35

Bonnechere Valley $114,407.18 Carlow/Mayo $27,119.64

Bourkes $12,155.75 Cartier $2,559.11

Bracebridge $468,634.69 Casey $22,741.58

Bradford West $853,630.21 Casgrain $15,034.74 Gwillimbury Brampton $15,928,562.77 Casselman $110,241.95

Brant County $2,167,017.38 Cavan-Monaghan $261,497.79

Brantford $5,694,516.45 Central Elgin $387,427.78

Brethour $7,844.02 Central Frontenac $138,516.91

Brighton $332,246.00 Central Huron $230,790.57

Britt $8,583.67 Central Manitoulin $119,058.87

Britton $17,700.48 Centre Hastings $138,121.67

Brock $344,802.51 Centre Wellington $811,552.20

Brockton $286,762.84 Chamberlain $18,059.49

Brockville $1,329,835.29 Champlain $260,646.50

Brooke-Alvinston $77,467.31 Chapleau $128,666.28

Brower $7,197.48 Chapple $45,057.52

Bruce Mines $34,416.40 Charlton and Dack $40,801.07

Bruce $1,967,359.66 Chatham-Kent $6,303,857.07

Brudenell, Lyndoch and $50,408.48 Chatsworth $195,705.30 Raglan Chiniguchi River $10,076.48 Bryce $7,517.37 Chisholm $76,798.44 Burk's Falls $58,799.76 Clarence-Rockland $704,897.83 Burlington $5,344,241.36 Clarington $2,570,528.44 Burpee and Mills $18,728.36 Clearview $417,557.34 Burwash-Hendrie $17,807.11 Clearwater Lake $3,412.14 Caledon $1,807,773.35 Cobalt $68,893.62 Callander $234,955.81 Cobourg $563,036.57 Calvin $34,538.02 Cochrane $324,706.01 Cambridge $3,853,542.82

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Coleman $36,301.40 Ear Falls $62,387.33

Collingwood $584,987.67 $289,803.15

Conmee $46,456.07 East Garafraxa $78,896.26

Coppell/Kendall/Way $30,762.58 East Gwillimbury $683,250.76

Cornwall $2,817,767.13 East Hawkesbury $101,394.62

Cramahe $184,638.54 East Luther Grand Valley $82,879.08

Crescent Point $959.66 East Zorra-Tavistock $207,836.17

Crystal Lake $3,412.14 Eby-Grenfell $18,073.68

Dance $7,410.74 Edwardsburgh/Cardinal $211,575.76

Dawn-Euphemia $62,296.13 Eldee $639.78

Dawson $10,236.42 Elgin $1,506,660.21

Dawson $34,233.99 Elizabethtown-Kitley $295,640.57

Dawson/Goldie $28,523.36 $690,030.67

Deep River $127,480.55 Ellsmere $1,386.18

Departure Lake $5,171.53 Emo $76,129.57

Deseronto $55,789.84 Ena Lake $3,945.29

Devils Lake $4,051.92 Englehart $92,364.87

Devon $3,891.97 Enniskillen $89,081.33

Devon Landing $2,505.79 Erin $327,442.30

Dorion $20,552.55 Esher-Como-Healey $13,915.14

Douro-Dummer $206,893.67 Espanola $326,165.36

Downes Lake $1,012.98 Essa $562,610.93

Driftwood $8,210.46 Essex $5,403,253.94

Drummond/North $227,628.64 Essex $595,902.42 Elmsley Dryden $463,162.11 Eton $27,617.01

Dubreuilville $38,612.04 Evanturel $27,484.48

Dufferin $1,729,363.53 Faraday $44,631.87

Dunning $15,994.41 Fauquier-Strickland $32,227.38

Durham $18,486,078.64 Fenwick Penne & VanK $19,619.81

Dutton/Dunwich $117,842.74 Firehill $639.78

Dysart Et Al $181,385.40 $2,559.11

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Forbes $27,243.81 $9,745,679.97

