Feds give $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver transit

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 21, 2025 3:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

The national authorities has committed much than $1.5 cardinal implicit 10 years for Metro Vancouver's beleaguered transit network.

A connection from the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities says the backing woody for TransLink is the archetypal metro-region statement nether the caller Canada Public Transit Fund.

The backing from 2026 to 2036 is successful summation to $663 cardinal announced by Ottawa successful January for TransLink infrastructure implicit the aforesaid period.

TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn says successful the connection that the work looks guardant to continuing its concern with Ottawa done the caller deal, and it continues to enactment with each levels of authorities to expand transit to conscionable the region's needs.

However, Quinn has antecedently said TransLink was facing an yearly operational shortfall of $600 cardinal starting adjacent year.

He said past July that without backing to code the gap, transit services would look "significant cuts."

Last March, the B.C. authorities gave TransLink an injection of $479 cardinal successful provincial backing to support services and fares.

The Canada Public Transit Fund, announced by the national authorities past year, is acceptable to commencement doling retired $3 cardinal a twelvemonth opening successful 2026.

The national authorities besides announced Friday a publication of $189 cardinal implicit 10 years for B.C. Transit, a provincial Crown corp serving communities extracurricular Metro Vancouver.