Backgrounder: Alberta’s 2020‒21 federal Gas Tax Fund allocations
Backgrounder
The Government of Canada is providing Alberta a total of $244 million under the GTF. The table below indicates its distribution to 347 Alberta communities, excluding administrative funding.
Recipient  | 
    Allocation 2020‒21 ($)  | 
	
|---|---|
Acadia No. 34 (Municipal District)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Acme  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Airdrie  | 
    4,036,383  | 
  
Alberta Beach  | 
    58,231  | 
  
Alix  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Alliance  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Amisk  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Andrew  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Argentia Beach  | 
    6,544  | 
  
Arrowwood  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Athabasca County (Municipal District)  | 
    450,120  | 
  
Athabasca  | 
    169,603  | 
  
Banff No. 09 (Improvement District)  | 
    58,803  | 
  
Banff  | 
    507,665  | 
  
Barnwell  | 
    54,170  | 
  
Barons  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Barrhead No. 11 (Municipal District)  | 
    359,684  | 
  
Barrhead  | 
    261,927  | 
  
Bashaw  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Bassano  | 
    68,985  | 
  
Bawlf  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Beaumont  | 
    1,100,332  | 
  
Beaver County (Municipal District)  | 
    337,776  | 
  
Beaverlodge  | 
    141,002  | 
  
Beiseker  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Bentley  | 
    61,663  | 
  
Berwyn  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Betula Beach  | 
    5,915  | 
  
Big Lakes County (Municipal District)  | 
    234,699  | 
  
Big Valley  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Bighorn No. 8 (Municipal District)  | 
    76,307  | 
  
Birch Cove  | 
    7,574  | 
  
Birch Hills County (Municipal District)  | 
    88,834  | 
  
Birchcliff  | 
    11,693  | 
  
Bittern Lake  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Black Diamond  | 
    154,445  | 
  
Blackfalds  | 
    579,167  | 
  
Bon Accord  | 
    87,461  | 
  
Bondiss  | 
    11,292  | 
  
Bonnyville Beach  | 
    9,805  | 
  
Bonnyville No. 87 (Municipal District)  | 
    729,894  | 
  
Bonnyville  | 
    367,349  | 
  
Bow Island  | 
    116,863  | 
  
Bowden  | 
    70,930  | 
  
Boyle  | 
    52,912  | 
  
Brazeau County  | 
    444,515  | 
  
Breton  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Brooks  | 
    826,622  | 
  
Bruderheim  | 
    79,796  | 
  
Buffalo Lake (Metis Settlement)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Burnstick Lake  | 
    5,858  | 
  
Calgary  | 
    73,544,891  | 
  
Calmar  | 
    127,445  | 
  
Camrose County (Municipal District)  | 
    533,812  | 
  
Camrose  | 
    1,072,075  | 
  
Canmore  | 
    800,367  | 
  
Carbon  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Cardston County (Municipal District)  | 
    256,321  | 
  
Cardston  | 
    223,602  | 
  
Carmangay  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Caroline  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Carstairs  | 
    233,211  | 
  
Castle Island  | 
    5,572  | 
  
Castor  | 
    53,140  | 
  
Cereal  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Champion  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Chauvin  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Chestermere  | 
    1,185,906  | 
  
Chipman  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Claresholm  | 
    216,223  | 
  
Clear Hills County (Municipal District)  | 
    172,921  | 
  
Clearwater County (Municipal District)  | 
    683,389  | 
  
Clive  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Clyde  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Coaldale  | 
    497,140  | 
  
Coalhurst  | 
    159,250  | 
  
Cochrane  | 
    1,674,695  | 
  
Cold Lake  | 
    855,795  | 
  
Consort  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Coronation  | 
    53,770  | 
  
Coutts  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Cowley  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Cremona  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Crossfield  | 
    193,170  | 
  
Crowsnest Pass  | 
    400,773  | 
  
Crystal Springs  | 
    7,917  | 
  
Cypress County (Municipal District)  | 
    438,280  | 
  
Czar  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Daysland  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Delburne  | 
    51,024  | 
  
