Natural Resources Canada · Grant program
Grants for 2 Billion Trees
The objective of grants is to improve their capacity to make sound decisions and to work with others in implementing successful planting and management of trees and forests.
- Total value
- $8M
- Agreements
- 33
- Mar 2022 to Nov 2025
- Median agreement
- $285K
- Typical range
- $162K–$300K
- the middle half of agreements
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Natural Resources Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 1 agreements ($294K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | $2.8M |
| 2023 | 6 | $1.6M |
| 2024 | 11 | $3.2M |
| 2025 | 3 | $402K |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 9 | $2.1M |
| New Brunswick | 6 | $1.5M |
| British Columbia | 5 | $1.3M |
| Saskatchewan | 3 | $696K |
| Quebec | 2 | $600K |
| Manitoba | 2 | $600K |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 | $458K |
| Alberta | 2 | $366K |
| Northwest Territories | 1 | $150K |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | $150K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Other organizations | 22 | $5.4M |
| Indigenous recipients | 6 | $1.4M |
| Government | 4 | $845K |
| Academia | 1 | $295K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Forêt Capitale Forest | Growing a Forest Corridor Together: Building Ecological Resilience from Mer Bleue to the Larose ForestGrant | $106,040 |
| Oct 2025 | Promise For The North | Tree Planting Development Program for Beaufort Delta, Northwest TerritoriesGrant | $146,000 |
| Mar 2025 | Ferguson Tree Nursery | Building native tree seedling capacity and quality in KemptvilleGrant | $150,000 |
| Oct 2024 | Community Forests International | Assisted Natural Regeneration: A Nature-Based Solution to Reaching Canada’s 2 Billion Trees TargetGrant | $281,200 |
| Aug 2024 | Cariboo Aboriginal Forestry Enterprise | Forest Management Capacity Building for the Central Interior of British ColumbiaGrant | $300,000 |
| Aug 2024 | Fundy Biosphere Initiative Inc | BUILDING CAPACITY TO PLANT FORESTS OF THE FUTURE IN THE UNESCO FUNDY BIOSPHERE REGIONGrant | $284,965 |
| Jul 2024 | Memorial University Botanical Garden | Establishing a Tree Nursery at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical GardenGrant | $295,000 |
| Jul 2024 | Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority | Niagara Peninsula Watershed Native Seed Collection Community of PracticeGrant | $300,000 |
| Jul 2024 | Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve Association | ROOTS OF RENEWAL - SEEDS FOR THE FUTUREGrant | $224,191 |
| Jun 2024 | New Brunswick Environmental Network | Building capacity through seed collection and tree propagation in New BrunswickGrant | $295,086 |
| Jun 2024 | Forest Gene Conservation Association of Ontario | Expanding the FGCA Certified Seed Collector Course Across CanadaGrant | $299,345 |
| Jun 2024 | Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada | Open Urban Forests – Phase 2: Expanding the First Interactive View of Urban Forest Data in CanadaGrant | $300,000 |
| Jun 2024 | Knowlesville Art and Nature Centre | Planting Hope For Acadian/Wabanaki Forest Restoration: Capacity Building, Public Engagement and Tree Planting Within the Upper Wolastoq River Valley Watershed of Western New BrunswickGrant | $300,000 |
| Jun 2024 | Nature-Action Québec | Capacity building to restore habitat in agricultural areas and to facilitate the planning and implementation of agroforestry in Montérégie.Grant | $300,000 |
| May 2023 | BC Small Wetlands Association | CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION, PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF TREE PLANTING PROJECTS IN THE SHUSWAP AND OKANAGANGrant | $271,000 |
| May 2023 | City of Penticton | Urban Forest StrategyGrant | $300,000 |
| Mar 2023 | City of Fredericton | Greening the City of Fredericton's Street Tree Planting ProgramGrant | $162,000 |
| Jan 2023 | Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve Association Inc. | Redberry Lake Biosphere Tree ProjectGrant | $300,000 |
| Jan 2023 | Trees Winnipeg | Building Capacity in Winnipeg for Tree Canopy SustainabilityGrant | $300,000 |
| Dec 2022 | Twin Sisters Native Plants Nursery | TWIN SISTERS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENTGrant | $150,000 |
| Dec 2022 | Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority | NIAGARA PENINSULA WATERSHED TREE PLANTING PARTNERSHIPGrant | $150,000 |
| Dec 2022 | City of Corner Brook | City of Corner Brook Urban Forestry PartnershipGrant | $163,000 |
| Nov 2022 | Meewasin Valley Authority | PLANT FOR GROWTH: TREES FOR A CONNECTED AND EQUITABLE GREEN NETWORKGrant | $172,100 |
| Nov 2022 | Association forestière des deux rives | COLLECTIVE GREENING CAPITALE-NATIONALE AND CHAUDIÈRE APPALACHESGrant | $300,000 |
| Nov 2022 | Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Association | Building Carbon Capture Capacity in the Southwest Nova Biosphere Region Through Tree PlantingGrant | $150,000 |