Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF)
The Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF) is a national program, helping PEI communities invest in local infrastructure priorities, including projects for housing growth. CCBF provides predictable and flexible funding across 19 different project categories:
| public transit | wastewater infrastructure | drinking water | solid waste management |
| community energy systems | local roads and bridges | capacity building | highways |
| local and regional airports | short-line rail | short-sea shipping | resilience |
| broadband and connectivity | culture | tourism | sport |
| recreation | fire halls | brownfield redevelopment |
Municipalities choose how to invest CCBF in their communities based on funding criteria. Since 2005, the Government of Canada’s CCBF program has invested $294 million in PEI infrastructure.
What’s New
PEI and Canada renewed the CCBF agreement for another 10 years – from 2024 to 2034. Canada will be investing $94.5 million in the first five years of the agreement.
Funding
Municipalities are allocated funds every five years adjusted to population census data.
- Direct Allocation Fund for municipalities that have centralized water and wastewater services. Eight PEI municipalities are eligible. Funding for larger communities is based on population and smaller ones receive $100,000 per year.
- Notional Allocation Fund for municipalities without centralized water and wastewater services
Municipalities, eligible non-profit, for-profit and NGO organizations can apply for funding
- Municipal Strategic Component is an application-based program with applications due by the third Friday in March and fourth Friday in September.
- Wastewater and drinking water projects that significantly help communities, county or province are prioritized for funding.
- Fall 2025 Municipal Strategic Component Awarded Projects:
| Applicant | Project Title | MSC Contribution Amount |
| Bordan-Carleton | Sewer Lagoon Improvements | $ 288,750.00 |
| O’Leary | Lagoon Upgrades Phase II | $ 2,506,218.00 |
The PEI Infrastructure Secretariat informs municipalities about funding allocations, distributes the funds, and informs them about deadlines for the application-based funding and administers that part of the program.
Contact the PEI Infrastructure Secretariat by phone at 902-368-6637. You will hear back within 48 business hours.
CCBF is the former Federal Gas Tax Fund.