The Government of Yukon recognizes the need for healthy, thriving communities and the important role that municipalities play in delivering essential services to Yukoners. The territory’s eight municipalities are expected to receive a 10.3 per cent increase in Comprehensive Municipal Grant funding, for a total of $24.5 million in 2024-25. The funding will be transferred to municipalities on April 1, 2024.
The Comprehensive Municipal Grant helps fund community programs and services, reflecting the Government of Yukon’s commitment to supporting local governance and sustainable communities.
The Comprehensive Municipal Grant is how the Government of Yukon directly funds municipal governments. This core funding supplements municipal resources and pays for vital municipal services, like the provision of fresh drinking water, the collection of solid waste and recycling, recreation programming and other services as required under the Municipal Act and other legislation. There are no conditions on the funding, which helps municipal governments balance budgets and reduce the burden on local taxpayers.
The Comprehensive Municipal Grant was enhanced in 2018 to offset the costs of operating and maintaining infrastructure and increasing regulatory requirements which has resulted in increased grant amounts for each municipality since.
The Comprehensive Municipal Grant allows communities to fund local priorities. It is the cornerstone of our financial support for healthy, resilient and sustainable communities and we are working with the Association of Yukon Communities to ensure it remains so for years to come.
– Minister of Community Services Richard Mostyn
The Government of Yukon established the Comprehensive Municipal Grant in 1991 as its unconditional block funding to municipalities.
A 2017 and 2018 review of the Comprehensive Municipal Grant by the Government of Yukon and the Association of Yukon Communities reinforced key aspects of the grant, including fairness, transparency and predictability, and led to an annual increase in grant funding.
One of the key changes was the $50,000 previously identified as a supplementary grant. This is now a permanent feature of the grant to directly address compliance with regulatory requirements.
The grant allocation process utilizes a formula that incorporates readily available data from two years prior and includes factors such as population, properties, infrastructure and the tax base of each incorporated municipality. The formula is tied to the Consumer Price Index and increases with inflation to protect municipal governments from broader market forces.
2021–24 Comprehensive Municipal Grant to Yukon municipalities
Carmacks
- 2024 – $1,634,866
- 2023 – $1,526,201
- 2022 – $1,465,989
- 2021 – $1,430,890
Dawson
- 2024 – $2,922,102
- 2023 – $2,705,851
- 2022 – $2,600,592
- 2021 – $2,562,359
Faro
- 2024 – $1,998,657
- 2023 – $1,849,026
- 2022 – $1,782,509
- 2021 – $1,739,553
Haines Junction
- 2024 – $2,209,128
- 2023 – $2,068,070
- 2022 – $1,958,907
- 2021 – $1,883,852
Mayo
- 2024 - $1,811,701
- 2023 - $1,704,476
- 2022 - $1,629,962
- 2021 - $1,595,242
Teslin
- 2024 – $1,562,057
- 2023 – $1,454,777
- 2022 – $1,432,546
- 2021 – $1,401,553
Watson Lake
- 2024 – $2,613,123
- 2023 – $2,403,067
- 2022 – $2,284,493
- 2021 – $2,225,791
Whitehorse
- 2024 – $9,804,273
- 2023 – $8,529,538
- 2022 – $7,970,927
- 2021 – $7,970,188
Renée Francoeur
Cabinet Communications
867-334-9194
renee.francoeur@yukon.ca
Bonnie Venton Ross
Communications, Community Services
867-332-5513
bonnie.ventonross@yukon.ca