The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund supports local climate and sustainability projects across Canada.
Grants of up to CAD 70,000 help Canadian municipalities and eligible partners assess whether a proposed climate adaptation project is feasible. Standard funding covers up to 80% of eligible study costs, with higher shares for qualifying communities.
Grants for affordable housing providers to assess a major energy upgrade before construction: up to CAD 200,000 for one building or CAD 350,000 for a portfolio of several buildings.
Grants help Canadian affordable-housing providers plan phased energy upgrades: up to CAD 65,000 per building, capped at CAD 200,000 for a portfolio.
Grants up to CAD 100,000 for Canadian municipalities and their partners to assess low-carbon energy options for a site, choose preferred systems and explore how to own, operate and finance them.
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to construct a renewable energy system serving multiple buildings or systems.
A grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to complete detailed feasibility work for a low-carbon energy system serving multiple buildings or systems.
Grants cover up to 50% of eligible costs to plan staged energy and emissions reductions in municipal buildings: up to CAD 65,000 for one building or CAD 200,000 for several. Qualifying small, northern and Indigenous communities may receive higher cost shares.
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to replace municipal or transit vehicles with zero-emission models and install fleet charging infrastructure.
A grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to assess and plan the transition of a municipal or transit fleet to zero-emission vehicles.
Combined loans and grants normally up to CAD 10 million for Canadian municipalities and their partners to build innovative infrastructure with significant emissions-reduction potential.
Grants up to CAD 500,000 for Canadian municipalities and their partners to test innovative solutions in real conditions, measure emissions reductions and decide whether to implement them at a larger scale.
Grants up to CAD 200,000 for Canadian municipalities and their partners to prepare innovative plans that can produce significant long-term emissions reductions and set out how to implement them.
A grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to test the feasibility of an innovative approach with significant long-term potential to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
Grants up to CAD 200,000 for studies planning new municipal buildings in Canadian communities of 10,000 people or fewer, or Northern communities.
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to construct low-carbon, wholly municipally or Indigenous-community-owned public buildings.
Grants up to CAD 100,000 for Canadian municipalities and their partners to compare ways of producing energy from organic waste and choose viable options.
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to build and start operating systems that recover energy from organic waste, landfill gas or waste heat.
Grants up to CAD 200,000 for Canadian municipalities and their partners to design systems that recover energy from organic waste, landfill gas or waste heat.
Grants up to CAD 75,000 help Canadian communities with fewer than 50,000 residents implement proven measures against climate risks, normally covering 70% of eligible costs with conditional increases.
Up to CAD 150,000 helps municipalities and eligible partners in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Yukon design climate-resilience additions to existing home-upgrade financing. Nova Scotia is limited to flood measures.
Grants for new community tree planting that improves shade, climate resilience and biodiversity. The current intake is for Quebec municipalities, applying alone or together, until 15 September 2026.
Grants up to CAD 175,000 for plans and studies that prepare future community tree planting and strengthen forest resilience. The current intake is for Quebec municipalities until 15 September 2026.
Grants of up to C$1 million for Canadian municipalities and their partners to put local climate-risk reduction measures in place.
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to cut energy use and emissions from existing public-service buildings.
Grants of up to CAD 140,000 for Canadian communities to assess several climate hazards and turn the results into adaptation plans, municipal processes and staff capacity.