Delia  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Devon  | 
    376,273  | 
  
Dewberry  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Didsbury  | 
    301,339  | 
  
Donalda  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Donnelly  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Drayton Valley  | 
    413,855  | 
  
Drumheller  | 
    456,584  | 
  
Duchess  | 
    62,064  | 
  
East Prairie (Metis Settlement)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Eckville  | 
    66,526  | 
  
Edberg  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Edgerton  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Edmonton  | 
    55,612,836  | 
  
Edson  | 
    481,295  | 
  
Elizabeth (Metis Settlement)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
I.D. No. 13 (Elk Island)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Elk Point  | 
    83,057  | 
  
Elnora  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Empress  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Fairview No. 136 (Municipal District)  | 
    91,752  | 
  
Fairview  | 
    171,491  | 
  
Falher  | 
    59,890  | 
  
Fishing Lake (Metis Settlement)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Flagstaff County (Municipal District)  | 
    293,159  | 
  
Foothills County (Municipal District)  | 
    1,302,255  | 
  
Foremost  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Forestburg  | 
    50,052  | 
  
Fort Macleod  | 
    169,718  | 
  
Fort Saskatchewan  | 
    1,541,129  | 
  
Forty Mile No. 8 (Municipal District)  | 
    204,839  | 
  
Fox Creek  | 
    148,095  | 
  
Ghost Lake  | 
    9,691  | 
  
Gibbons  | 
    180,700  | 
  
Gift Lake (Metis Settlement)  | 
    51,024  | 
  
Girouxville  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Glendon  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Glenwood  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Golden Days  | 
    14,152  | 
  
Grande Prairie No. 1 (Municipal District)  | 
    1,287,153  | 
  
Grande Prairie  | 
    3,951,953  | 
  
Grandview  | 
    11,521  | 
  
Greenview No. 16 (Municipal District)  | 
    549,994  | 
  
Grimshaw  | 
    155,474  | 
  
Gull Lake  | 
    15,068  | 
  
Half Moon Bay  | 
    7,402  | 
  
Halkirk  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Hanna  | 
    146,379  | 
  
Hardisty  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Hay Lakes  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Heisler  | 
    50,000  | 
  
High Level  | 
    228,349  | 
  
High Prairie  | 
    146,665  | 
  
High River  | 
    803,799  | 
  
Hill Spring  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Hines Creek  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Hinton  | 
    565,267  | 
  
Holden  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Horseshoe Bay  | 
    9,176  | 
  
Hughenden  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Hussar  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Hythe  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Improvement District No. 349  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Innisfail  | 
    448,862  | 
  
Innisfree  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Irma  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Irricana  | 
    69,557  | 
  
Island Lake South  | 
    8,489  | 
  
Island Lake  | 
    18,042  | 
  
Itaska Beach  | 
    6,316  | 
  
Jarvis Bay  | 
    17,184  | 
  
I.D. No. 12 (Jasper National Park)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Jasper  | 
    262,556  | 
  
Kananaskis (Improvement District)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Kapasiwin  | 
    5,572  | 
  
Kikino (Metis Settlement)  | 
    58,231  | 
  
Killam  | 
    56,573  | 
  
Kitscoty  | 
    55,829  | 
  
Kneehill County (Municipal District)  | 
    286,066  | 
  
Lac La Biche County (Municipal District)  | 
    551,196  | 
  
Lac Ste. Anne County (Municipal District)  | 
    623,442  | 
  
Lacombe County (Municipal District)  | 
    591,637  | 
  
Lacombe  | 
    799,966  | 
  
Lakeview  | 
    6,716  | 
  
Lamont County (Municipal District)  | 
    223,030  | 
  
Lamont  | 
    101,476  | 
  
Larkspur  | 
    7,517  | 
  
Leduc County (Municipal District)  | 
    788,240  | 
  
Leduc  | 
    1,889,487  | 
  
Legal  | 
    76,936  | 
  
Lesser Slave River No. 124 (Municipal District)  | 
    160,794  | 
  
Lethbridge County (Municipal District)  | 
    592,209  | 
  
Lethbridge  | 
    5,804,946  | 
  
Linden  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Lloydminster  | 
    1,123,728  | 
  
