Grants and Contributions

Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon, Willow House is at a critical juncture as the demand for our essential services has exceeded our capacity, resulting in over 500 families being turned away annually. Recent provincial projections indicate a growing need for additional spaces in the coming years. A second RMHBC&Y, Willow House, will double the number of families we serve, allowing us to better accommodate long-stay families, who often stay for months and even years at a time. The new House is intentionally designed with studio, one- and two-bedroom units, kitchenettes, storage and other amenities.
This green and inclusive community project will create a new, fully accessible, 130,000 sq. ft. building for the public, adding 75 family suites plus, common indoor and outdoor areas. This net-zero project will enable us to meet the current and future demand for families by providing essential social infrastructure enabling equitable access to pediatric health care, and reducing the burdens faced by travelling families.

Our project will transform the former Town of Olds Operations Shop into a community-activated space that will serve as a Men's Shed and Community Arts Hub. The envelope of the building is sound so the proposed renovations will focus on the interior of the building to ensure it is safe, accessible, and functional as a community building while improving energy efficiency, lowering carbon emissions and enhancing climate resilience.
Men's Shed is part of an international movement that offers a casual, supportive space where men (many retired seniors) can connect, socialize, and work on meaningful projects. A Community Arts Hub would offer space for local artists to gather, create and share their talents through various projects and cultural events. The Hub would also be a place for community members to come together to engage in art creation, appreciate art, and participate in other cultural activities. Both initiatives aim to foster community connection, creativity, and mental well-being.

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 applicant is seeking to construct and expansion to the waterfront trail, connect the downtown to 8 Wing/Canadian Forces Base Trenton, and provide access to both Centennial Park and Bain Park. This project utilizes AT infra, such multi-use paths, and enhancements to improve AT user trip quality. Key outputs of the project include: 1.7 km new multi-use asphalt pathway, 2 accessible picnic tables, 7 benches, 6 seating areas, 4 bike racks, 1 bike repair station, 2 trail head markers, 1 gazebo, 100 new trees planted. Extending the waterfront trail will expand the municipality’s active transportation assets, create a link between major employment areas, and result in more opportunities for residents to shift away from motorized vehicles towards more environmentally friendly modes of transportation

Purchase of 1 gas/diesel van to support transit for Dauphin, Manitoba.

Conduct a strategic feasibility study by reviewing the existing transit landscape to explore the expansion of the Community Transportation program in Athabasca County, AB.

Purchase of 4 gas/diesel buses and other equipment and infrastructure to improve and expand transit for Simcoe County, Ontario.

Purchase a replacement for 1 gas/diesel bus to continue transit services for mobility and mentally challenged individuals in the Town of Arborg, Manitoba.

Purchase five bus shelters and shelter pads to increase accessibility and safety of residents including those with physical and visual impairments located in the Town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

This funding application is intended to address a planned but unfunded segment of protected bike lane that will extend a fully funded segment of protected bike lane to be constructed as part of an upcoming road renewal project. River and Stradbrook Avenues are an east/west one-way couplet in the Osborne Village neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The design of the bike lanes involves the reallocation of road space from motor vehicles to bikes and people through the construction of new separated, protected bike lanes. The protected bike lanes will be uni-directional, following the flow of traffic and functioning together as a couplet.
The protected bike lanes are approximately 2.5 kilometers in their entirety. Approximately one kilometer of this length will be funded and included in an existing road renewal project and the remaining section would be funded through this application and already secured match funding.