Fort Erie $910,879.41 Greenstone $287,249.29

Fort Frances $483,532.25 Grey Highlands $289,438.32

Foster-Truman $13,701.88 Grey $2,814,361.98

Fournier $19,033.35 Grimsby $769,960.65

Fowler $30,442.69 Guelph $7,399,405.42

Frederickhouse $14,021.76 Guelph/Eramosa $376,391.42

French River $148,489.15 Haldimand $2,728,746.61

Front of Yonge $83,669.56 Haliburton $517,644.62

Frontenac Islands $56,671.54 Hallebourg $13,595.25

Frontenac $801,883.99 Halton Hills $1,794,031.11

Galbraith & Morin $13,381.99 Halton $15,252,335.14

Gananoque $315,828.28 Hamilton $31,616,210.70

Garden Lake $5,011.58 Hamilton $325,374.88

Gaudette & Hodgins $4,531.75 Hanlan $26,763.98

Gauthier $7,479.18 Hanover $227,719.85

Georgian Bay $75,460.70 Hardwick $11,302.72

Georgian Bluffs $316,314.73 Harley $32,774.63

Georgina $1,323,055.38 Harris Lake $3,838.66

Ghost Lake $2,399.16 Harris $31,801.73

Gillies $28,761.41 Hastings Highlands $126,720.47

Goderich $228,662.35 Hastings $1,212,722.22

Gogama $9,063.50 Havelock-Belmont- $137,513.60 Methuen Gordon Lake $5,331.47 Hawk Junction $2,719.05

Gordon/Barrie Island $31,984.15 Hawkesbury $320,784.00

Gore Bay $51,685.41 Head, Clara and Maria $7,144.75

Gorham $62,431.51 Hearst $309,504.42

Goulais Mission $22,605.43 Henwood $29,163.14

Gravenhurst $366,510.39 Hess $2,985.62

Greater Madawaska $75,551.91 Hicks Lake $3,412.14

Greater Napanee $471,583.79 Highlands East $98,779.95

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Hilliard $12,404.50 Kawartha Lakes $4,451,877.49

Hilton Beach $8,816.92 Kearney $51,138.16

Hilton $15,870.46 Kendall Inlet $2,825.68

Hornepayne $63,846.69 Kenora $933,256.15

Horseshoe Bay $6,344.45 Kenricia $2,985.62

Horton $82,666.26 Kerns $21,829.49

Horwood Lake $7,997.20 Kettle Lake $2,878.99

Howick $117,234.68 Killaloe, Hagarty and $73,028.45 Richards Hudson $28,943.83 Killarney $30,707.22

Hunta $17,114.02 Kincardine $339,725.18

Huntsville $579,363.08 King $604,992.97

Huron East $281,655.10 Kingsford $20,259.58

Huron Shores $104,769.37 Kingston $7,501,256.09

Huron $1,796,828.20 Kingsville $649,472.83

Huron-Kinloss $206,437.62 Kirkland Lake $516,428.49

Ignace $73,089.26 Kitchener $6,662,949.08

Indian/Sand Lake $8,530.35 $1,812.70

Ingersoll $369,277.08 Kukagami $8,477.04

Inglis Lake $1,279.55 La Vallee $60,076.69

Ingolf $1,119.61 LaSalle $870,838.41

Ingram $29,163.14 Laclu $7,037.54

Innisfil $995,005.02 Laird $64,272.33

Inwood $18,873.40 Lake of Bays $106,593.56

Iroquois Falls $279,405.27 Lake of the Woods $17,998.69

Jacques $26,870.61 Lakeshore $1,050,308.41

James $25,781.90 Lambton Shores $323,976.33

Jocelyn $14,411.11 Lambton $3,788,936.06

Johnson $45,604.78 Lanark Highlands $155,907.53

Joly $17,269.01 Lanark $1,723,526.12

Kabaigon Bay $2,345.85 Lang Lake $1,119.61

Kapuskasing $498,369.00 Larder Lake $41,591.56

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Latchford $23,532.06 Marks $17,060.70

