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For 25 years, FCM's Sustainable Communities Awards have celebrated innovative and impactful sustainability initiatives in Canadian cities and communities of all sizes. We honour projects that demonstrate environmental responsibility and excellence while yielding social and economic benefits for communities.

Nominations close on June 28, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

 

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Everything you need to know about the Sustainable Communities Awards

Learn more about the award categories and criteria, the nomination process, and the benefits of winning an award. You’ll also hear from previous awardees, who will talk about their experiences winning an award and what made their projects stand out.

Date: May 21, 2026
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Location: Online

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Award benefits

Increase the profile of your sustainability initiative and make a difference in municipalities across Canada: Nominate a sustainability initiative that can be replicated by others and help municipalities big and small tackle local priorities.  

Attend FCM’s Sustainable Communities Conference 2027, free of charge:

  • Receive an award at the award ceremony.
  • Give a TED Talk-style presentation at the conference that will be recorded and shared.
  • Receive individual coaching on public-speaking and support to deliver your presentation.
  • Connect with sustainability leaders from across Canada and discover new ways of approaching sustainability challenges.

Each winning project will receive one (1) complimentary full pass to the conference.

Read more award details on our FAQ page. 

Eligibility

All Canadian municipalities and their partners are eligible to apply for a Sustainable Communities Award. All awards are open to projects that have been started or completed within the last three years (since January 1, 2023). We encourage communities of all sizes from across the country to nominate a project for an award.

Please note that consultants and other partners may apply on behalf of their partner municipality but must indicate at least one contact who works at the municipality.

Find more information on our FAQ page or contact us if you have questions.

Award categories

Applicants are encouraged to apply for the award category that best represents the primary goal or environmental benefits of the initiative. 

Sustainable Transportation


This award recognizes a program or project that demonstrates bold and creative approaches to achieving net-zero transportation systems in Canadian communities of all sizes.

Examples of eligible initiatives:
  • Solutions that advance net-zero and climate resilient transportation systems, including new and impactful approaches to transportation demand management that reduce vehicle kilometers travelled and shift modes away from private vehicle ownership (e.g. shared mobility, mobility hubs, congestion pricing, measurement of GHG impacts of mode shifts).  
  • Creative or new solutions to advance fleet transitions to zero emission vehicles.  
  • Programs or projects that are impactful in increasing access to net-zero transportation options for equity deserving communities.  
  • New or creative approaches to planning for integrated mobility, transportation demand management and net-zero transportation.
  • Impactful approaches to improving safety and accessibility of active transportation for children and youth.

 

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Past winners:
  • 2024: An income-tiered pilot program that supports residents in purchasing e-bikes in the District of Saanich, in British Columbia—not only did it reduce emissions, but it helped participants save money in an equitable way, too.
  • 2022: A project in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region in Quebec that reduces the need for private vehicles by using Mobility as a Service (MaaS) technology to offer electric car and bike sharing, taxi services and other transport options. This project also included the municipal purchase of EVs.
  • 2020: A light rail transit system that connects the three urban centres in the Region of Waterloo, in Ontario, with reliable, fast transportation that helps reduce GHG emissions and car dependency, while increasing investment and development in the rapidly growing region.

Discover how the Green Municipal Fund can support the next steps in your transportation projects with funding through our Municipal Fleet Electrification offers. 

 

Sustainable Buildings


This award recognizes a program or project that demonstrates innovative approaches to decarbonize and increase the resiliency of the buildings where your community lives, works, and plays. While all municipal building types are eligible, we also encourage nominations that contribute to healthier, more efficient, and affordable places to live for members of the community.

