Ontario EVCO Grant Chargers Mapped

Below is a map of the planned EVCO grant chargers, pulled from the MTO website here. This is in relation to this post with a chart showing all the addresses and locations by city.

Yellow = L3
Green = L2 and L3
Blue = L2

More Details on $20 Million EVCO Grant Program Chargers

This is a follow up post to the low level information I broke back in April about where we could expect to see chargers placed as part of the new $20 million Ontario EVCO Grant Program.

I am a little late to the party to publish this as the government posted the information while I was out of the country on July 13th, but the data still has a place on the blog so here it is.

These are the exact locations we can expect to see both L2 and L3 chargers installed in Ontario by March 31st 2017.

City/Town	Number of Chargers	Location of Chargers
Central Region	Level 2: 223 Level 3: 84
Barrie	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 446 Bayfield St.
Beamsville	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 5005 Ontario St.
Beaverton	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 84 Beaverton Ave.
Bolton	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Albion Bolton Community Centre - 150 Queen St. South
Bradford	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 440 Holland St. West
Brampton	Level 2: 6 Level 3: 0	Soccer Centre Recreation Facility - 1495 Sandalwood Pkwy. East Heart Lake Conservation Area - 10818 Heart Lake Rd. Claireville Conservation Area - 8180 Hwy 50
Burlington	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 2	IKEA - 1065 Plains Rd. East Appleby Crossing - 2435 Appleby Line
Caledon	Level 2: 3 Level 3: 1	Albion Hills Conservation Area Chalet - 16500 Regional Rd. Albion Hills Conservation Area Beach Parking - 16500 Regional Rd. Glen Haffy Conservation Area - 19245 Airport Rd. Margaret Dunn Library - 20 Snelcrest Dr.
Collingwood	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 285 First St. Tim Horton's - 4 High St.
Elmvale	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 68 Yonge St. South
Fort Erie	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 325 Garrison Rd. Tim Horton's - 1167 Garrison Rd.
Goodwood	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 0	Claremont Field Centre - 4290 Westney Rd. North
Hamilton	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 2	Centre on Barton - 1275 Barton St. East Tim Horton's - 1470 ON-6 Tim Horton's - 473 Concession St.
Keswick	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Glenwoods Centre - 443 The Queensway South
Markham	Level 2: 10 Level 3: 2	123 Commerce Valley Dr. West 125 Commerce Valley Dr. West 50 Minthorn Blvd. 140 Allstate Pkwy. Armadale Crossing - 7690-7770 Markham Rd. 80 Allstate Parkway
Midhurst	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Simcoe County Museum - 1151 Highway 26
Midland	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 16815 ON-12
Milton	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Campbellville Country Court Plaza - 35 Crawford Cres.
Mississauga	Level 2: 58 Level 3: 20	80 Courtneypark Dr. 5800 Explorer Dr. Meadowvale Corporate Centre - 6880 Financial Dr. 5750 Explorer Dr. 2085 Hurontario St. 4701/4715 Tahoe Blvd. Indian Line Campground - 7625 Finch Ave. West Pearson International Airport - 6301 Silver Dart Dr. Pearson International Airport - 8 Network Rd. Pearson International Airport - 3111 Convair Dr. Hilton Mississauga - 6750 Mississusauga Rd. 2630 Skymark Ave. Novo-nordisk - 2680 Skymark Ave. Airway Centre - 5935 Airport Rd. 30 Eglinton Ave. West
Newmarket	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 1100 Davis Dr.
Niagara Falls	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 8089 Portage Rd.
Oakville	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	Tim Horton's - 228 Wyecroft Rd.
Orangeville	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 23 Broadway Ave.
Orillia	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 320 Memorial Ave. Tim Horton's - 25 Colborne St. East
Oshawa	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	Best Western Oshawa - 559 Bloor St. West
Pickering	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Petticoat Creek Conservation Area - 1100 Whites Rd.
Richmond Hill	Level 2: 9 Level 3: 0	30 Leek Cres. 38 Leek Cres. 95 Mural St. 1725 16th Ave. Swan Lake Centre - 1229 Bethesda Sideroad
St Catharines	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 170 4th Ave. South
Stayner	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Clearview Joint Emergency Services Operations Centre - 6993 ON-26
Stouffville	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 0	Bruce's Mill Conservation Area - 3291 Stouffville Rd.
Toronto	Level 2: 121 Level 3: 25	IKEA Etobicoke - 1475 The Queensway IKEA North York - 15 Provost Dr. St. Joseph's Health Centre - 30 The Queensway Royal Bank Plaza - 200 Bay St. University Centre - 383 University Ave. 5775 Yonge St. Lucliff Place - 700 Bay St. York Mills Centre - 4325 Yonge St. MaRS Centre - 661 University Ave. Yorkville Village - 87 Avenue Rd. Madison Centre - 4950 Yonge St. Citibank - 123 Front St. 110 Yonge St. 525 University Ave. 175 Bloor St. Metro Centre - 200 Wellington St. Airport Marriott - 901 Dixon Rd. Maple Leaf Square - 15 York St. Air Canada Centre - 50 Bay St. Air Miles Tower - 438 University Ave. 720 Bay St. 655 Bay St. 5001 Yonge St. Adelaide Place - 181 University Ave. 2075 Kennedy Rd. Dynamic Funds Tower - 1 Adelaide St. East Atria - 2235 Sheppard Ave. East 30 Adelaide St. East Commerce West - 401 and 405 The West Mall SNC-Lavalin - 304 The East Mall Burnhamthorpe Square - 10-20 Four Seasons Place Morneau Shepall - 895 Don Mills Rd. 145 King St. West 150 King St. West Sun Life Centre - 200 King St. West Manulife Centre - 55 Bloor St. West Bloor Islington Place - 3250 Bloor St. West 33 Bloor St. West Scotiabank Plaza - 40 King St. West 115 Gordon Baker Rd. Foresters - 789 Don Mills Rd. 277 Wellington St. West Glen Rouge Conservation Area - 7450 Kingston Rd. Milliken Crossing - 5631 - 5671 Steeles Ave. East Black Creek Pioneer Village - 1000 Murray Ross Parkway Humber River Hospital - 1235 Wilson Ave.
