The Government of Canada has announced a $1-million investment in the Government of Yukon to support the installation of up to 200 EV chargers across the territory. The investment is funded through Natural Resources Canada’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEIVP), and is expected to help the country achieve its climate targets.
As part of the initiative, the Government of Yukon will install EV chargers in “public places, multi-unit residential buildings, on streets, at workplaces or facilities for servicing light-duty vehicle fleets throughout Yukon by March 31, 2023.” Recipients of the EV chargers will be selected based on demand in a transparent process.
Brendan Hanley, Member of Parliament for Yukon told the press that the “installation of 200 EV charging stations in Yukon [will] reduce our emissions and will help make it possible to travel to all road-accessible communities in the territory using electric vehicles by 2027.”
Since 2015, the Government of Canada has invested $1 billion to make EVs more affordable and charging accessible. “These investments support Canada’s target of ensuring all passenger vehicles sold in Canada are zero-emission by 2035 and are critical to achieving Canada’s ambitious climate change goals,” the government announced in its press release, adding that the EV chargers in Yukon will contribute to “the establishment of a coast-to-coast network of fast chargers.”
To date, over 125,000 Canadians and Canadian businesses have taken advantage of federal incentives to purchase zero-emission vehicles. “Investing in more charging stations, like the ones announced…in the Yukon, will put more Canadians in the driver’s seat and on the road to a net-zero future,” the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources said.
