Allocation of Funding to AOCs

Canada's 14 remaining AOCs are very different with significant variation in geographical size, extent of urbanization and complexity of the rehabilitation efforts still required. They are also at different stages as far as completion of remedial actions; some are very close to reaching their environmental targets while others are not. As a result, the amount of funding allocated to individual AOCs will naturally vary. Funding factors include the number and quality of proposals submitted from each AOC; whether they meet the funding criteria; progress on reaching rehabilitation targets for each of the impaired beneficial uses within an AOC; strategic direction and relative priorities established for the federal Great Lakes program; and whether the proposed implementation actions are within the federal responsibility.