Backgrounder: Canada and Quebec invest in 17 recreational and sports projects in the Capitale-Nationale Region

From: Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

Backgrounder

Joint federal, provincial and municipal funding is being provided for 17 recreational and sports infrastructure projects in communities throughout the Capitale-Nationale Region. These projects include renovations to recreation centres, playgrounds and other sports facilities.

The Government of Canada is investing $7,985,293.50 in these projects through the Community, Culture and Recreation Infrastructure Stream under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The Government of Quebec is also investing $7,985,293.50 under its Financial Assistance Program for Recreational and Sports Infrastructure. To these contributions will be added $ 7,223,665.91 from municipalities and $ 150,157.00 from other funding sources.

Project Information:

Location	Project Name and Details	Federal Funding	Provincial Funding	Municipal/ Other Funding
Baie-St-Paul	Expansion of the Luc and Marie-Claude Arena and bringing it up to standard	$1,897,384	$1,897,384	$1,897,384
Beaupré	Upgrading of the tennis court – Beaupré	$35,433	$35,433	$70,867
Beaupré	Construction of an outdoor rink	$59,843	$59,843	$119,687
Boischatel	Installation of sports and recreational facilities at Saphirs Park	$586,675	$586,675	$586,851
Clermont	Bringing to standard the arena in Clermont	$962,198	$962,198	$962,198
Donnacona	Upgrading of the arena's concrete slab and boards	$352,000	$352,000	$352,000
L'Ancienne-Lorette	Upgrading of baseball fields 2 and 3	$170,592	$170,592	$173,167
Neuville	Development of sports and recreation facilities at Parc de la Famille	$481,288	$481,288	$456,433 $25,000^{Footnote 1}
Quebec	Replacement of the artificial soccer field at the Patro de Charlesbourg	$172,474	$172,474	$177,701
Quebec	Renovation of the Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy community centre	$1,230,270	$1,230,270	$1,255,470
Quebec	Replacement of the artificial soccer field in Victoria Park	$140,767	$140,767	$145,034
Quebec	Replacement of the artificial soccer field in Sainte-Famille Park	$172,401	$172,401	$177,626
St-Augustin-de-Desmaures	Upgrading of the tennis surfaces at the Les Bocages socio-recreational centre	$80,000	$80,000	$81,970
St-Basile	Improvements to the outdoor sports and recreation facilities in the Ernest-J.-Papillon Community Centre	$349,830	$349,830	$235,274 $125,157^{Footnote 2}
St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier	Construction of a roof over the outdoor rink.	$1,001,249	$1,001,249	$1,001,279
Saint-Siméon	Construction of dek hockey and pickleball surfaces	$28,040	$28,040	$24,826 $3,223,15^{Footnote 3}
Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury	Construction of a multi-purpose artificial soccer field – United Township of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury	$264,853	$264,853	$264,853

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