The 2025 federal budget puts the spotlight on the vitality of our communities.
With the new Fund for Building Strong Communities, Ottawa plans to invest $51 billion over ten years, followed by $3 billion per year thereafter, to support the modernization of community infrastructure and strengthen the country’s social fabric.

Behind these billions lies a simple idea: to build a stronger Canada, we must better equip our cities, towns, and organizations so they can offer living environments that are more sustainable, more inclusive, and more human.

Three Major Investment Streams for Stronger Communities

The program is built around three complementary components:

• The provincial and territorial stream:$17.2B over 10 years to support infrastructure projects related to housing, health, and post-secondary education.
• The direct delivery stream:$6B over 10 years for major regional projects, renovations, climate adaptation initiatives, and community infrastructure.
• The community stream:$27.8B over 10 years (and $3B annually afterward) for municipal and local projects that enhance quality of life and social cohesion.

Across the country, this fund will support projects that truly make a difference: community centres, cultural infrastructure, expanding campuses, sports facilities, and public spaces redesigned for collective well-being.

What This Means for Nonprofits and Institutions

For the community and philanthropic sector, this budget represents a call to mobilize.
Nonprofits, foundations, and public institutions will play a key role: designing projects deeply rooted in their communities, capable of rallying stakeholders and municipal, provincial, and private partners.

Public investments will create leverage, but success will depend on the ability to build partnerships and diversify funding sources.

BNP Inspire can help you turn these opportunities into concrete results by supporting you in the planning, structuring, and financing of your major projects—whether local, regional, or national.

“Every budget redefines collective priorities, but it’s the organizations on the ground that bring projects to life. Our role is to help you move from idea to execution—combining a clear vision, a solid strategy, and sustainable, structuring financing,” says Christian Bolduc, President of BNP Inspire.

Take Action

To fully leverage these new measures, three key reflexes will make the difference:

• Identify the right lever.
  Each fund stream targets distinct types of projects; understanding where your organization fits is the first step.
• Build a strong project.
  Governments seek meaningful initiatives aligned with their priorities: sustainability, inclusion, and regional impact.
• Surround yourself with experts.
  Developing a solid financing strategy and engaging the right partners requires method and experience. BNP Inspire helps organizations across Canada succeed.

This budget opens a highly promising window of opportunity for those who dream of positive-impact projects to modernize, renovate, build, and strengthen their community.

And every strong project starts with a good conversation.

Call us. Let’s talk.