Grants and Contributions

Reaching Home aims to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada. This is accomplished by mobilizing partners at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, and other stakeholders, to address barriers to well-being faced by those who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.

The Region of Peel's Transportation Master Plan (TMP) will act as an implementation plan in developing a multi-modal sustainable transportation system until 2051.

A retrofit project in Guelph, ON of 20 rooftop HVAC units at the West End Community Centre (WECC), which is one of the largest community centres at the City of Guelph. The facility supports the community with recreational programming (includes swimming pool, ice rinks, gymnasium and fitness areas) and library services. Through the energy retrofit project, comfort and ventilation will be improved for the facility users and energy and greenhouse gas emissions will be greatly reduced.

MODL is currently operating off an out-of-date Active Transportation Plan drafted in 2010. Since that time, many AT projects have been accomplished and MODL has significantly changed its development patters. The new Active Transportation Plan for MODL will provide: an inventory of existing active transportation infrastructure; mapping of proposed active transportation infrastructure improvements; a 20 year phased approach for implementation, identifying priorities and including cost estimates; an active transportation policy statement; proposed changes to the subdivision bylaw; and suggestions for funding.

The Kinsmen Recreation Centre is a centrally located facility, featuring two ice surfaces, ground-floor and elevated viewing areas as well as a host of multi-purpose meeting and activity rooms and kitchenette on the second floor. The facility also provides programming in a large computer lab.To substantially curtail carbon emissions, waste heat from the refrigeration plant will be utilized for space heating following the expansion and renewal of the existing hydronic distribution and building automation systems.

The project will facilitate a large reduction in GHG emissions, provide significant energy savings, and include extensive accessibility components that will exceed current standards.

Credit Valley Trail - Upper Canada College Phase 1 is a part of the Credit Valley Trail in Halton Hills (Georgetown). The Credit Valley Trail will be a 100 km pathway through the Credit River Valley – from the headwaters in Orangeville to Lake Ontario in Mississauga – connecting people to nature, cultural experiences, Indigenous heritage and the sustaining waters of the Credit River. It will be developed in segments in different ways including by partner municipalities, the Credit Valley Conservation Authority, and potentially in partnership with private land owners.

In 2018, to Town of Sackville completed a major flood mitigation project that resulted in some access roads and multi-use trails that residents and visitors can use for both active transportation and recreation. The addition of this asset has been great for the Town, however, the new trail system is not properly connected to our downtown or our famous Sackville Waterfowl Park, as it ends abruptly. Additionally, there is a new retention pond development funded by Ducks Unlimited that has great potential for additional trails and would better connect to our sidewalks, crosswalks and the Waterfowl Park. This development would result in a trail system that will allow users to walk or bike safely from Downtown Sackville to our economic corridors near the Trans Canada Highway. It would also connect to the Trans Canada Trail system, which includes a 58km stretch of former railbed trail that reaches all the way to the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island.

Retrofit of a recreation complex in Powell River, BC to improve recreational services for everyone in the regional district. It includes installing an ice plant heat recovery system to utilize waste heat from the ice plant for space heating and swimming pool heating.

The project will improve the building's energy and water efficiency, in addition to safety improvements, by upgrading the building envelope. The retrofits will also exceed accessibility standards and bring tangible benefits to various underserved groups and the community at large.