Newfoundland and Labrador will receive a total of $64 million this fiscal year through the federal Gas Tax Fund. Funding will be provided to 276 communities and Inuit Community Governments to support local infrastructure projects.
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment, joined the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, for the announcement today in Paradise. Dan Bobbett, Mayor of Paradise also participated, highlighting that the Town of Paradise will receive more than $1.8 million in federal Gas Tax funding for 2018-19.
This month, the Government of Canada delivered the first of two $15.7 million annual installments to Newfoundland and Labrador, along with a top-up of $32.8 million, allocated through federal Budget 2019. This top-up doubles the amount of money allotted for the 2018-19 gas tax transfer.
The Gas Tax Fund is a long-term, indexed source of funding that supports local infrastructure projects across the province each year. Some examples of these projects include:
- Clarke’s Beach has made improvements to the municipal park by installing new playground equipment and washrooms.
- Port au Port East is benefitting from a more reliable and consistent supply of clean drinking water thanks to upgrades to the local water reservoir.
- Lumsden constructed a tourist building which houses a museum, washroom, shower and laundry facilities at the municipally owned RV park to enhance the tourism industry.
A full list of community funding allocations appears in the backgrounder below.
Quotes
“Through the Gas Tax Fund, residents of municipalities and Inuit Community Governments will continue to benefit from infrastructure projects that will build safe and sustainable communities across Newfoundland and Labrador.”
Honourable Lisa Dempster
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment
“Local governments know best what their communities need, and the Government of Canada is proud to deliver stable, long-term funding that they count on to develop and maintain their public infrastructure. By investing in our communities, the Government of Canada is promoting economic growth and environmental sustainability, strengthening the middle class and helping ensure all Canadians have access to the opportunities they need to succeed.”
Honourable Francois-Philippe Champagne
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
“Since its inception, the Gas Tax Fund has been an important addition to the Town of Paradise’s funding and has helped us develop many community infrastructure projects, such as the splash pad in Paradise Park and numerous improvements to road networks. The increased funding the federal government has allocated will now provide further resources to all provincial municipalities, including Paradise. Improving infrastructure as our town continues to grow and prosper is a priority for council, and we are thankful for the additional commitment.”
Dan Bobbett
Mayor of the Town of Paradise
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Learn more
Gas Tax Agreement
The Federal Gas Tax Fund in Newfoundland and Labrador
Media contacts
Lynn Robinson
Municipal Affairs and Environment
709-729-2575, 725-4321
lynnrobinson@gov.nl.ca
Brook Simpson
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
613-219-0149
brook.simpson@canada.ca
Infrastructure Canada
613-960-9251
Toll free: 1-877-250-7154
infc.media-medias.infc@canada.ca
Diane Keough
Town of Paradise
709-782-2603
dkeough@townofparadise.ca
BACKGROUNDER
Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2018-19 Federal Gas Tax Fund allocations Per Community
The Government of Canada has delivered the first of two $15.7 million federal Gas Tax Fund installments to Newfoundland and Labrador for the 2019-20 fiscal year. The funding will flow through the provincial government to the following 276 communities on a per capita basis.
The Gas Tax Fund will provide Newfoundland and Labrador with a total of $64 million this fiscal year for local infrastructure projects.
