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Do you have a project planned to plant native species in your community, but lack the funds to get started? Use the resources below to find funding opportunities across Canada! Although we do our best to keep these resourses up to date, deadlines, funding amounts, and eligibility requirements may change frequently, so please check official grant websites for specific details.
In addition to the grants available below, contact CanPlant with your project or idea to explore potential partnership opportunities!
Do you or your organization offer a community planting grant, or know of a grant not on this list? Contact us with details so we can share with others!
Location | Organization/City | Name | Link | Who is Eligible? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada | Wildlife Preservation Canada | WPC Native Wildflower Seed Grants | ||
Canada | Tree Canada | Greening Canada School Grounds | https://treecanada.ca/greening-communities/community-tree-grants/greening-canada-school-grounds/ | Educational institutions |
Canada | Tree Canada | Edible Trees | https://treecanada.ca/greening-communities/community-tree-grants/edible-trees/ | Educational institutions, First Nations communities, municipalities, community groups or gardens, food banks and community housing projects |
Canada | Tree Canada | Treemendous Communities | https://treecanada.ca/greening-communities/community-tree-grants/treemendous-communities/ | Canadian municipalities, Indigenous communities, business improvement associations, non-profit and community groups. |
Canada | Scotts Canada | Gro for Good | Non-profits and charities with support from local school or municipality | |
Canada | WWF | Go Wild School Grants | https://wwf.ca/take-action/apply-for-funding/go-wild-school-grants/ | Primary, secondary and post-secondary schools |
Canada | Jane Goodall Institute of Canada | Roots & Shoots A.P.E Fund | Members of Roots & Shoots Canada; Project must take place in Canada. Your project and final report will be completed by June 15th 2021; Your project fits into one of our project streams: Sustainable Food, Indigenous Perspectives or Climate Change | |
Canada | Learning for a Sustainable Future | Action Project Funding | http://lsf-lst.ca/en/projects/teacher-resources/action-project-funding | Schools and educators |
Canada | Whole Kids Foundation | Garden Grant Program | https://www.wholekidsfoundation.org/programs/school-gardens-grant | Schools and NGO's |
Canada | TD | TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Grant | https://www.td.com/ca/en/about-td/ready-commitment/funding/fef-grant/ | Registered charities under CRA with valid registration numbers; educational institutions; municipalities; Indigenous groups/communities |
Canada | Evergreen | 1% Seeds of Change Grant Program | ||
Canada | Wildlife Habitat Canada | Habitat Conservation Grants | Canadian residents; not for profit organizations; Indigenous organizations, associations, and wildlife management boards; research, academic and educational institutions; for profit organizations (e.g. small businesses, companies, corporations, industry associations); local organizations (e.g. community associations and groups, seniors' and youth groups, service clubs); provincial, territorial, municipal, and local governments and their agencies. | |
Canada | Government of Canada | EcoAction Community Funding Program | Non-profit groups, NGOs, and organizations are eligible to receive funding including: environmental groups; Community groups; youth and seniors’ groups; community-based associations; service clubs; Indigenous organizations. | |
| Canada | Government of Canada | Growing Canada's Forests - 2 Billion Trees Program | https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/science-and-data/funding-partnerships/funding-opportunities/forest-sector-funding-programs/growing-canadas-forests-program/23308 | Trees can be planted on public and private lands across the country, in remote, rural, suburban and urban areas, via afforestation, via reforestation, to restore forest habitat including recovery for SAR, conservation agreements and related planning processes |
Location | Organization/City | Name | Link | Who is Eligible? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberta | Alberta EcoTrust | Alberta EcoTrust Environmental Grant Program | https://albertaecotrust.com/what-we-do/environmental-grants/ | Alberta Ecotrust grants enable Alberta ENGOs to deliver programs, projects and results that advance environmental missions within our priorities: 1. Public interest charities operating in Alberta whose vision and mission primarily focus on protecting the environment 2. Qualified First Nations |
Alberta | Fortis Alberta | Community Naturalization and Tree Planting Grants | https://www.fortisalberta.com/about-us/in-your-community/grants | Municipalities within Fortis Alberta service area |
