UBCM charts progress of Funding program applications from BC municipalities

The Union of British Columbia Municipalities has provided for an archive for 2024 towards some of the many funding programs that they facilitates and municipal governments make application towards.

Overall it was the City of Prince Rupert recording the most success when it comes to UBCM grant programs for the Northwest, receiving  $3,897,492.00 from program funding.

For  the two other municipalities from the North Coast Region, Port Edward received $105,000 and  for Regional District, the tally came to $355,309.63.

How that money was distributed looks as follows:

Of the communities from Haida Gwaii to Burns  Lake the 2023 funding totals are as follows:

Prince Rupert -- $3,897,492.00
Town of Smithers -- $3,154,748.95
Regional District of Bulkley Nechako -- $1,137,329,46
Village of Telkwa  -- $931,273.95
City of Terrace -- $941,425.80 
District of Kitimat -- $882,467.68
District of Stewart -- $864,050.00
Village of Masset -- $447,970.77
District of Houston -- $390,157.49
North Coast Regional District -- $355,309.00
Village of Daajing Giids -- $259,956.52
District of Kitimat-Stikine -- $249,598.10
Central Coast Regional District -- $194,615.00
Village of Granisle -- $130,000.00
District of Port Edward -- $105,000.00 
Village of Burns Lake -- $99,684.00
Village of New Hazelton -- $95,000.00
Village of Hazelton -- $75,000.00

You can review the full report  from UBCM here, the listing also includes a look back at funding from years past through the last decade, featuring the findings for all municipal governments in the province..

The UBCM maintained funding is but a fraction of what municipal governments access through the year, municipalities receive grant funding for a range af projects through provincial and federal programs, along with agencies such as NDIT as well.

The City of Prince Rupert may want to expand on the engagement program by celebrating their success in the world of grant applications; creating a list of all those that they apply for during the course of the year, as well as to highlight the success that those applications have found.

Something that would offer residents a helpful guide to the programs that City staff actively pursuing through the year.

More notes on Council themes in Prince Rupert can be reviewed here.