Toronto is getting $45 million more for FIFA World Cup security
The federal government announced the funding boost today
The federal government has announced that it will provide additional funding for this summer’s World Cup.
Per the city budget, the cost of Toronto’s six FIFA World Cup matches will be $380 million. The city is responsible for around $178.6 million, with the province contributing $97 million and the federal government already pledging $104.3 million.
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This morning, Federal Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree announced even more federal funding for the event, to the tune of up to $145 million, with $45 million set aside for Toronto. (The World Cup’s other Canadian matches will take place in Vancouver.)
The funding boost is being allocated to enhanced security operations.
“Extensive, ongoing, close coordination across all orders of government, law enforcement, event organizers and international partners, including the United States and Mexico, is central to Canada’s security planning,” said a statement published today. “This funding will help reduce cost pressures on provinces and municipalities, while ensuring public safety agencies have the resources needed to deliver a safe and well‑managed tournament.”
The statement noted that the World Cup is expected to add $2 billion to Canada’s economy.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