Alberta | Fortis Alberta | Green Up school grants | https://www.fortisalberta.com/about-us/in-your-community/grants | Schools within Fortis Alberta service area |
BC | BC Hydro | Community ReGreening Program | Intended for small-scale community projects - open to all municipal governments & First Nations across BC. Grants are to be applied for, and made directly by municipalities or community government organizations (such as band councils and regional districts). Local governments and First Nations may complete the project in any way they choose, but must be signatory to and recipient of the grant. | |
Ontario | Pollination Guelph | PG Community Grant Program | To be eligible to apply, interested non-profit organizations and individuals must: Be located within, or conduct the work within, Guelph or the surrounding Wellington County; If funded, complete or substantially complete the project before the end of 2020; Agree to share your project results through images and a brief write-up. | |
Ontario | City of Toronto | PollinateTO Community Grants | Eligible applicants: resident, tenant & neighbourhood groups community groups & organizations; school groups, clubs and parent councils; business improvement areas (BIAs); faith/church groups; Indigenous groups; registered charitable organizations and not-for-profit (NFP) organizations that operate in Toronto; NFPs outside of Toronto are eligible to apply if the proposed habitat project is located within the city of Toronto. | |
Ontario | Forests Ontario | 50 Million Trees | https://www.forestsontario.ca/en/program/50-million-tree-program | Individuals, property owners |
Ontario | Maple Leaves Forever | 25% Thank-you Rebate | Plantings of native maples from partner nurseries along rural Ontario roadsides, property boundaries, hedgerows, and along either or both sides of a laneway. Minimum of 10 and max of 50 trees per year; purchase size must be at least 150 cm; must be purchased from provided list of approve species and providers. | |
Ontario | City of Toronto | Community Planting and Stewardship Grant | Incorporated not-for-profit corporation without share capital OR a charitable organization or foundation registered as a charity with CRA | |
Ontario | Toronto and Region Conservation Authority | Private Land Tree Planting Program | https://trca.ca/get-involved/private-land-grants/tree-planting-forestry/ | Landowners with a minimum of 0.8 hectares (2 acres) of land on a single property within the TRCA’s jurisdiction. |
Ontario | Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority | Enhancing Wildlife Habiat | https://www.lsrca.on.ca/Pages/Enhancing-Wildlife-Habitat.aspx | Projects that create or restore wildlife habitat that fulfills the need for food, water, shelter and/or places to raise young (e.g. planting native seed mixes and native aquatic and terrestrial plants). |
Ontario | Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority | Wetland Restoration and Enhancement | https://www.lsrca.on.ca/Pages/Enhancing-Wildlife-Habitat.aspx | Wetland creation or restoration project that provide water storage, improve water quality by acting as a natural filter, reduce flooding, reduce erosion, replenish groundwater, and/or enhance wildlife habitat. |
Ontario | Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority | Grassland Restoration and Enhancement | https://www.lsrca.on.ca/Pages/Enhancing-Wildlife-Habitat.aspx | Property size must be a minimum of 2 acres, |
Ontario | Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) | Homeowner Planting Subsidy | Homeowners in select locations in Toronto, York, and Durham Regions | |
| Ontario | Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) | Restoration Grants Program | https://npca.ca/restoration | Private and Public Landowners, |
| Ontario | Forests Ontario and Grasslands Ontario | Grassland Stewardship Initiative | site must be in core breeding range for Bobolink and/or Eastern Meadowlark, and they must have been seen at site in last year OR contains ideal habitat features, private and public land is eligble including CA land (but not Provinical or Federal gov. land), site is not located on habitat offset areas for ESA, projects must avoid land conversion of natural ecosystems. | |
Ontario | Environment Hamilton | Trees Please | Native trees available to residents through a first come, first serve system annually. | |
| Western Canada (Vancouver Island BC - Manitoba) | Community Spaces Co-op | Co-op Funding | https://www.co-op.crs/communityspaces | Registered charities under CRA with valid registration numbers; registered non-profit organizations, non-profit organizations partnered with municipal government who will accept funding on their behalf, community service co-operatives |
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