Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario invest in improved sport, recreation and cultural facilities in London

Backgrounder

Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario invest in improved sport, recreation and cultural facilities in London

Joint federal and provincial funding through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan will support six community, culture and recreation projects in the City of London.

The Government of Canada is investing over $3.9 million towards these projects through the Community, Culture and Recreation Infrastructure Stream (CCRIS) of the Investing in Canada plan. The Government of Ontario is providing over $3.2 million. The City of London is contributing over $1 million to their projects, while the remaining recipient funding will amount to nearly $1.6 million.

Project Information:

Recipient

Project Name

Project Details

Federal Funding

Provincial Funding

Recipient Funding

Corporation of the City of London

Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre - Teaching Kitchen & Elevator

The project will include the reconfiguration of a multi-purpose community space into a teaching kitchen, a storage unit and several meeting rooms. In addition, an elevator will be installed, improving accessibility, and building components, such as doors, windows and bricks will be renewed and repaired.

$748,000

$623,271

$498,729

Corporation of the City of London

Upgrades to Labatt Park

Upgrades to Labatt Park will involve the  installation of accessible washrooms, repair and replacement of bleachers, and the replacement of current sports field lighting with energy efficient lighting.

$814,000

$678,266

$542,735

Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre

Improvement of Resource Centre's Electrical and HVAC systems

The project will rehabilitate the electrical and HVAC systems in the Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre. The work will include installing a new electrical panel and replacing the existing HVAC units with a larger unit with greater capacity.

$63,325

$52,766

$42,222

Participation House Support Services - London and Area

Community Place North Elevator

The project will install an elevator in the Participation House Support Services' Community Place North facility, improving accessibility.

$125,000

$104,156

$83,344

YMCA of Southwestern Ontario

Bob Hayward YMCA Recreation Facility Renovation

Upgrades to the Bob Hayward YMCA include replacing the hot water storage tanks, boiler plant and piping, air distribution system, pool piping and surge tank. In addition, lighting will be upgraded, and the universal change room will be enlarged for greater accessibility.

$801,309

$667,690

$534,273

YMCA of Southwestern Ontario

Stoney Creek YMCA Recreation Facility Rehabilitation and Expansion

The project involves building an addition onto the second floor of the existing facility, enabling the YMCA to offer increased access to recreational programming for all ages, particularly youth and vulnerable populations. The lighting in the entire building will also be upgraded to energy efficient LED.

$1,361,800

$1,134,720

$907,980

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