The following table indicates the 2019-20 federal Gas Tax Fund allocation and Budget 2019 top-up amount for Newfoundland and Labrador’s participating communities (amounts exclude administrative costs):
| Ultimate Recipient | Allocation 2019-20 | Budget 2019 Top-up |
| Admirals Beach | $13,833 | $14,097 |
| Anchor Point | $21,503 | $21,913 |
| Appleton | $32,643 | $33,266 |
| Aquaforte | $11,476 | $11,695 |
| Arnold’s Cove | $48,711 | $49,641 |
| Avondale | $35,514 | $36,192 |
| Badger | $38,214 | $38,943 |
| Baie Verte | $64,308 | $65,535 |
| Baine Harbour | $13,362 | $13,617 |
| Bauline | $27,416 | $27,939 |
| Bay Bulls | $72,321 | $73,700 |
| Bay de Verde | $24,845 | $25,319 |
| Bay L’Argent | $18,375 | $18,726 |
| Bay Roberts | $265,650 | $270,719 |
| Baytona | $19,275 | $19,643 |
| Beachside | $13,705 | $13,966 |
| Bellburns | $10,320 | $10,516 |
| Belleoram | $24,074 | $24,533 |
| Birchy Bay | $31,615 | $32,218 |
| Bird Cove | $15,718 | $16,018 |
| Bishop’s Cove | $20,346 | $20,734 |
| Bishop’s Falls | $143,277 | $146,010 |
| Bonavista | $155,788 | $158,761 |
| Botwood | $131,236 | $133,740 |
| Branch | $17,818 | $18,158 |
| Brent’s Cove | $14,776 | $15,058 |
| Brighton | $16,104 | $16,411 |
| Brigus | $39,028 | $39,772 |
| Bryant’s Cove | $24,974 | $25,450 |
| Buchans | $35,557 | $36,235 |
| Burgeo | $64,051 | $65,273 |
| Burin | $107,242 | $109,288 |
| Burlington | $21,503 | $21,913 |
| Burnt Islands | $34,700 | $35,362 |
| Campbellton | $27,416 | $27,939 |
| Cape Broyle | $29,001 | $29,555 |
| Cape St. George | $44,598 | $45,449 |
| Carbonear | $216,204 | $220,329 |
| Carmanville | $39,756 | $40,515 |
| Cartwright | $26,345 | $26,847 |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity | $57,195 | $58,286 |
| Chance Cove | $19,018 | $19,381 |
| Change Islands | $16,961 | $17,285 |
| Channel-Port aux Basques | $182,311 | $185,790 |
| Chapel Arm | $27,630 | $28,157 |
| Charlottetown (Labrador) | $20,475 | $20,865 |
| Clarenville | $277,605 | $282,902 |
| Clarke’s Beach | $74,806 | $76,233 |
| Coachman’s Cove | $12,548 | $12,787 |
| Colinet | $11,476 | $11,695 |
| Colliers | $36,071 | $36,759 |
| Come By Chance | $17,818 | $18,158 |
| Comfort Cove-Newstead | $25,488 | $25,974 |
| Conception Bay South | $1,130,621 | $1,152,193 |
| Conception Harbour | $37,399 | $38,113 |
| Conche | $15,333 | $15,625 |
| Cook’s Harbour | $13,319 | $13,573 |
| Cormack | $33,629 | $34,270 |
| Corner Brook | $856,695 | $873,040 |
| Cottlesville | $19,660 | $20,036 |
| Cow Head | $26,388 | $26,891 |
| Cox’s Cove | $37,528 | $38,244 |
| Crow Head | $15,633 | $15,931 |
| Cupids | $39,885 | $40,646 |
| Daniel’s Harbour | $18,889 | $19,250 |
| Deer Lake | $232,957 | $237,402 |
| Dover | $36,414 | $37,109 |
| Eastport | $29,515 | $30,079 |
| Elliston | $21,246 | $21,651 |
| Embree | $38,085 | $38,812 |
| Englee | $30,629 | $31,214 |
| English Harbour East | $14,004 | $14,272 |
| Fermeuse | $21,974 | $22,393 |
| Ferryland | $25,788 | $26,280 |
| Flatrock | $80,162 | $81,691 |
| Fleur de Lys | $18,504 | $18,857 |
| Flower’s Cove | $19,618 | $19,992 |
| Fogo Island | $104,199 | $106,187 |
| Forteau | $25,573 | $26,061 |
| Fortune | $68,079 | $69,377 |
| Fox Cove-Mortier | $20,689 | $21,083 |
| Fox Harbour | $18,846 | $19,206 |
| Frenchman’s Cove | $15,290 | $15,582 |
| Gallants | $10,191 | $10,385 |
| Gambo | $92,802 | $94,572 |
| Gander | $508,855 | $518,564 |
| Garnish | $32,386 | $33,004 |
| Gaskiers Point La Haye | $17,989 | $18,333 |
| Gaultois | $13,876 | $14,141 |
| George’s Brook-Milton | $40,956 | $41,737 |
| Gillams | $25,616 | $26,105 |
| Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook | $17,647 | $17,983 |
| Glenwood | $41,384 | $42,174 |
| Glovertown | $97,301 | $99,157 |
| Goose Cove East | $15,504 | $15,800 |
