Go Train with Toronto City Skyline. (Marcus Oleniuk/Toronto Star/Getty Images)
OTTAWA — The federal government is allocating $3.38 billion to provinces and cities to pay for upgrades to transit system and cover the cost of planning and design for future expansion. The allocations are based on ridership numbers, so the more transit users in a province, the more money a province receives. Here are the provincial breakdowns:
Newfoundland and Labrador: $4.94 million
Prince Edward Island: $660,000
Nova Scotia: $32.2 million
New Brunswick: $8.74 million
Quebec: $923.71 million
Ontario: $1.49 billion
Manitoba: $82.8 million
Saskatchewan: $29 million
Alberta: $347.19 million
British Columbia: $460.49 million
Yukon: $890,000
Northwest Territories: $320,000
Total: $3.38 billion
(Source: Infrastructure Canada)