Laurentian Hills $85,463.35 Markstay-Warren $139,672.23

Laurentian Valley $293,603.55 Marmora and Lake $123,862.57

Laurier $20,686.10 Marquis $13,328.67

Leamington $863,541.65 Marten Lake $2,025.96

Leeds and Grenville $2,068,328.64 Matachewan $24,869.80

Leeds and the Thousand $282,050.34 Mattawa $123,011.28 Islands Lennox and Addington $1,271,582.79 Mattawan $9,850.63

Limerick $10,701.92 Mattice-Val Côté $41,713.17

Lincoln $683,676.41 McCallum Point $2,292.53

London $22,264,312.78 McConnell Lake $533.15

Long Lake $5,651.36 McDougall $164,481.23

Lost Channel $11,142.77 McGarry $36,179.79

Lount $31,722.24 McIntosh $13,168.73

Loyalist $493,170.06 McKellar $69,562.49

Lucan Biddulph $131,889.01 McKenzie Portage $3,732.03

Lybster $23,405.15 McMurrich/Monteith $47,368.16

Lyon $8,850.24 McNab/Braeside $224,101.87

Mabella $586.46 Meaford $337,475.35

Macdonald, Meredith $89,020.52 Melancthon $86,314.64 and Aberdeen Additional Melgund $19,246.60 Machar $56,124.28 Memesagamesing $8,477.04 Machin $56,853.96 Merrickville-Wolford $86,649.08 Madawaska Valley $130,186.44 Middlesex Centre $501,257.30 Madoc $66,795.80 Middlesex $2,152,423.85 Magnetawan $88,412.46 Midland $503,841.57 Malahide $278,067.53 Mills & Hardy $27,030.55 Manitouwadge $127,997.41 Milton $2,564,873.45 Mapleton $303,697.41 Minaki $2,559.11 Marathon $203,883.76 Minden Hills $171,930.01 Marion Lake $1,439.50 Mine Center $1,919.33 Markham $9,172,914.38

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Ministic Lake $5,598.04 $8,370.41

Minto $253,380.14 Norfolk $3,841,442.36

Miscampbell $7,677.32 North Algona $87,348.35 Wilberforce Mississauga $21,690,939.12 North Bay $3,262,322.50

Mississippi Mills $376,543.44 North Dumfries $283,783.32

Mono $229,422.43 North Dundas $341,275.75

Montague $105,894.29 North Frontenac $56,002.67

Moonbeam $66,947.81 North Glengarry $311,663.04

Moose $3,145.57 North Grenville $458,632.04

Moosonee $104,890.99 North Huron $148,489.15

Morley $28,822.22 North Kawartha $69,592.89

Morris-Turnberry $103,766.07 North Middlesex $202,424.40

Mountain Bay $1,972.64 North Perth $384,022.62

Mulmur $103,097.20 North Stormont $205,981.57

Munroe Point $693.09 Northeastern Manitoulin $164,542.03 and The Islands Muskoka Lakes $203,914.16 Northern Bruce $113,829.52 Muskoka $1,800,476.58 Peninsula Northern Light Lake $28,629.99 Mutrie $26,444.09 Northland Lake $1,866.01 $29,004.64 Northumberland $2,482,632.83 Neebing $120,761.45 Norwich $325,952.54 Nelles $14,501.60 O'Connor $41,652.36 Nellie Lake/Aurora $1,492.81 Oakville $5,549,189.23 New Tecumseth $919,209.88 Obonga Lake $8,530.35 Newbury $13,590.22 Oil Springs $21,403.84 Newmarket $2,431,585.89 Oliver Paipoonge $348,542.11 Niagara Falls $2,523,373.10 Onaping Lake $2,559.11 Niagara $13,114,292.00 $13,012.56 Niagara-on-the-Lake $468,209.04 Orangeville $850,529.09 Nickel Lake Shores $959.66 Orillia $1,859,823.60 Nipigon $99,175.19 Oro-Medonte $610,435.14 Nipissing $103,614.05

