Green Municipal Fund (GMF): Community Efficiency Financing (CEF)
Not accepting applications
Deadline Details
Due to strong national uptake, funding for the CEF initiative is now fully committed, and the program closed to new applications on December 31, 2025.
Intake Type
Continuous IntakeFunder
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
Funding Organization Type
- Other
- Non-Governmental Organization or Society
In Partnership With
Government of CanadaEligible Community
- Local Governments
- Indigenous Communities
- Métis Nations
- Modern Treaty Nations
About the Green Municipal Fund:
- Canadian municipalities can apply for funding through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Green Municipal Fund (GMF) for municipal sustainable projects in the following sectors: Land Use, Transportation, Waste, Forestry, Water and Energy (including in Affordable Housing).
- Grants are available for planning, studies, and pilot projects. Loans are also available for capital projects, and most recipients receive an additional grant of up to 15% of their loan amount.
- FCM’s Green Municipal Fund can also help local governments switch to sustainable practices faster with its resources, peer learning and training activities including webinars, case studies and toolkits.
- Green Municipal Fund (GMF) Website
- GMF Funding Opportunities Website
The Green Municipal Fund's Community Efficiency Financing $300 million initiative offers support to municipalities to create, launch and expand home-energy upgrade financing programs for low-rise residential energy projects.
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), utility on-bill financing and third-party lending partnerships are just some examples of financing models used by municipalities delivering residential energy programming.
GMF offers support throughout the delivery of a home-energy upgrade financing program through the following funding options: studies, pilot projects, and retrofit capital projects.
Eligible Community
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Canadian municipal governments (e.g. towns, cities, regions, districts, and local boards)
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Municipalities’ project partners, including non-profit, Indigenous communities, and private sector entities, among others
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Metis and Modern Treaty Nations are eligible to apply when partnering with a municipality
Professional Input Required
No
Other Eligible Communities
Non-governmental Organizations / Not-for-ProfitsDescription of Funding
Due to strong national uptake, funding for the CEF initiative is now fully committed, and the program closed to new applications on December 31, 2025.
Project Search, GMF project database