| Grand Bank | $107,027 | $109,069 |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | $615,247 | $626,985 |
| Grand Le Pierre | $18,118 | $18,464 |
| Greenspond | $19,446 | $19,817 |
| Hampden | $26,430 | $26,935 |
| Hant’s Harbour | $22,146 | $22,568 |
| Happy Adventure | $16,618 | $16,935 |
| Happy Valley-Goose Bay | $355,502 | $362,285 |
| Harbour Breton | $78,062 | $79,552 |
| Harbour Grace | $136,378 | $138,980 |
| Harbour Main-Chapel’s Cove-Lakeview | $53,767 | $54,793 |
| Hare Bay | $49,568 | $50,514 |
| Hawke’s Bay | $21,546 | $21,957 |
| Heart’s Content | $22,617 | $23,048 |
| Heart’s Delight-Islington | $36,928 | $37,633 |
| Heart’s Desire | $17,175 | $17,503 |
| Hermitage-Sandyville | $26,130 | $26,629 |
| Holyrood | $113,583 | $115,750 |
| Howley | $16,832 | $17,154 |
| Hughes Brook | $18,975 | $19,337 |
| Humber Arm South | $76,562 | $78,023 |
| Indian Bay | $15,547 | $15,844 |
| Inuit Community Government of Hopedale | $32,643 | $33,266
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| Inuit Community Government of Makkovik | $24,202 | $24,664
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| Inuit Community Government of Nain | $56,253 | $57,326
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| Inuit Community Government of Postville | $15,633 | $15,931
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| Inuit Community Government of Rigolet | $21,117 | $21,520
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| Irishtown-Summerside | $68,807 | $70,120 |
| Isle aux Morts | $36,500 | $37,196 |
| Jackson’s Arm | $20,217 | $20,603 |
| Keels | $10,234 | $10,429 |
| King’s Cove | $11,905 | $12,132 |
| King’s Point | $36,285 | $36,978 |
| Kippens | $94,087 | $95,882 |
| La Scie | $45,412 | $46,278 |
| Labrador City | $317,411 | $323,467 |
| Lamaline | $19,489 | $19,861 |
| L’Anse au Clair | $17,304 | $17,634 |
| L’Anse au Loup | $31,958 | $32,567 |
| Lark Harbour | $30,415 | $30,996 |
| Lawn | $34,786 | $35,449 |
| Leading Tickles | $20,560 | $20,952 |
| Lewin’s Cove | $31,358 | $31,956 |
| Lewisporte | $154,117 | $157,058 |
| Little Bay | $12,548 | $12,787 |
| Little Bay East | $13,490 | $13,748 |
| Little Bay Islands | $11,091 | $11,302 |
| Little Burnt Bay | $20,089 | $20,472 |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | $103,214 | $105,183 |
| Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights | $18,761 | $19,119 |
| Lord’s Cove | $14,990 | $15,276 |
| Lourdes | $27,973 | $28,507 |
| Lumsden | $29,515 | $30,079 |
| Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North | $15,247 | $15,538 |
| Main Brook | $18,461 | $18,813 |
| Mary’s Harbour | $22,660 | $23,092 |
| Marystown | $235,828 | $240,328 |
| Massey Drive | $77,976 | $79,464 |
| McIvers | $31,101 | $31,694 |
| Meadows | $34,871 | $35,537 |
| Middle Arm | $28,359 | $28,900 |
| Miles Cove | $12,505 | $12,743 |
| Millertown | $11,519 | $11,739 |
| Milltown-Head of Bay D’Espoir | $40,142 | $40,908 |
| Ming’s Bight | $21,717 | $22,131 |
| Morrisville | $12,376 | $12,612 |
| Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St.Catherine’s | $23,003 | $23,441 |
| Mount Moriah | $40,013 | $40,777 |
| Mount Pearl | $998,693 | $1,017,747 |
| Musgrave Harbour | $50,468 | $51,431 |
| Musgravetown | $32,215 | $32,829 |
| New Perlican | $16,018 | $16,324 |
| New-Wes-Valley | $101,114 | $103,044 |
| Nippers Harbour | $11,691 | $11,914 |
| Norman’s Cove-Long Cove | $36,585 | $37,283 |
| Norris Arm | $39,628 | $40,384 |
| Norris Point | $36,757 | $37,458 |
| North River | $32,472 | $33,091 |
| North West River | $31,486 | $32,087 |
| Northern Arm | $26,302 | $26,804 |
| Old Perlican | $35,171 | $35,842 |
| Pacquet | $15,076 | $15,363 |
| Paradise | $924,523 | $942,162 |
| Parker’s Cove | $18,675 | $19,031 |
