Key Takeaways:
Deadlines: The current intake closes December 8, 2026, and the next runs March 30 to June 15, 2027. Applicants need Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Funding Portal access at least five days before the deadline. Only applications that are complete when the window closes will be considered, so submit early to allow GMF to flag any missing information. Eligible costs can only be incurred from the date the full application is submitted until final reporting is submitted; retroactive funding is not available.
- Who: Canadian municipalities, eligible Indigenous communities and their partners. The Green Municipal Fund (GMF) is currently prioritizing applications from regions that have not yet accessed significant portions of the available funding.
- What: GMF’s Climate-Ready Plans and Processes (CRPP) grant covers 60% of eligible planning costs, up to $140,000. Stackable incentives can raise coverage to 100%. It funds climate risk assessments, adaptation plans and climate-focused asset management strategies. The current intake closes on December 8, 2026.
- Benefit: Building climate risk into your asset management plan means lifecycle forecasts, risk ratings and capital budgets reflect real climate exposure. That helps prevent storm damage from turning into unplanned costs and service disruptions.
What the Grant Funds
The CRPP grant covers the planning stage of climate adaptation, for communities just starting out or building on earlier work. Eligible projects include:- Climate risk and vulnerability assessments
- Climate adaptation plans and strategies
- Integrating adaptation into existing plans, including Asset Management Plans
- Hazard mapping, resilient design standards and land use updates
- Training and peer learning for municipal staff
Who Can Apply
Canadian municipalities can apply directly, and eligible Indigenous communities may also apply. Municipalities can work with eligible partners, such as municipally owned corporations, non-profits and universities. For-profit entities cannot be funding partners, but municipalities may hire qualified consultants to support the work. Each lead applicant can receive one CRPP project, and GMF is currently prioritizing applications from regions that have not yet accessed significant portions of the available funding.How Much Funding is Available?
The base grant covers 60% of eligible costs, up to a population-based maximum of $140,000. Stackable incentives can raise coverage to 100%.| Incentive | Added coverage |
| Indigenous, Northern or remote communities, or under 10,000 people | +20% |
| 10,001 to 50,000 people | +10% |
| 50,001 to 100,000 people | +5% |
| Meaningfully addressing Reconciliation, anti-racism, equity and inclusion | +15% |
| Collaboration between municipalities, or with an Indigenous community | +5% |
Why Asset Management is Central to Climate Planning
A climate risk assessment only changes outcomes when its findings reach the decisions that shape your infrastructure. That means lifecycle forecasts that account for faster deterioration, risk ratings that flag the most exposed assets, levels of service that reflect changing conditions, and capital plans that budget for all of it.- Reg. 588/17 has already built much of this foundation for Ontario municipalities. Adding a climate lens to your Asset Management Plan is a natural next step, and it’s exactly the kind of integration the CRPP grant is designed to support.
How PSD Citywide Can Help
Your municipality leads the CRPP grant application, owns the resulting plan and decides who supports the work. PSD Citywide’s role is managing the part of climate planning that most often stalls: turning hazard and vulnerability findings into lifecycle, risk, level-of-service and capital decisions that council can fund. PSD Citywide is already a leader in Canada, working with hundreds of municipalities across the country. Many Ontario municipalities already have Asset Management Plans and asset data built in our software. Starting a climate project with this existing information means more of the grant can go toward new analysis.What the Grant Could Fund with PSD Citywide
CRPP is a planning grant, so the funded work is advisory and analytical. GMF’s own description of the stream highlights climate adaptation plans, climate-focused asset management strategies, community-wide climate risk assessments, and capacity-building initiatives. A PSD Citywide project scope could include:- A climate lens for your Asset Management Plan. We add climate hazards such as flooding, freeze-thaw cycles, extreme heat and wildfire to your risk framework, so likelihood and consequence scores show where exposure is highest.
- Asset-level vulnerability screening. We use the inventory and condition data you already maintain to identify which critical infrastructure, services, and individual assets are most exposed to each hazard, rather than starting a new data collection exercise.
- Climate-adjusted lifecycle and capital forecasts. Where hazards are likely to accelerate asset deterioration or raise renewal costs, we review current assumptions for assets’ estimated useful life and cost assumptions and incorporate adjustments required to model how capital forecasts change under different scenarios.
Get Started
With the current intake closing on December 8, 2026, now is the time to scope your project. Book a discovery call with PSD Citywide to talk through how your asset data can strengthen your CRPP application.
