Alberta opens applications for $13.4M community partnership fund
EDMONTON — Alberta municipalities, Métis Settlements and the Townsite of Redwood Meadows can now apply for funding to strengthen regional collaboration and improve long-term sustainability.
The province has launched the 2025 intake for the Alberta Community Partnership (ACP), which offers $13.4 million to support intermunicipal projects and build local capacity.
“Albertans benefit when their communities work together to overcome differences, build partnerships and face challenges,” Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams said in a release. “The Alberta Community Partnership helps us build a strong, prosperous province by supporting this collaboration and gives opportunities to future leaders through meaningful internships.”
The ACP has been in place for more than a decade, providing financial support for intermunicipal collaboration, restructuring, dispute resolution and training for future municipal leaders.
This year, the program has been expanded to include a municipal asset management component, along with increased funding for restructuring, mediation and cooperative process projects. Municipally controlled planning service agencies are also eligible to apply for funding to hire land-use planner interns.
The program’s four streams are:
intermunicipal collaboration
municipal restructuring
mediation and cooperative processes
municipal internship
In 2024-25, 92 projects received support through the ACP. Examples include:
$200,000 for Parkland County and six partner municipalities to develop a regional watershed management plan for the Sturgeon River.
$170,000 for environmental studies and design work on a regional industrial landfill facility in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 and the Town of Slave Lake.
$200,000 for Diamond Valley, Cochrane and the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 to create a regional emergency management plan and meet Alberta Incident Management System standards.
The province says the program is designed to help communities share expertise, expand services and foster stronger partnerships across Alberta.