Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure (ZEVIP) — owners and operators

• The applicant must be a legal entity incorporated or registered in Canada or abroad (for-profit or not-for-profit), such as a company, electric utility, industry association, or an Indigenous business/community group (Indigenous businesses must be registered in the Indigenous Business Directory).
• The proposal must be submitted by the organization that will own and operate the charging infrastructure and incur the project costs (eligible expenditures for reimbursement must be in the proponent’s name).
• The project must install at least one public EV fast charger (100 kW) co-located with additional EV chargers so the total site output is at least 150 kW.
• Chargers must be located within 1.6 km of roads shown on the Electric Vehicle Charging Planning Map and in areas ranked “4” or “5” (high priority) on that map.
• Charging infrastructure must be publicly accessible 24/7, be a permanent hard-wired new purchase (not leased), be networked, and use equipment manufactured in Canada or in a country with an in-force trade agreement with Canada.

Who is eligible?

• Electric utilities
• Companies
• Industry associations
• Indigenous businesses
• Strata or condo corporations

Who is not eligible

• Individuals (not incorporated/registered organizations).
• Any part of the federal public administration (including federal departments, Crown corporations and agencies).
• Softwood lumber companies, including companies that are vertically integrated with softwood lumber companies.

Eligible expenses

• Project staff salaries and employee benefits.
• Professional and contracted services (e.g., engineering, construction, installation, testing and commissioning, training, marketing, data collection, logistics, maintenance planning, printing/distribution).
• Reasonable project travel costs (transportation, meals and accommodation).
• Capital purchases for project equipment and infrastructure (including IT/informatics equipment).
• Equipment/infrastructure rental or leasing costs.
• Licence fees and permit costs.
• Environmental assessment costs.
• GST/PST/HST (net of any tax rebate the recipient is entitled to).
• Project overhead directly related to the project (up to 15% of eligible expenditures).

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada (projects must be located in Canada).

• Priority given to corridor projects when more than 50% of the charging points are located in the areas deemed most priority on the public EV charging planning map.

• Project proposals for the Continuous Intake Pilot are accepted on a continuous basis until funding has been fully committed, and NRCan may close the intake when demand exceeds available funds.
• Each applicant is limited to submitting two (2) project proposals under this intake.
• NRCan does not issue advance payments or reimburse expenditures before the signing of a Contribution Agreement; reimbursement is based on claims submitted during the eligible expenditure period.
• As of October 1, 2024, ZEVIP limits eligibility to charging/refuelling equipment manufactured in countries with an in-force Free Trade Agreement with Canada; the program may validate eligibility (e.g., via import transaction information) and proponents should retain supporting documentation for audits.