The Government of Yukon is committed to supporting effective local governance and sustainable local services in the Yukon and is increasing funding for communities to deliver programs and services to growing populations.
The Yukon’s eight municipalities received more than $22 million through the 2023 Comprehensive Municipal Grant, an increase of $1.1 million over 2022.
The Comprehensive Municipal Grant is the Yukon government’s core funding for municipal governments. This funding supplements a municipality’s own resources in providing vital municipal services such as the provision of fresh drinking water, the transportation of waste water, and the collection of solid waste, recycling, and other services as required under the Municipal Act and other legislation. The unconditional funding helps municipal governments balance budgets and reduce the burden on local taxpayers.
Grants-in-lieu of taxes for 2023 will also be transferred later this year. In 2022, $9.9 million was transferred to municipalities as grants-in-lieu of taxes for Yukon government properties within municipal boundaries.
Our government is proud to provide this core funding to municipalities as they deliver sustainable services and effective local decision making. The Comprehensive Municipal Grant was created to help communities address the many demands they face. This funding is the cornerstone of our financial support for healthy, resilient and sustainable Yukon municipalities.
Minister of Community Services Richard Mostyn
The Comprehensive Municipal Grant was created in 1991 as the Yukon government’s unconditional block funding to municipalities.
A 2017/2018 review of the Comprehensive Municipal Grant by the Yukon government 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 such as structural fire, clean water and wastewater.
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 also tied to the Consumer Price Index and increases with inflation to protect municipal governments from broader market forces.
2023 Comprehensive Municipal Grant to Yukon municipalities
|
Municipality |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Carmacks |
$1,465,989 |
$1,526,201 |
|
Dawson City |
$2,600,592 |
$2,705,851 |
|
Faro |
$1,782,509 |
$1,849,026 |
|
Haines Junction |
$1,958,907 |
$2,068,070 |
|
Mayo |
$1,629,962 |
$1,704,476
|
|
Teslin |
$1,432,546 |
$1,454,777 |
|
Watson Lake |
$2,284,493 |
$2,403,067 |
|
Whitehorse |
$7,970,927 |
$8,529,538 |
|
Total |
$21,125,924 |
$22,241,007 |
Renée Francoeur
Cabinet Communications
867-334-9194
renee.francoeur@yukon.ca
Bonnie Venton Ross
Communications, Community Services
867-332-5513
bonnie.ventonross@yukon.ca