Ontario Investing $39,448,926 in 5 Huron-Bruce Municipalities to Build More Homes
August 13, 2025
Funding will enable up to 4,974 homes and keep workers on the job
HURON-BRUCE – The Ontario government is investing $39,448,926 in water infrastructure to help build approximately 4,974 new homes in 5 Huron-Bruce municipalities. The funding is being delivered through the province’s Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund (HEWSF), a stream of the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program (MHIP).
“This is tremendous news for communities across Huron-Bruce,” said Lisa Thompson, MPP for Huron-Bruce. “By investing in critical water infrastructure, our government is leading the way for new housing opportunities and sustainable growth in our municipalities. This investment will help ensure that more housing can be realized, supporting families, attracting new residents, and strengthening the vibrant communities we call home.”
This funding will support the following municipalities and their individual projects:
| Municipality | Project | Funding Amount | Housing Enabled (up to) |
| Municipality of Huron East | Seaforth Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion | $12,819,000.00 | 962 |
| Town of Saugeen Shores | Southampton Water Pollution Control Plant Upgrades | $17,976,250.00 | 1,634 |
| Municipality of South Huron | London Road South Trunk Sanitary Sewer | $5,367,325.00 | 2,100 |
| Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | Century Heights Drinking Water Expansion | $2,110,156.00 | 156 |
| Municipality of Central Huron | King Street Infrastructure Expansion Project | $1,176,195.00 | 122 |
The MHIP is part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario and includes historic investments in housing- and community-enabling infrastructure that will help municipalities deliver the core infrastructure needed, such as roads and water systems, to lay the foundation for new homes in communities across the province.
“In the face of economic uncertainty, our government is investing in the future for the people of Ontario by doubling down on our plan to build,” said Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure. “With our additional investments in the MHIP, we’re unlocking more housing and building critical infrastructure that will protect communities, keep workers on the job and lay the groundwork for a stronger economy.”
This round of funding brings the total number of homes enabled in Ontario through the MHIP to approximately 800,000. Investing in local infrastructure is part of the province’s more than $200 billion capital plan to build and improve transit, highways, hospitals, schools and other critical public infrastructure, while strengthening the economy for the future.
Thompson added, “This funding builds on last year’s Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund investments, announced in August 2024, which also supported key water infrastructure projects in Huron-Bruce.” The table below outlines the funding amounts that three municipalities received in 2024:
| Municipality | Project | Funding Amount | Housing Enabled (up to) |
| Municipality of Bluewater | Bayfield Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion | $8,347,185.00 | 507 |
| Town of Goderich | Increasing Water Supply Capacity at the Goderich Water Treatment Plant | $3,218,843.75 | 1,750 |
| Municipality of South Bruce | Kliest Street, Dietz Street and Elora Street Sanitary Sewer Upsizing | $765,644.08 | 559 |
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- The province is also making a targeted investment of $82 million to support agricultural infrastructure projects in Niagara Region and the Municipality of Leamington through the new Agriculture and Irrigation Stream of the MHIP. Niagara Region will receive $41 million to build a new pipeline that will provide irrigation water to hundreds of farms and agricultural businesses. Leamington will receive $41 million to expand its wastewater infrastructure to support growth in the greenhouse sector.
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