Tottenham	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Tottenham Mall - 55 Queen St. South
Vaughan	Level 2: 4 Level 3: 3	TRCA Head Office - 101 Exchange Ave. Joint Operations Centre - 2800 Rutherford Rd. IKEA - 200 Interchange Way
Vineland Station	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 3335 North Service Rd.
Washago	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Washago Carpool Lot - HWY 11/169
Whitby	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 0	Taunton Gardens - 320 Taunton Rd. East
Woodbridge	Level 2: 3 Level 3: 0	Boyd Conservation Area - 8739 Islington Ave. Kortright Centre - 9550 Pine Valley Dr.
East Region	Level 2: 17 Level 3: 49
Arnprior	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 3	Tim Horton's - 201 Madawaska Blvd. Metro/Food Basics - 375 Daniel St. South McDonald's - 16 Baskin Dr. West
Bancroft	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 234 Hastings St. North
Barrhaven	Level 2: 2 Level 3: 0	Ottawa Park and Ride - 3347 Fallowfield Rd.
Belleville	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 218 Bell Blvd.
Brockville	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 2454 Parkdale Ave. Tim Horton's - 77 William St.
Campbellford	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 148 Grand Rd.
Carleton Place	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 144 Franktown Rd.
Casselman	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Metro/Food Basics - 21 Richer Close
Cornwall	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 3	Tim Horton's - 81 Tollgate Rd. West McDonald's - 1301 Brookdale Ave. St. Hubert - 705 Brookdale Ave.
Deep River	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 33235 Hwy 17
Embrun	Level 2: 2 Level 3: 0	Embrun Arena - 8 Blais St.
Fenelon Falls	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 23 Lindsay St.
Gloucester	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	St. Hubert - 2484 Boulevard St. Joseph
Hawkesbury	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	St. Hubert - 456 County Rd. 17 Tim Horton's - 418 Main St. East
Johnstown	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Gas Bar - 2618 CR-2
Kanata	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Ottawa Park and Ride - 130 Earl Grey Dr.
Kemptville	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	TSC Stores - 2966 County Rd. 43
Kingston	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 681 Princess St.
Lindsay	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	Lindsay Recreation Complex - 133 Adelaide St. South Tim Horton's - 85 Mt Hope St.
Madoc	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 14118 Hwy 62 Tim Horton's - 14121 ON-7
Manotick	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 989 River Rd.
Napanee	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 478 Centre St. North
Nepean	Level 2: 2 Level 3: 0	Ben Franklin Place - 101 Centrepointe Dr.
Newcastle	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 361 King Ave. East
Ottawa	Level 2: 3 Level 3: 8	McDonald's - 670 Bronson Ave. City of Ottawa Fire Administration Building - 1445 Carling Ave. St. Hubert - 4010 Riverside Dr. Ottawa Public Parking Lot - 687 Somerset IKEA - 2685 Iris St.
Pembroke	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 805 Pembroke St. East Tim Horton's - 11 Robinson Ln.
Perth	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 35 Dufferin St.
Peterborough	Level 2: 7 Level 3: 4	Tim Horton's - 1527 Water St. Lansdowne Place Mall -  645 Lansdowne St. Norwood Town Hall - 2357 County Rd. 45 King Street Parking Garage -  200 King St. Memorial Centre Arena - 151 Lansdowne St. West Riverview Park Zoo - 1230 Water St. Downtown Lakefield Public Parking - 39 Queen St.
Picton	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Downtown Picton Public Parking - 55 King St.
Port Hope	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 175 Rose Glen Rd. North
Port Perry	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 14500 Simcoe St.
Rockland	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	Metro/Food Basics - 9071 County Rd. 17 Tim Horton's - 2875 Laporte St.
Northeast Region	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 24
Azilda	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 514 Notre Dame St. East
Burk's Falls	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 27 Commercial Dr.
Elliot Lake	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 269 King's Hwy 108 Tim Horton's - 261 ON-108
Espanola	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 701 Centre St.
Gravenhurst	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 1105 Bethuine Dr. Tim Horton's - 150 Talisman Dr.
Huntsville	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 44 ON-60
