Ontario Building Critical Infrastructure in Oxford

Funding will help create jobs and support economic growth

October 8, 2024

[WOODSTOCK] – The Ontario government is investing $8,076,963 in Oxford County and its eight lower tier municipalities to help renew and rehabilitate critical infrastructure across Oxford. The funding will be delivered in 2025 through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) and is part of the government’s $190 billion capital plan to build and expand more homes, highways, hospitals, transit and high-speed internet across the province.

“This funding is important to our municipal partners here in Oxford,” said Ernie Hardeman, MPP for Oxford. “By investing in our local communities, our government is helping to foster economic growth and resilience.”

The County of Oxford will receive $5,088,794; Woodstock will receive $762,354; Ingersoll will receive $385,494; Tillsonburg will receive $442,956; Blandford-Blenheim will receive $399,607; East Zorra-Tavistock will receive $131,081; Norwich Township will receive $445,155; South-West Oxford will receive $230,515; and Zorra will receive $191,007.

In 2025, Ontario will allocate $400 million in OCIF funding to help 423 small, rural and northern communities build roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure. Communities may accumulate funding for up to five years to address larger infrastructure projects.

“Small, rural and northern communities are essential to the growth and prosperity of Ontario,” said Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure. “By providing direct and stable funding to these communities, our government is helping create local jobs, drive economic growth and build stronger, more resilient communities for generations to come.”

The OCIF provides funding for local infrastructure projects in municipalities with populations under 100,000, rural and northern municipalities, as well as for Local Services Boards that own water or wastewater systems. Funding allocations are based on a formula that accounts for the different needs and economic conditions of each community.