| Parson’s Pond | $22,831 | $23,267 |
| Pasadena | $163,158 | $166,271 |
| Peterview | $43,527 | $44,357 |
| Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove | $49,183 | $50,121 |
| Pilley’s Island | $20,646 | $21,040 |
| Pinware | $11,819 | $12,045 |
| Placentia | $157,845 | $160,857 |
| Point au Gaul | $11,819 | $12,045 |
| Point Lance | $12,419 | $12,656 |
| Point Leamington | $33,372 | $34,008 |
| Point May | $17,946 | $18,289 |
| Point of Bay | $14,647 | $14,927 |
| Pool’s Cove | $16,318 | $16,630 |
| Port Anson | $13,619 | $13,879 |
| Port au Choix | $41,856 | $42,654 |
| Port au Port East | $32,858 | $33,484 |
| Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove | $27,287 | $27,808 |
| Port Blandford | $33,800 | $34,445 |
| Port Hope Simpson | $25,702 | $26,192 |
| Port Kirwan | $10,277 | $10,473 |
| Port Rexton | $22,617 | $23,048 |
| Port Saunders | $36,928 | $37,633 |
| Portugal Cove South | $14,476 | $14,752 |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s | $357,131 | $363,945 |
| Pouch Cove | $96,701 | $98,546 |
| Raleigh | $15,633 | $15,931 |
| Ramea | $27,202 | $27,721 |
| Red Bay | $15,290 | $15,582 |
| Red Harbour | $16,147 | $16,455 |
| Reidville | $29,858 | $30,428 |
| Rencontre East | $14,004 | $14,272 |
| Renews-Cappahayden | $20,946 | $21,345 |
| River of Ponds | $17,261 | $17,590 |
| Riverhead | $15,975 | $16,280 |
| Robert’s Arm | $42,541 | $43,353 |
| Rocky Harbour | $48,626 | $49,553 |
| Roddickton-Bide Arm | $50,854 | $51,824 |
| Rose Blanche-Harbour Le Cou | $24,931 | $25,406 |
| Rushoon | $18,546 | $18,900 |
| Salmon Cove | $37,185 | $37,895 |
| Salvage | $13,362 | $13,617 |
| Sandringham | $17,861 | $18,202 |
| Sandy Cove | $13,276 | $13,529 |
| Seal Cove, F.B | $18,418 | $18,769 |
| Seal Cove, W.B | $21,032 | $21,433 |
| Small Point-Adam’s Cove-Blackhead- | $24,631 | $25,101 |
| South Brook | $28,701 | $29,249 |
| South River | $35,771 | $36,454 |
| Southern Harbour | $24,974 | $25,450 |
| Spaniard’s Bay | $121,724 | $124,047 |
| Springdale | $135,350 | $137,932 |
| St. Alban’s | $58,866 | $59,989 |
| St. Anthony | $104,799 | $106,799 |
| St. Bernard’s-Jacques Fontaine | $26,602 | $27,109 |
| St. Brendan’s | $14,262 | $14,534 |
| St. Bride’s | $18,846 | $19,206 |
| St. George’s | $59,595 | $60,732 |
| St. Jacques-Coomb’s Cove | $33,243 | $33,877 |
| St. John’s | $4,672,474 | $4,761,623 |
| St. Joseph’s | $12,976 | $13,224 |
| St. Lawrence | $59,123 | $60,251 |
| St. Lewis | $16,361 | $16,673 |
| St. Lunaire-Griquet | $33,929 | $34,576 |
| St. Mary’s | $22,917 | $23,354 |
| St. Pauls | $18,246 | $18,595 |
| St. Shott’s | $10,877 | $11,084 |
| St. Vincent’s-St. Stephen’s-Peter’s River | $21,460 | $21,869 |
| Steady Brook | $27,073 | $27,590 |
| Stephenville | $291,830 | $297,398 |
| Stephenville Crossing | $81,704 | $83,263 |
| Summerford | $46,869 | $47,763 |
| Sunnyside (Trinity Bay) | $25,016 | $25,494 |
| Terra Nova | $11,177 | $11,390 |
| Terrenceville | $28,701 | $29,249 |
| Tilt Cove | $8,263 | $8,421 |
| Torbay | $346,504 | $353,116 |
| Traytown | $19,489 | $19,861 |
| Trepassey | $28,658 | $29,205 |
| Trinity | $15,290 | $15,582 |
| Trinity Bay North | $85,989 | $87,630 |
| Triton | $50,168 | $51,125 |
| Trout River | $31,701 | $32,306 |
| Twillingate | $102,143 | $104,092 |
| Upper Island Cove | $74,934 | $76,364 |
| Victoria | $85,175 | $86,800 |
| Wabana | $100,000 | $101,908 |
| Wabush | $89,717 | $91,429 |
| West St. Modeste | $12,805 | $13,049 |
| Westport | $16,404 | $16,717 |
| Whitbourne | $46,183 | $47,064 |
| Whiteway | $24,031 | $24,489 |
| Winterland | $24,759 | $25,232 |
| Winterton | $27,330 | $27,852 |
| Witless Bay | $77,419 | $78,897 |
| Woodstock | $16,190 | $16,499 |
| Woody Point | $20,132 | $20,516 |
| York Harbour | $22,788 | $23,223 |