More support on the way to strengthen rural communities

Rural and remote communities, First Nations and not-for-profit organizations can submit applications to fund projects that strengthen and diversify their economies.

This is through the Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP). The fourth intake opened on Thursday, July 24, 2025, and runs until Oct. 31, 2025.

In its first three years, REDIP will have invested as much as $142 million in more than 450 projects throughout B.C. that will create an estimated 7,000 jobs in rural areas. These projects promote economic diversification, resilience, clean-economy opportunities and infrastructure development.

Communities can receive funding through four streams:

• capacity – helps communities build internal capacity for economic development by providing up to $50,000 per year for up to three years and access to development funding of up to $100,000 to launch priority projects;
• development – supports business planning, feasibility assessments and other developmental steps for business and economic diversification opportunities in rural B.C., up to $100,000;
• implementation - supports the development of new economic infrastructure and the implementation of economic services, programming or operations directly related to diversification in rural communities, up to $1 million; and
• community transition – supports communities experiencing a major economic change resulting from the loss of a major employer or linked to major projects in the province.