Ontario Shares Gas Tax Dollars With Municipal Transit
March 6, 2009 11:44 AM
Ontario shares two cents per litre from gas tax revenues with municipalities for public transit. A total of 89 Ontario transit systems, serving 111 municipalities receive provincial gas tax funding.
The government has provided more than$1 billion in gas tax funding to municipalities since 2004, in addition to the $321 million this year.
The province has developed an equitable system to distribute gas tax funding. This funding formula meets the needs of large municipalities with established transit systems and smaller municipalities with different transit demands. The formula is based on a ratio of 70 per cent ridership and 30 per cent population.
Gas Tax Funding For 2008/09 By Municipality
| Municipality | Allocation |
| Barrie | $1,997,729 |
| Belleville | $721,825 |
| Blind River | $17,325 |
| Brampton | $7,248,122 |
| Brantford | $1,251,484 |
| Brockville | $219,520 |
| Burlington | $2,152,078 |
| Chapleau | $24,298 |
| Chatham-Kent | $891,567 |
| Clarence-Rockland | $264,032 |
| Cobourg | $190,227 |
| Cochrane | $34,949 |
| Collingwood | $162,974 |
| Cornwall | $558,868 |
| Deseronto(Hastings) | $17,434 |
| Dryden | $54,640 |
| Durham Region | $7,491,142 |
| Dysart et Al | $15,679 |
| Elliot Lake | $139,667 |
| Espanola | $15,188 |
| Fort Erie | $187,749 |
| Fort Frances | $78,588 |
| Greenstone | $15,807 |
| Guelph | $2,542,306 |
| Halton Hills | $158,328 |
| Hamilton | $11,119,297 |
| Hanover (Arran Elderslie, Brocton, South Bruce and West Grey) | $274,792 |
| Hearst | $42,685 |
| Huntsville | $70,544 |
| Ingersoll | $60,566 |
| Kapuskasing | $44,826 |
| Kawartha Lakes | $522,808 |
| Kenora | $151,436 |
| Kingston | $2,026,499 |
| Lanark County | $210,000 |
| LaSalle | $53,151 |
| Leamington (Kingsville) | $139,345 |
| London | $9,551,573 |
| Loyalist Township | $167,231 |
| Machin | $10,616 |
| Meaford | $49,976 |
| Midland | $114,289 |
| Milton | $333,077 |
| Mississauga | $15,873,893 |
| Morris-Turnberry (Howick, North Huron and Huron-Kinloss) | $59,915 |
| Niagara Falls | $1,143,256 |
| Niagara Region | $443,344 |
| North Bay | $1,164,852 |
| North Perth | $19,341 |
| Oakville | $2,343,559 |
| Orangeville | $277,254 |
| Orillia | $340,683 |
| Ottawa | $36,771,551 |
| Owen Sound | $274,841 |
| Parry Sound | $38,330 |
| Peel | $732,175 |
| Pembroke (Laurentian Valley) | $115,120 |
| Perth East | $79,304 |
| Peterborough City | $1,490,399 |
| Peterborough County | $44,684 |
| Point Edward | $24,392 |
| Port Colborne | $96,302 |
| Port Hope, Town | $149,528 |
| Prince Edward County | $66,094 |
| Quinte West (Brighton) | $442,525 |
| Renfrew (Horton, Admaston/Bromley and Whitewater) | $185,233 |
| Sarnia | $928,453 |
| Sault Ste Marie | $1,165,205 |
| Schrieber (Terrace Bay) | $24,727 |
| St Catharines | $2,599,959 |
| St Marys (Perth South, Thames Centre and Zorra) | $59,791 |
| St Thomas | $437,414 |
| Stratford | $459,429 |
| Sudbury (Greater) | $2,767,697 |
| Temiskaming Shores (Cobalt) | $99,203 |
| Thorold | $252,780 |
| Thunder Bay | $1,912,687 |
| Timmins | $637,943 |
| Toronto | $164,068,790 |
| Trent Hills | $66,011 |
| Wasaga Beach | $79,800 |
| Waterloo Region | $8,756,641 |
| Wawa (was Michipicoten) | $6,434 |
| Welland | $566,524 |
| West Elgin (South West Middlesex, Newbury and Dawn-Euphemia) | $29,209 |
| West Perth (was Mitchell) | $45,932 |
| Windsor | $3,830,221 |
| Woodstock | $394,793 |
| York Region | $14,067,319 |
Ministry of Transportation
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