BC Brownfields


Funding Program

The Funding Program is currently closed. Please check back often or call the Brownfields information line at 1-877-787-9730 to find out about the next intake. The BC Brownfield Renewal Funding Program (the Program) is designed to help to revitalize inactive or unused lands across British Columbia by reducing the risk and uncertainty normally associated with these types of sites. The Program will contribute funding to land owners or developers for environmental investigations and related activities on brownfield sites where market forces have not achieved redevelopment and where it is possible to achieve triple-bottom-line benefits.

A summary of eligible activities and costs:

  • Preliminary Site Investigations, up to 85% of eligible project costs or $40,000, whichever is less;
  • Detailed Site Investigations, up to 70% of eligible project costs or $125,000, whichever is less; and,
  • other environmental investigations or related environmental activities, up to 50%,or $125,000, whichever is less.

The following entities are eligible to submit an application to the Ministry Transportation and Infrastructure under the Brownfield Renewal Funding Program:

  • local governments;
  • non-profit organizations;
  • First Nations;
  • private corporations or individuals who own the land for which the application is being made; and,
  • private corporations or individuals who have been authorized (in writing) by the owner of the land.

For more information:

Funding for later stage investigations, remediation and engineering

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has a comprehensive summary of national, provincial and private funding sources and incentives available to municipal governments to support brownfield projects - Brownfields Funding Sources and Incentives.

Other Funding Options

Funding for use of new technology

A federal fund is available directly to private organizations involved in remediation and green building technology development is the SD Tech Fund from Sustainable Development Technology Canada. This fund is designed to bridge the innovation gap and does not require an equity stake or ownership of intellectual property.

BC Brownfield Renewal encourages companies in British Columbia pursuing green technologies related to brownfield redevelopment to investigate this funding program as a means to help realize commercial technologies and "made in British Columbia" solutions to brownfield remediation and green building.

Tax incentives in British Columbia

Did you know that Revitalization Tax Exemptions can be used to encourage brownfield redevelopment with tax exemptions for up to 10 years?

The Community Charter provides all local governments with the ability to offer revitalization tax exemptions. The Ministry of Community Development has published a primer document for local governments on the revitalization tax exemption tool. §226 of the Community Charter, which enables the Revitalization Tax Exemption tool for local governments.

This tax exemption tool can will help encourage brownfield private redevelopment by allowing local governments to offer tax exemptions for up to 10 years on properties meeting certain criteria, of which brownfield redevelopments fall into.

Read Revitalization Tax Exemptions: A Primer on the Provisions in the Community Charter (PDF 55 KB)

For more information on revitalization tax exemptions for revitalization projects, please also see the page on Permissive Tax Exemptions on the Ministry of Community Development's website.

Similar provisions to the Community Charter on revitalization tax exemptions revitalizing brownfield lands are contained in the Vancouver Charter for as they apply to the City of Vancouver.

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