Guelph will be receiving a total of $3,087,549 from the province under the Ontario gas tax program.
The money is used to improve municipal transit systems.
Last year, the city received $2.9 million from the province.
Jeff Yurek, Minister of Transportation, announced Tuesday that the Ontario government will be distributing a total of $364 million to 107 municipalities.
"We are investing in public transit to make it a more convenient travel option and to attract more riders," said Yurek in a news release. "More public transit will cut through gridlock and get people moving."
Funding for Ontario's gas tax program is determined by the number of litres of gasoline sold in the province. The program provides municipalities with two cents per litre of provincial gas tax revenues. Municipalities receiving gas tax funding must use these funds towards their public transit capital and/or operating expenditures, at their own discretion, including upgrading transit infrastructure, increasing accessibility, purchasing transit vehicles, adding more routes and extending hours of service.
The share that each municipality receives under Ontario's gas tax program is based on a formula of 70 percent ridership and 30 percent population.
