Ottawa, ON—Municipalities are at the forefront of maintaining and renewing infrastructure assets such as roads, buildings, and wastewater systems to meet the critical needs of the community and ensure a high quality of life for all Canadians. Empowering communities with the necessary tools and support to enhance their decision-making processes is crucial to help them plan for a healthy, safe, and prosperous future for their residents.
Recognizing this imperative, the Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities partnered to launch the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP) in 2017. This $110-million program supported municipalities across Canada to make effective, holistic, and data-informed investment decisions about maintaining, replacing and repairing municipal infrastructure. The program proved so impactful that Budget 2019 committed an additional $60 million to the program’s initial $50 million offer.
Over the course of its eight years, MAMP has funded nearly 1,600 asset management projects, reached more than 2,770 Canadian municipalities through its grants, training and awareness raising activities, and funded $63.7 million worth of municipal asset management projects. MAMP leveraged the regional expertise of 35 partner organizations who delivered group learning, hands-on and online training to support communities where they were at in their asset management journeys.
With the program wrapping up this fall, MAMP has supported municipalities transform how the manage infrastructure and services critical to the lives of Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast, including:
- The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, ON, which received $50,000 to develop an asset management training program.
- The City of Sainte-Catherine, QC, which received $21,200 to conduct surveys of its existing infrastructure to address gaps.
- The City of Salmon Arm, BC, which received $40,000 to develop an asset management policy, strategy and a five-year roadmap for staff.
Although MAMP is concluding, communities will continue to be supported through other Green Municipal Fund initiatives, including the newly launched Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation (LLCA) initiative. This $530-million initiative provides funding and skills development support to local governments to adapt and build long-term resiliency to the impacts of climate change. New funding will support local governments of all sizes develop comprehensive climate adaptation strategies by evolving or developing municipal plans, processes and management systems, such as climate-focused asset management strategies. LLCA directly benefited from the lessons learned from MAMP and will carry on its legacy of supporting community-based sustainable solutions.
About the FCM’s Green Municipal Fund
GMF is a globally unique organization providing funding and education to municipalities to help them both reach net-zero and build resilient communities, while also delivering economic and social benefits such as jobs, housing and infrastructure. Since inception in 2000, it has helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2.9 million tonnes, funded over 13,000 person-years of employment, supported over 30,000 sustainable affordable housing units, and contributed $1.24 billion to the national GDP via the more than 2,300 approved projects. GMF manages approximately $2.4 billion in programs funded by the Government of Canada.
Quick facts
- MAMP provided funding directly to the municipalities of all sizes and at varying stages of asset management maturity.
- The Green Municipal Fund manages approximately $2.4 billion in programs funded by the Government of Canada to support municipal environmental priorities, including the new $530 million investment in community-based adaptation initiatives.
- The $530-million investment was first announced on November 24, 2022, as part of over $2 billion in new federal funding commitments to help protect communities from coast to coast to coast to prepare for climate change under the National Adaptation Strategy.
- LLCA launched on June 3, 2024.
Associated links
Municipal Asset Management Program
Infrastructure in your Community
Investing in Canada: Canada's Long-Term Infrastructure Plan
Investing in Canada plan project map
Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation
Climate-Ready Plans and Processes
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