Lomond  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Longview  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Lougheed  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Mackenzie County (Municipal District)  | 
    715,708  | 
  
Magrath  | 
    139,286  | 
  
Ma-Me-O beach  | 
    11,292  | 
  
Manning  | 
    67,670  | 
  
Mannville  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Marwayne  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Mayerthorpe  | 
    75,506  | 
  
McLennan  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Medicine Hat  | 
    3,618,581  | 
  
Mewatha Beach  | 
    10,148  | 
  
Milk River  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Millet  | 
    111,257  | 
  
Milo  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Minburn No. 27 (Municipal District)  | 
    226,699  | 
  
Morinville  | 
    565,897  | 
  
Morrin  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Mountain View County (Municipal District)  | 
    747,855  | 
  
Mundare  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Munson  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Myrnam  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Nakamun Park  | 
    10,491  | 
  
Nampa  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Nanton  | 
    124,757  | 
  
Newell County (Municipal District)  | 
    430,386  | 
  
Nobleford  | 
    73,104  | 
  
Norglenwold  | 
    20,616  | 
  
Norris Beach  | 
    7,174  | 
  
Northern Lights (Municipal District)  | 
    209,130  | 
  
Northern Sunrise County (Municipal District)  | 
    108,168  | 
  
Okotoks  | 
    1,658,965  | 
  
Olds  | 
    525,341  | 
  
Onoway  | 
    58,861  | 
  
Opportunity No. 17 (Municipal District)  | 
    181,959  | 
  
Oyen  | 
    58,460  | 
  
Paddle Prairie (Metis Settlement)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Paintearth No. 18 (Municipal District)  | 
    120,238  | 
  
Paradise Valley  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Parkland Beach  | 
    13,752  | 
  
Parkland County (Municipal District)  | 
    1,836,004  | 
  
Peace No. 135 (Municipal District)  | 
    99,931  | 
  
Peace River  | 
    391,374  | 
  
Peavine (Metis Settlement)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Pelican Narrows  | 
    13,637  | 
  
Penhold  | 
    203,810  | 
  
Picture Butte  | 
    103,535  | 
  
Pincher Creek  | 
    208,329  | 
  
Pincher Creek No. 9 (Municipal District)  | 
    169,603  | 
  
Point Alison  | 
    5,572  | 
  
Ponoka County (Municipal District)  | 
    560,920  | 
  
Ponoka  | 
    413,511  | 
  
Poplar Bay  | 
    10,892  | 
  
Provost No. 52 (Municipal District)  | 
    126,130  | 
  
Provost  | 
    114,289  | 
  
Rainbow Lake  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Ranchland No. 66 (Municipal District)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Raymond  | 
    242,593  | 
  
Red Deer County (Municipal District)  | 
    1,117,779  | 
  
Red Deer  | 
    5,777,489  | 
  
Redcliff  | 
    320,330  | 
  
Redwater  | 
    117,435  | 
  
Redwood Meadows  | 
    61,778  | 
  
Rimbey  | 
    146,837  | 
  
Rochon Sands  | 
    9,919  | 
  
Rocky Mountain House  | 
    379,533  | 
  
Rocky View County (Municipal District)  | 
    2,254,148  | 
  
Rockyford  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Rosalind  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Rosemary  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Ross Haven  | 
    14,152  | 
  
Rycroft  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Ryley  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Saddle Hills County (Municipal District)  | 
    127,274  | 
  
Sandy Beach  | 
    20,902  | 
  
Seba Beach  | 
    14,667  | 
  
Sedgewick  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Sexsmith  | 
    149,869  | 
  