Kapuskasing	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 240 Government Rd. Tim Horton's - 8 Government Rd. East
Kirkland Lake	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 155 Government Rd. West Tim Horton's - 175 Government Rd. West
New Liskeard	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 883350 Hwy 65 West Tim Horton's - 883307 ON-65
North Bay	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 999 McKeown Ave. Tim Horton's - 114 Drury St.
Parry Sound	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 118 Bowes St.
Port Severn	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Jag's Petro Canada - 41 Lone Pine Rd.
Sault Ste. Marie	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 673 Trunk Rd. Tim Horton's - 223 Second Line West
Sudbury	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 914 Newgate Ave.
South Porcupine	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 4556 ON-101
Timmins	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 520-522 Algonquin Blvd. East
Wawa	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 92 Mission Rd.
Northwest Region	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 7
Dryden	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 520 Government St. Tim Horton's - 655 Government St.
Fort Frances	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 831 Kings Highway Tim Horton's - 525 Hwy 11 West
Kenora	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 900 Highway 17 East
Thunder Bay	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 770 Memorial Ave. Tim Horton's - 121 East Ave.
West Region	Level 2: 33 Level 3: 47
Amherstburg	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	The Libro Centre -  3295 Meloche Rd.
Arthur	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 2	Arthur Library and Medical Centre - 110 Charles St. East Arthur Sports Complex -  158 Domville St.
Brantford	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 73 King George Rd. Tim Horton's - 1290 Colborne St. East
Cambridge	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 416 Hespeler Rd.
Cayuga	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 51 Talbot St.
Chatham	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 710 Richmond St. Tim Horton's - 33 3rd St.
Clifford	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Clifford Community Complex - 2 Brown St. South
Clinton	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 300 Ontario St.
Drumbo	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Mister Steak Highway Travel Plaza - 80667 Oxford Rd. 29
Essex	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 4	Essex Centre Sports Complex -  60 Fairview Ave. West Colechester Harbour -  100 Jackson St.
Exeter	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	153 Main St. North
Goderich	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 354 Bayfield Rd.
Guelph	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 3	Social Services Building - 138 Wyndham St. North Puslinch Library - 29 Brock Rd. South N Hanlon Park Mall - 218 Silvercreek Pkwy.
Hanover	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	McDonald's - 800 10th St. Tim Horton's - 639 10th St.
Harriston	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 182 Elora St.
Ingersoll	Level 2: 2 Level 3: 1	Downtown Ingersoll Public Parking - 16 King St.
Innisfil	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 940 Innisfil Beach Rd.
Kitchener	Level 2: 8 Level 3: 0	50 Queen St. North 55 King St. West
Leamington	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 214 Talbot St.
London	Level 2: 6 Level 3: 1	Wellington Commons - 1210 Wellington Rd. South Tim Horton's - 146 Clarke Rd. City Centre - 380 Wellington St.
Meaford	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 291 Sykes St. South
Mount Forest	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Mount Forest Sports Complex - 850 Princess St.
Owen Sound	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 1015 10th St. West
Port Colborne	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 429 Main St. West
Port Dover	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 1 St Andrew St.
Port Elgin	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 278 Goderich St.
Sarnia	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 1399 Colborne Rd.
Simcoe	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 77 Queensway East
Southampton	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 0	Saugeen First Nation Gas Bar - 43 Cameron Dr.
Stratford	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 1040 Ontario St.
Strathroy	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 269 Caradoc St. South
Tillsonburg	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 2	Tim Horton's - 401 Simcoe St.
Wallaceburg	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 848 Dufferin Ave.
Wasaga Beach	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	McDonald's - 1275 Mosley St.
Waterloo	Level 2: 7 Level 3: 0	Northland Business Centre - 60 Northland Rd. Waterloo Corporate Campus - 180 Northfield Dr. West / 595 Parkside Dr.
Welland	Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Fitch Street Plaza - 200 Fitch St
Wiarton	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 445 Berford St.
Windsor	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 80 Park St. East
Wingham	Level 2: 0 Level 3: 1	Tim Horton's - 33 Josephine St.
Woodstock	Level 2: 2 Level 3: 1	Quality Inn - 580 Bruin Blvd.