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Oshawa $4,548,529.22 Pickering $2,697,400.93

Otonabee-South $202,485.21 Pickle Lake $25,842.71 Monaghan Ottawa $53,715,799.03 Pine Ridge $853.04

Otto $16,527.56 $39,524.14

Owen Sound $659,384.26 Plympton-Wyoming $230,334.53

Oxford $3,214,194.26 Point Edward $61,840.08

Pacaud-Catherine $23,458.47 Polly Lake $1,866.01

Papineau-Cameron $59,468.63 Port Colborne $560,148.27

Parry Sound $376,452.23 Port Hope $492,957.23

Patterson $13,808.51 Portage Bay $2,399.16

Patton & Montgomery $9,170.13 Powassan $205,403.91

Peace Tree $266.57 Pratt $5,704.67

Pearson Landing $3,891.97 Prescott and Russell $2,595,854.29

Peel $39,427,275.24 Prescott $260,494.48

Pelee $10,397.89 Prince Edward County $1,535,847.27

Pelham $504,632.06 Prince $62,691.37

Pellatt # 2 $12,315.69 Pringle $23,298.52

Pembroke $873,179.46 Puslinch $213,703.98

Penetanguishene $277,003.41 Quinte West $2,619,903.21

Perch Lake $1,332.87 Rainy River $51,198.96

Perry $140,888.36 Ramara $281,989.54

Perth East $365,689.50 Red Deer Village $3,945.29

Perth South $121,399.92 Red Lake $283,965.74

Perth $1,142,278.04 Red Pine Ridge $3,038.94

Perth $177,554.60 Red Rock $5,011.58

Petawawa $486,086.11 Red Rock $57,279.60

Peterborough $4,785,339.62 Redditt $3,412.14

Peterborough $1,668,222.73 Reef Point $6,877.60

Petrolia $168,068.80 Renfrew $2,630,909.16

Phelps $26,657.35 Renfrew $249,853.37

Pickerel Lake $5,331.47 Richmond Hill $5,641,037.25

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Rideau Lakes $310,325.30 Sioux Narrows-Nestor $43,780.59 Falls Robillard $29,589.65 Smiths Falls $545,919.58

Robinson $20,259.58 $83,669.56

Rock Lake $4,265.18 $73,636.51

Rossmere Bay $1,546.13 South Bruce Peninsula $255,781.99

Rossport $426.52 South Bruce $172,842.10

Rowell $17,167.33 South Dundas $328,171.97

Rugby $9,063.50 South Frontenac $550,692.88

Rush Bay-Woodchuk $24,524.76 South Glengarry $400,166.71

Russell $463,557.35 South Huron $302,359.67

Ryerson $38,551.24 South River $63,785.88

Sables-Spanish Rivers $186,979.58 South Stormont $383,596.98

Sarnia $2,200,156.85 South-West Oxford $229,361.62

Saugeen Shores $384,934.72 Southgate $218,598.90

Sault Ste. Marie $4,569,051.37 Southwatten $3,518.77

Savant Lake $2,399.16 Southwest Middlesex $178,162.66

Savard $39,612.82 Southwold $136,631.91

Schreiber $68,467.97 Southworth $19,939.70

Scugog $655,766.29 Spanish $42,321.23

Secord $6,717.65 Spohn $8,477.04

Seguin $242,495.80 Springwater $554,037.23

Selwyn $512,172.05 Spruce Lake $853.04

Severn $376,300.21 St. Catharines $3,994,978.44

Shebandowan $1,972.64 St. Charles $77,953.77

Shelburne $177,737.02 St. Clair $441,302.22

Sheraton $9,490.02 St. Joseph $73,028.45

Sherwood Lake $4,211.86 St. Marys $404,666.39

Shuniah $166,427.03 St. Thomas $2,304,865.41

Sibley $13,755.19 Star Lake $5,438.10

Simcoe $8,429,647.73 Stirling $14,608.23

Sioux Lookout $306,281.68 Stirling-Rawdon $151,347.05

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Stone Mills $229,848.07 Tilden Lake $2,239.22

