BACKGROUNDER
2009CD0098-000493 March 23, 2009	Ministry of Community Development
COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM $63 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

The following communities will benefit from Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing funding, as a result of a restructuring of provincial grant program through the Strategic Community Investment Fund:

 

·        Abbotsford - $2,543,789

·        Burnaby - $2,900,678

·        Campbell River - $493,238

·        Castlegar -    $98,491

·        Central Saanich - $294,078

·        Chilliwack - $1,081,376

·        Coldstream - $67,342

·        Colwood - $122,354

·        Comox -    $90,142

·        Coquitlam - $1,540,221

·        Courtenay - $313,852

·        Cranbrook - $299,076

·        Dawson Creek - $217,407

·        Delta - $1,922,102

·        Duncan - $16,526

·        Esquimalt - $407,918

·        Fort St John - $312,547

·        Hope - $116,130

·        Kamloops - $1,239,209

·        Kelowna - $1,561,137

·        Kent  -  $13,489

·        Kimberley - $73,621

·        Kitimat - $133,015

·        Ladysmith - $58,537

·        Lake Country -    $80,927

·        Langford - $267,185

·        Langley City - $584,733

·        Langley District - $1,533,962

·        Mackenzie -    $65,056

·        Maple Ridge - $1,005,312

·        Merritt - $115,459

·        Mission - $578,450

·        Nanaimo - $1,311,150

·        Nelson -   $224,289

·        New Westminster - $1,444,675

·        North Cowichan - $328,669

·        North Saanich - $119,209

·        North Vancouver City - $839,777

·        North Vancouver District - $1,109,254

·        Oak Bay - $299,424

·        Parksville - $116,468

·        Penticton -  $489,663

·        Pitt Meadows - $234,657

·        Port Alberni - $401,266

·        Port Coquitlam - $768,127

·        Port Moody  - $550,877

·        Powell River - $156,458

·        Prince George - $1,360,445

·        Prince Rupert - $251,705

·        Qualicum Beach - $56,771

·        Quesnel - $228,585

·        Relvelstoke -   $94,893

·        Richmond - $2,396,882

·        Saanich - $1,735,188

·        Salmon Arm - $184,935

·        Sechelt - $89,627

·        Sidney - $116,796

·        Smithers - $92,043

·        Sooke - $89,134

·        Squamish – $282,541

·        Summerland - $76,191

·        Surrey - $6,392,552

·        Terrace - $223,942

·        Trail - $127,641

·        Vancouver - $15,723,893

·        Vernon - $579,691

·        Victoria - $2,487,380

·        View Royal -  $77,988

·        West Kelowna - $107,414

·        West Vancouver - $970,155

·        Whistler - $236,248

·        White Rock - $297,637

·        Williams Lake - $208,415

 

Total: $63,030,011

 

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Media contact:	Ministry of Community Development 250 356-6334
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