The following are Eligible Recipients for the purposes of the Communities Component. This can include situations where the Eligible Recipients apply individually or join together with other Eligible Recipients:
a) A Local government, or a group of Local Governments. First Nations are eligible if they are part of a group including at least one Local Government;
b) A provincial entity, including the province of Ontario, that provides municipal-type services to communities, as defined by provincial statute;
c) A public sector body that is established by or under provincial statute or by regulation or is wholly owned by a Local Government or group of Local Governments and which provides municipal sector services in a given area;
d) A private sector body, whose application is supported by a Local Government.