Examples of eligible initiatives:  
  • New construction of community buildings owned by municipalities and not-for-profit organizations that achieve zero-carbon standards or meet ambitious energy targets through operational carbon reduction measures, efforts to reduce the building’s embodied carbon, grid-friendly design measures, energy efficiency and/or innovation.
  • Sustainable affordable housing projects that demonstrate improvement in housing affordability and/or address energy poverty through energy efficiency.  
  • Retrofits that optimize the energy performance and a 35-50% reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of community buildings owned by municipalities and not-for-profit organizations through operational carbon reduction measures, efforts to reduce the embodied carbon of the retrofit, energy efficiency, grid-friendly design measures, and innovation.  
  • Innovative studies, programs, projects or policies that are significantly reducing emissions toward achieving net-zero targets over time in existing affordable housing and/or municipal buildings, including community-purpose buildings like recreational, cultural and athletic facilities.
  • Retrofit projects that include comprehensive resident education programs that aim to reduce GHG emissions.  
  • Projects that include innovative partner engagement approaches when undertaking complex retrofits.
  • Projects that lower operating costs, which can be utilized for community benefits and the creation of local jobs.

 

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Past winners:
  • 2024: Waterloo Region Housing (WRH) completed its first net-zero community housing build, featuring a variety of energy-efficient design elements as well as tenant amenity spaces to foster a sense of community.
  • 2022: A group of municipalities from Ontario—Toronto, Brampton, Markham, Barrie, Caledon, Halton Hills and King—teamed up to find the best ways to reduce emissions from ice rink buildings.
  • 2022: The City of Hamilton, Ontario, and CityHousing Hamilton transformed a failing 50-year-old apartment tower with 146 units of affordable housing into a landmark building with state-of-the-art performance in energy, health, comfort and accessibility.

 

Discover how the Green Municipal Fund can support your next sustainable building project with funding through our Sustainable Municipal Buildings offers.

 

Community Energy


This award recognizes a program or project that generates or stores energy for community use in an innovative, sustainable way to increase resilience to climate change and lower GHG emissions.

Examples of eligible initiatives:
  • Community energy initiatives, like renewable energy generation or district energy solutions that are working towards total decarbonization.
  • A project that identifies opportunities for low-carbon community energy systems (including renewable and district energy systems) and develops mechanisms to support implementation, such as innovative financing mechanisms (PACE programs, etc.).  
  • Battery storage systems to increase energy security and community resilience.  
  • Heat recovery systems (like sewage heat recovery systems) to boost energy resilience.
  • Other energy solutions that improve community equity through unique ownership models that involve equity-seeking groups, community profit-sharing or reduced energy poverty.

 

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Past winners:
  • 2024: Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, developed an innovative policy and implementation guide for the creation of district energy facilities that convert waste heat from sewage and solid waste into usable energy, which will reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
  • 2020: The Town of Raymond, Alberta, installed a series of solar panels that offset 100% of the town’s operational electricity use and saves nearly 700 tonnes of CO2 per year.

 

Discover how the Green Municipal Fund can support energy projects in your community with our Community Energy Systems offers.

 

Climate Adaptation


This award recognizes a program or project that demonstrates innovative and equitable approaches to adaptation and increasing the resiliency of communities to climate change. A comprehensive integration of equity considerations and benefits with climate adaptation planning, operationalization, and/or projects will be factored into scoring.

Examples of eligible initiatives:  
  • Adaptation programs or projects that demonstrate best practices on understanding climate risk or contributing to adaptation planning. This can also include updating design standards and principles for municipal buildings to integrate climate resilience features.
  • Implementation of adaptation plans and actions into core systems and policies, for example by integrating climate risks into asset management, or embedding adaptation into budget cycles, land-use policies, or other decision-making processes.
  • Robust co-creation and consultation of processes that work to better understand the lived experience of equity-deserving communities facing climate impacts.
  • Infrastructure projects that reduce climate risk for communities, particularly where equity-deserving communities are prioritized.
  • Watershed-scale coordination between local governments to manage flood risk.  
  • New or improved municipal services that leave residents less exposed or vulnerable to climate impacts.
  • A project that installs or upgrades critical infrastructure to withstand the impacts of climate change. The design should incorporate resilience measures to ensure long-term durability and safety under changing climate conditions.
  • Unique financing structures used to accelerate the deployment of climate adaptation solutions.
  • Partnerships between local governments and other local actors (i.e. local housing providers, universities, local businesses, insurance firms) that work to manage and reduce climate risk.