Silver Beach  | 
    8,718  | 
  
Silver Sands  | 
    14,152  | 
  
Slave Lake  | 
    380,449  | 
  
Smoky Lake County (Municipal District)  | 
    140,773  | 
  
Smoky Lake  | 
    55,142  | 
  
Smoky River No. 130 (Municipal District)  | 
    115,719  | 
  
South Baptiste  | 
    8,775  | 
  
South View  | 
    8,833  | 
  
Special Areas (2, 3 and 4)  | 
    239,332  | 
  
Spirit River No. 133 (Municipal District)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Spirit River  | 
    56,916  | 
  
Spring Lake  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Spruce Grove  | 
    2,045,877  | 
  
St. Albert  | 
    3,780,005  | 
  
St. Paul No. 19 (Municipal District)  | 
    369,981  | 
  
St. Paul  | 
    341,094  | 
  
Standard  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Starland County (Municipal District)  | 
    118,179  | 
  
Stavely  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Stettler No. 6 (Municipal District)  | 
    404,428  | 
  
Stettler  | 
    340,465  | 
  
Stirling  | 
    72,589  | 
  
Stony Plain  | 
    1,020,593  | 
  
Strathcona County  | 
    5,627,563  | 
  
Strathmore  | 
    773,825  | 
  
Sturgeon County  | 
    1,172,979  | 
  
Sunbreaker Cove  | 
    9,633  | 
  
Sundance Beach  | 
    9,176  | 
  
Sundre  | 
    156,104  | 
  
Sunrise Beach  | 
    12,722  | 
  
Sunset Beach  | 
    7,803  | 
  
Sunset Point  | 
    14,667  | 
  
Swan Hills  | 
    74,419  | 
  
Sylvan Lake  | 
    847,501  | 
  
Taber (Municipal District)  | 
    410,308  | 
  
Taber  | 
    482,096  | 
  
Thorhild County (Municipal District)  | 
    186,134  | 
  
Thorsby  | 
    58,060  | 
  
Three Hills  | 
    183,732  | 
  
Tofield  | 
    119,037  | 
  
Trochu  | 
    60,519  | 
  
Turner Valley  | 
    146,379  | 
  
Two Hills  | 
    82,542  | 
  
Two Hills No. 21 (Municipal District)  | 
    240,024  | 
  
Val Quentin  | 
    19,415  | 
  
Valleyview  | 
    106,567  | 
  
Vauxhall  | 
    69,901  | 
  
Vegreville  | 
    326,507  | 
  
Vermilion  | 
    237,387  | 
  
Vermilion River County (Municipal District)  | 
    472,887  | 
  
Veteran  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Viking  | 
    61,949  | 
  
Vilna  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Vulcan County (Municipal District)  | 
    227,892  | 
  
Vulcan  | 
    109,656  | 
  
Wabamun  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Wainwright No. 61 (Municipal District)  | 
    256,207  | 
  
Wainwright  | 
    358,655  | 
  
Waiparous  | 
    7,803  | 
  
Warburg  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Warner  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Warner No. 5 (Municipal District)  | 
    225,775  | 
  
Waskatenau  | 
    50,000  | 
  
I.D. No. 04 (Waterton)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Wembley  | 
    86,718  | 
  
West Baptiste  | 
    7,174  | 
  
West Cove  | 
    13,523  | 
  
Westlock County (Municipal District)  | 
    412,996  | 
  
Westlock  | 
    291,786  | 
  
Wetaskiwin No. 10 (Municipal District)  | 
    639,573  | 
  
Wetaskiwin  | 
    723,888  | 
  
Wheatland County (Municipal District)  | 
    502,689  | 
  
Whispering Hills  | 
    13,123  | 
  
White Sands  | 
    11,864  | 
  
Whitecourt  | 
    583,686  | 
  
I.D. No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Willow Creek No. 26 (Municipal District)  | 
    346,248  | 
  
I.D. No. 24 (Wood Buffalo)  | 
    50,000  | 
  
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo  | 
    6,388,689  | 
  
Woodlands County (Municipal District)  | 
    271,937  | 
  
Yellowhead County (Municipal District)  | 
    628,933  | 
  
Yellowstone  | 
    12,837  | 
  
Youngstown  | 
    50,000  |