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$785,000 to Support Public Transit in North Bay

NORTH BAY — Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing announced that the Ontario government is investing $785,000 to support public transit services in the City of North Bay. This funding through the 2025-26 Gas Tax program can be used for local public transit initiatives such as expanding service hours, increasing routes, purchasing new vehicles, and improving accessibility to increase transit ridership.

“People across the City of North Bay deserve access to reliable transit services that get them where they need to go quickly and safely,” said MPP Vic Fedeli. “The funding we’re announcing today is good news for people and transit users in North Bay as our government continues to protect Ontario by making historic investments in public transit.”

“Provincial Gas Tax funding gives the city steady, reliable support each year to upgrade buses and maintain the transit infrastructure people use every day,” said Mayor Peter Chirico. “We’re grateful to the Province and MPP Fedeli for this ongoing support.”

The Ontario government is investing nearly $380 million through the 2025-26 Gas Tax program to support public transit in 107 municipalities, helping protect Ontario communities by strengthening transit services across the province. In addition to the Gas Tax program,  Ontario also supports municipal transportation projects through the Connecting Links, and Ontario Transit Investment Fund programs.

Quick Facts

• Under the Dedicated Funding for Public Transportation Act, 2013, two cents per litre of gasoline tax is dedicated as a permanent funding source for public transit.
• Gas Tax funding can be used towards transit operating and capital costs at the municipalities’ own discretion.
• The Gas Tax funding envelope is determined annually, based on the amount of gasoline sold in the previous year.
• Gas Tax funding is determined through public transit ridership and population growth. The province’s approach provides stable support to all municipalities, including small communities, and helps expand public transit service hours and routes, new vehicles and better transit accessibility.
• Ontario is investing nearly $70 billion in the largest transit expansion in North America, including the largest subway expansion in Canadian history: the Ontario Line subway, the Yonge North Subway Extension, the Scarborough Subway Extension and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension.