In 2017, Ontario will add 493 charging stations for electric vehicles
(This article is written directly from Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation news releases : Ontario Building More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Funding for Electric Vehcile Charging Stations)
The province is investing $20 million from Ontario’s Green Investment Fund to build nearly 500 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at over 250 locations in Ontario in 2017.
Through the $20 million Electric Vehicle Chargers Ontario (EVCO) grant program, the province is working with 27 public and private sector partners to create a network of fast-charging electric vehicle stations in cities, along highways and at workplaces, condominiums and public places across Ontario.
| Private/Public Sector Partners | Company Location | EVCO Funding | Number of Chargers | High Level Location of Chargers |
| Arntjen Solar North America Inc. | Woodstock, ON | $611,987 | Level 2: 6 Level 3: 6 | Central Southwestern Ontario |
| Best Western Stoneridge Inn & Conference Centre | London, ON | $65,630 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 1 |
Highway 401 near London |
| City of Kawartha Lakes | Lindsay, ON | $58,700 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 1 |
Lindsay |
| City of Vaughan | Vaughan, ON | $17,500 | Level 2: 2
Level 3: 0 |
Vaughan |
| Corporation of the County of Prince Edward | Picton, ON | $75,000 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 1 |
Picton |
| Corporation of the County of Simcoe | Midhurst, ON | $267,350 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 3 |
Simcoe County, Barrie and Environs |
| Corporation of the County of Wellington | Guelph, ON | $215,076 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 3 |
Guelph and along Highway 6 |
| CrossChasm Technologies Inc. (workplace) | Waterloo, ON | $61,088 | Level 2: 6
Level 3: 0 |
Waterloo |
| Electric Circuit | Montreal, QC | $1,415,000 | Level 2: 8 Level 3: 14 | Ottawa and Eastern Ontario |
| Greater Toronto Airports Authority (Toronto Pearson) | Toronto, ON | $2,685,000 | Level 2: 22 Level 3: 10 | Mississauga |
| Icarus Power Generation | Toronto, ON | $341,932 | Level 2: 4
Level 3: 4 |
Welland, Guelph, Tottenham, Keswick |
| IKEA Canada | Burlington, ON | $921,145 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 10 |
GTHA and Ottawa |
| Jag’s Petro Canada Fuel and Convenience | Port Severn, ON | $130,000 | Level 2: 1
Level 3: 1 |
Port Severn |
| JML Energy Solutions / JML Electric Inc. | Oakville, ON | $135,150 | Level 2: 4
Level 3: 1 |
Toronto |
| Koben Systems Inc. | Mississauga, ON | $11,396,246 | Level 2: 193
Level 3: 144 |
Province-wide Network |
| Oxford County | Woodstock, ON | $350,760 | Level 2: 4
Level 3: 2 |
Ingersoll and Woodstock |
| Peterborough Distribution Inc. (PDI) | Peterborough, ON | $291,480 | Level 2: 7
Level 3: 2 |
Peterborough |
| Precise Parklink | Toronto, ON | $81,660 | Level 2: 10
Level 3: 0 |
401 near Downsview |
| Saugeen First Nation | Southampton, ON | $8,000 | Level 2: 1
Level 3: 0 |
Base of Bruce Peninsula |
| The Corporation of the City of Brampton | Brampton, ON | $90,000 | Level 2: 4
Level 3: 0 |
Brampton |
| The Tricar Group | London, ON | $32,747 | Level 2: 6
Level 3: 0 |
London |
| Town of Amherstburg | Amherstburg, ON | $65,592 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 1 |
South of Windsor |
| Town of Caledon | Caledon, ON | $230,920 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 2 |
Northwestern GTHA |
| Town of Essex | Essex, ON | $252,820 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 4 |
Southeast of Windsor |
| Township of Russell | Embrun, ON | $9,429 | Level 2: 2
Level 3: 0 |
Eastern Ontario |
| Best Western Hotel and Conference Centre – Oshawa | Oshawa, ON | $133,287 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 2 |
Oshawa |
| Triumph Inc. (condo) | Toronto, ON | $56,500 | Level 2: 0
Level 3: 1 |
Toronto |
| Total | $20,000,000 | Level 2: 280
Level 3: 213 |
Level 2 charging stations use a 240 volt system (similar to a clothes dryer plug) and can fully charge a vehicle from 0 per cent charge in about four to six hours.
Level 3 charging stations (also known as Direct Current Fast Chargers or DCFC) use a 480 volt system and can charge a vehicle to 80 per cent in about 30 minutes. These stations allow EV drivers to charge their vehicles about eight times faster than Level 2 charging stations, and permit them to travel further than ever before.
Where are the On Route stations !?
Hi John, Now is the time for all of us to investigate and find the exact locations !
These are the key missing piece for Highway travel !
I have inquired with the site managers of the OnRoute locations, and all they indicate (who I Emailed anyway) is that the conduits were built there underground to the Electric Boxes. that’s a necessary but not at all sufficient condition to do an EV charging installation). MTO has not scheduled any installations or timeline for them. I will press for more details.
Hopefully some of the Electric Circuit and Koben Systems Inc. network chargers will be at OnRoutes. ….or Canadian Tire will finally follow through with the agreement they apparently made to put them there.
According to KSI Koben the OnRoute stations are entirely excluded. No chargers at OnRoute. It was not clear why.
They have a deal done w/ others…
The airport should be installing lots of 120v sockets. When people fly they are usually away for a few days and just need it to trickle charge and be done by the time they get home in a few days.
You are right for people leaving the airport.
Other people wait for friends/family. There will be electric taxis or electric vehicles driving with Uber or Lyft. In a few years, we will see delivery companies with a fleet of electric vehicles.
I believe that there is a need for level 1 – 2 -3 everywhere. Let’s welcome ev charging stations. It will inspire people to install more of them 🙂
I agree. Why would an airport, require 22 level 2 chargers and 10 level 3s? Even if I’m going away for a day, I wouldn’t need more than a level 2, unless, they’ll be for taxis, shuttling fares to and from the GTA.
Who is Koben Systems? They got the most funding, but they web site looks like a group of amateurs.
It doesn’t even work properly with Safari browser.
Koben Systems are a group of amateurs, as a matter of fact, Koben Systems is a sole entity–I know this because Vic Burconak, the owner, is my brother with whom I’ve ceased all contact with following my/our mothers death from pancreatic cancer. Vic, together with his wife, took advantage of my mothers ill health and naivete and convinced her to sign all assets over to Vic stating that, if she didn’t and the will went through probate, that the gov’t would take 90% of everything. A detailed letter has been sent to Mayor Crombie and Stephen Del Duca detailing this and the many other indiscretions committed by Vic Burconak of KSI Koben Systems over the years.
This is such great news!
as a leaf owner i can say this—-i wouldn’t like to see government cash spent on level one or two—-only level three charging legitimately allows for extended travel—level 2’s should be reserved for hotel, mall or restaurant placement
Quality sacrificed for quantity
Where are those 144 Level 3 chargers from Koben going I wonder and why did they get half of the total funding?
Google the owners name–Vic Burconak–and you will see that his name links more to Internet Movie Data Base and other acting related sites than his current business of installing EV charging systems. He spent almost nine years trying to become an actor while his wife brought home the pay cheque. This also contradicts his LinkedIn work history. For God’s sake he doesn’t even own an electric vehicle, his current method of transportation is giant gas-guzzling Dodge Ram pickup. I’ve sent a detailed letter to Mayor Crombie and Steven Del Duca exposing this person for the fraud that he is. and I’ve also contacted many of the local media stations well.