Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund

The Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF) has been helping to support smaller scale municipal infrastructure such as water and wastewater treatment, or cultural and recreation projects, for smaller and First Nations communities.

In May 2007, the Government of Canada announced an additional $200 million to top up the initial $1 billion program.

Notice for Ontario: to help smaller and rural Ontario communities, the Government of Canada has decided to make the province's $64 million portion of the top-up available to community water-related projects that had been submitted under Intake 3 of the Canada-Ontario Municipal Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF) that were not accepted in the last allocation of the original budget, as all program funding had been committed.

Benefits to Canadians

• Improved and increased stock of core public infrastructure in areas such as water, wastewater, culture and recreation.
• Improved quality of life and economic opportunities for smaller communities and First Nations.