Storm Bay $10,289.74 Tilley $1,172.92

Stormont, Dundas and $1,970,856.03 Tillsonburg $465,199.13 Glengarry Strange $9,703.27 $2,624,706.91

Stratford $1,878,065.51 Tiny $341,488.57

Strathroy-Caradoc $637,798.00 $159,811,360.00

Strong $81,541.34 Trent Hills $383,201.74

Sultan $2,878.99 Trent Lakes $155,208.26

Sundridge $59,894.27 Trout Lake North $7,730.63

Sunny Slopes $426.52 Tudor and Cashel $17,816.27

Sunset Lake $3,785.34 Tunis $7,197.48

Sutherland $10,449.68 Tweed $184,152.09

Tannis Lake $2,132.59 Tyendinaga $126,173.22

Tarbutt and $24,079.32 Upsala $16,900.76 Additional Uxbridge $627,004.87 Tay Valley $169,376.14 Val Rita-Harty $49,678.80 Tay $296,005.40 Van Horne $20,739.42 Tecumseh $717,819.18 Vankoughnet & $14,554.91 Tehkummah $24,687.39 Vaughan $8,765,268.48 $51,077.35 Vixen Lake $3,412.14 Temiskaming Shores $632,386.24 Wabigoon Redvers W $19,139.97 Terrace Bay $89,446.17 Wabigoon S.E. $2,399.16 Thames Centre $395,241.40 Wabos $2,665.73 The Archipelago $34,416.40 Wainfleet $193,242.64 The Blue Mountains $196,191.75 Wainwright $22,925.32 The Nation $354,744.36 Wallbridge South $3,252.20 The North Shore $30,950.44 War Eagle Lake $1,439.50 $77,771.35 Ware $56,726.83 Thorne $1,066.29 Warwick $113,008.64 Thornloe $7,479.18 Wasaga Beach $533,180.65 Thorold $545,159.50 Watabeag $39,612.82 $6,588,917.33

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Waterloo $3,003,226.56 White River $36,909.47

Waterloo $15,417,333.22 Whitesand Lake $799.72

Wawa $180,898.95 Whitestone $55,820.25

Welland $1,539,343.63 Whitewater Region $210,420.44

Wellesley $325,709.32 Willisville $693.09

Wellington North $348,937.35 Wilmot $584,440.41

Wellington $2,635,104.80 Wilson & McConkey $7,570.69

West Elgin $156,789.22 Windsor $12,823,515.94

West Grey $373,533.52 Wollaston $21,525.45

West Lincoln $420,688.86 Woodstock $1,147,841.83

West Nipissing $860,349.31 Woolwich $703,681.70

West Perth $271,166.00 Wyse & Poitras $1,012.98

West Riverside $1,119.61 Yellowstone $746.41

Westport $19,093.20 York $31,383,656.75

Wharncliffe $3,412.14 Zealand 1 $19,299.92

Whiskey Lake $9,436.70 Zealand 3 $12,369.01

Whitby $3,709,857.37 Zorra $244,988.86

Whitchurch-Stouffville $1,144,011.02

White Pines $1,226.24

For more information on the Gas Tax Fund, please visit: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html

For more information on the federal Gas Tax Fund in Ontario, please visit: http://www.amo.on.ca/AMO-Content/Gas-Tax/Canada-s-Gas-Tax-Fund.aspx

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