Method of and basis for allocations to eligible recipients
 5. (1) In this section, “municipal group” means a group of municipalities consisting of a municipality that as of March 31, 2008 is an upper-tier municipality and every municipality that as of March 31, 2008 is a lower-tier municipality that forms part of the upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes; “population” means, in respect of an eligible recipient that is a lower-tier municipality, single-tier municipality or upper-tier municipality, the 2006 Census of Population census subdivision population that falls within the boundaries of the eligible recipient, as reported by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act
(Canada) as of March 31, 2008; “total population of all municipalities in Ontario” means the 2006 Census of Population census subdivision total population that falls within the boundaries of all single-tier municipalities and upper-tier municipalities in Ontario, as reported by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act (Canada) as of March 31, 2008.  O. Reg. 277/08, s. 5 (1). (2) The available amount for the fiscal year commencing on April 1, 2007 shall be allocated among eligible recipients as follows: 1. The amount allocated to each eligible recipient that is a single-tier municipality as of March 31, 2008 and, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, to each municipal group is calculated using the formula, A × B/C in which, “A” is the available amount for the fiscal year, “B” is the population of the eligible recipient or of the upper-tier municipality of a particular municipal group, as the case may be, and “C” is the total population of all municipalities in Ontario. 2. From the amount allocated to a particular municipal group under paragraph 1, the amount allocated to the upper-tier municipality in the municipal group is calculated using the formula, D × E/F in which, “D” is the amount allocated to the municipal group under paragraph 1 for the fiscal year, “E” is the arithmetic mean of the capital expenditures reported in Column 07 (Capital Expenditures) of Row 9910 (Total) of Schedule 52 (Sources of Capital Fund Financing Expenditures) of the Financial Information Returns provided as of March 31, 2008 by the upper-tier municipality to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the years 2001 to 2005, and “F” is the arithmetic mean of the aggregate of all capital expenditures reported in Column 07 (Capital Expenditures) of Row 9910 (Total) of Schedule 52 (Sources of Capital Fund Financing Expenditures) of the Financial Information Returns provided as of March 31, 2008 by the upper-tier municipality and each lower-tier municipality that formed part of the upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the years 2001 to 2005. 3. From the amount allocated to a particular municipal group under paragraph 1, the amount allocated to a particular lower-tier municipality in the municipal group is calculated using the formula, (D – G) × H/I in which, “D” is the amount allocated to the municipal group under paragraph 1 for the fiscal year, “G” is the amount allocated to the upper-tier municipality in the municipal group under paragraph 2 for the fiscal year, “H” is the population of the lower-tier municipality, and “I” is the population of the upper-tier municipality in the municipal group. O. Reg. 277/08, s. 5 (2). (3) The amounts of “E” and “F” referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection (2) may be obtained from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.  O. Reg. 277/08, s. 5 (3).