Some of the above noted locations may be subject to change prior to March 31, 2017.

A Trip Across The Pond - My EV Observations

I recently returned from an 8 day trip to London and Paris with my Wife for our one year wedding anniversary. We saw the sights, took tons of cheesy tourist selfies and wined and dined on the Eiffel Tower; but despite the fact it was our anniversary trip I was keeping an eye out for what I could spot that was different in the EV world across the pond. Don't worry, my wife was in on it too, she was "Tesla spotting" and excitingly pointing out anytime she saw a Model S.

In London we didn't notice too much out of the ordinary, but we did spot this amazing on street EV parking. Charging there was an Aixam Mega City EV and a Mercedes C350e plug-in hybrid can be seen in the picture. These on street chargers are part of the very cool "Source London" program. There are over 850 of these charging stations in London in both on street and off street locations. It would be very cool to have on street chargers like this so we aren't tied down to private lots in the downtown core of Toronto.

If you want to learn more about this service their website is neat and informative.

Next we have this very cool electric car sharing service spotted in Paris called Autolib. Think Car2Go like we have in Toronto but all electric. I personally think this actually makes more sense than Car2Go because just like Car2Go they are short term, billed buy the minute rental cars that are often only used for in-city driving and are always parked at designated locations. And because they park at designated locations its easy to have charging there. So as long as the car is waiting for someone to rent it, it can be charging.

I would bet it would be very rare that you would get into one of these cars and find it not fully charged or at least with enough range to get what you need done (these cars, "Bluecars" as they call them, have between 150 to 250km of range fully charged). It would be great to see Car2Go whenever they have to swap out their fleet charge their Smart Cars to Electric Drive Smart Cars and take a page out of Autolib's books.

You can learn more about Autolib here.

Next, and again in Paris I spotted this advertising for the Hyundai IONIQ electric on the back of a bus. Well actually I spotted dozens of these ads but this is the one that I got a good picture of. This is something we really don't see enough of in Toronto; that being manufactures getting behind their vehicles and pushing them through actual mass market advertising.

If Nissan, BMW, Mercedes, Chevrolet, Ford or Mitsubishi could get behind and push one of their cars like this, it could have a great impact on EV adoption in the city. Currently if you aren't already considering an EV purchase in this city, you need to be steered towards it through word of mouth or you need to see an electric car and do your own research. Its unfortunate, but we won't see a big uptick in EV sales until the manufactures start to put some dollars behind them in advertising like they do for ICE cars today. (Yes I do know Chevy did some TV ads for the Volt and Ford did some for the Focus EV but they were poorly positioned and had a limited run)

Lastly we spotted this awesome Tesla Taxi. Yes I know there are some Tesla Taxies in Canada too, but I have yet to personally spot one, we noticed this one on our second day in Paris. We wished it could have been around when we needed to grab a cab while there, but oh well. I will just have to live without being able to say I got a ride in a Tesla Taxi in Paris. At least one of our Taxi rides was a Prius, not an EV, but better than a full ICE.

So that concludes our European EV vacation.... ahem... sorry; European wedding anniversary trip. Lots of innovative things that would be great to see come to the GTA one day.

Heads Up for Canadian Volt Owners

UPDATE: Volt Stats is working for me again as of 07/20/16. Was apparently working since the 14th but I was overseas and unable to try it out. I have a big gap in data unfortunately but everything seems good now.

If you live in Canada and own a Volt and you use Voltstats.net there has been an issue with the new OnStar API for about a week now and there is currently no fix in sight.


It is unfortunately as we are all going to have a fairly large data hole in our stats. Plus I had planned on using the data for a post on my first year of Volt ownership in a few weeks. So I will have to make do. I will post an update when I see it up and running again.