On November 12, 2024, the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Canada, announced federal investments totalling over $18.6 million in 17 Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) charging infrastructure projects, in both private and public spaces.
Federal funding for these projects is provided through Natural Resources Canada's Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP). This program addresses a key barrier to the adoption of zero-emission vehicles - the lack of charging and refuelling stations in Canada - by increasing the availability of localized charging and hydrogen refuelling opportunities where Canadians live, work, travel and play.
NRCan is supporting the following projects, aimed at expanding ZEV charging options throughout the Greater Toronto Area and across Canada, empowering Canadians to embrace electric vehicles.
- $9,445,000 toBaseload Power Corp. for two projects under its AURA EV Charging Network that will install 126 chargers in public places, workplaces and multi-use residential buildings in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia by December 2025.
- $4,319,997 to https://swtchenergy.com/ for two projects that will install 867 EV chargers across Canada, including Toronto, by December 2025.
- $2,200,000 to eCAMION Inc to install 22 chargers in the GTA and Niagara regions by June 2025.
- $694,336 to Dufferin Yorkdale Fitzrovia to install 146 EV chargers in North York, by February 2025.
- $490,000 to Trillium Health Partners to install 101 EV chargers in Toronto and Mississauga, by December 2025.
- $319,977 to Kingdom Development to install 91 EV chargers in North York and Scarborough, Ontario, by August 2025.
- $239,816 to Sparkle Solutions Corp. to install 48 EV chargers in Ontario, completed March 2024.
- $162,218 to 88 Queen Fitzrovia to install 48 EV chargers in Toronto, Ontario, completed September 2024.
- $150,000 to TSCC 2258 to install 30 EV chargers in Toronto, Ontario, completed February 2024.
- $164, 696 to MetroEV for two projects to install 60 EV chargers in Toronto, Ontario, completed March 2024.
- $103,531 to 2114 Yonge St. Inc. to install 22 EV chargers in Toronto, Ontario, by November 2024.
- $99,999 to AUTZU to install 30 EV chargers in Toronto, Ontario, completed March 2024.
- $76,130 to Downtown AutoGroup to install 32 EV chargers in Toronto, Ontario, completed March 2022.
- $99,999 to Tokmakjian to install seven EV chargers in Toronto and Vaughan, Ontario, completed December 2023.