 

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Past winners:  
  • 2024: The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) in British Columbia is redeveloping Dyke Road Park by removing failing hard infrastructure and invasive plants in favour of native species and visitor amenities with minimal impact on the surrounding environment, all with input and support from the K’ómoks First Nation.
  • 2020: The City of Campbell River, in British Columbia, created an action plan to mitigate the risks of rising sea levels while respecting community values.

 

Discover how the Green Municipal Fund can support climate adaptation projects in your community with our Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation initiative.

 

Biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions


This award recognizes projects that integrate ecosystems, biodiversity, and nature-based solutions such as watersheds, wetlands, forests, and urban green spaces into municipal asset management, community services, or land-use planning.

Examples of eligible initiatives:
  • The implementation of new asset management systems or processes that integrate natural assets or ecosystem services that contribute to the provision of everyday municipal services.
  • Initiatives that demonstrate how ecosystems or green infrastructure, including urban forests, provide a climate change resilience benefit.  
  • Renewal, protection or creation of natural assets done in a way that restores, protects and increases community resiliency.
  • Initiatives that restore and protect local biodiversity and ecosystem health, such as restoration projects of lost natural systems (e.g. “daylighting” streams and rivers).
  • Initiatives that demonstrate nature-based solutions as a key part of the local government’s path to net-zero and nature-positive resilience.
  • Urban forestry management strategies, reforestation programs and projects that aim to improve the resilience of urban tree canopies.
  • Brownfield redevelopment done in a way that restores natural assets and services.
  • Land use and developments that recognize and integrate natural systems and biodiversity into their planning.

 

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Past winners:
  • 2024: Ville de Longueuil, in Quebec, adopted a plan that aims to expand its protected natural areas by 1,500 hectares to reach 21% of its territory by 2030.  
  • 2024: The City of Surrey, in British Columbia, launched a living dyke pilot testing project on Mud Bay, in collaboration with Semiahmoo First Nation and the City of Delta, to protect critical coastal infrastructure and increase biodiversity.
  • 2022: A group of partners, including Shawanaga First Nation and the Georgian Bay Biosphere, turned road construction in the Township of The Archipelago, Ontario, into conservation success and saved more than 3,500 turtle eggs.
  • 2022: The Alberta municipality of Parkland County completed a project involving mapping, modelling and analysis to better understand the value of ecosystems and build a quantifiable business case for preserving and restoring them not only within their own borders, but across municipal boundaries as well.

Discover how the Green Municipal Fund can support nature projects in your community with our Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation and Growing Canada’s Community Canopies initiatives.

 

Waste


This award recognizes a program or project that focuses on reducing or diverting solid waste or recovering resources in an innovative manner that can possibly be replicated by other municipalities, in the spirit of embracing circularity. 

Examples of eligible initiatives:
  • Composting, anaerobic digestion, or other processes to capture value from organic waste.
  • Landfill gas capture, mitigation and/or beneficial use.
  • Waste diversion programs or projects that use waste as a resource.
  • Initiatives that support and foster a circular economy at the local or regional level (ex: circularity in drop-off centers, textile recycling, food waste to feed people, construction waste).
  • Energy recovery from composting, wastewater or landfill (geothermal).

 

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Past winners:
  • 2024: In Alberta, Strathcona County’s HodgePodge Lodge is a circular economy-focused community hub designed to divert waste from landfill by offering opportunities for reuse. Residents can both donate items and take things they need for free.
  • 2022: Communities and waste management teamed up in Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Jean region to create Réemploi+, an organization that is creating a system for waste diversion and reuse while also developing skills training opportunities.
  • 2022: The City of Guelph and Wellington County, in Ontario, increased access to affordable food and reduced food waste and emissions by implementing a circular food economy.

Discover how the Green Municipal Fund can support the next steps in your waste management projects with funding through our Organic Waste-to-Energy offers.

 

 

Accelerating Net-Zero Transformation


This award recognizes municipal initiatives that drive deep reductions in community GHG emissions. Winning initiatives will demonstrate a holistic approach that can be replicated in municipalities across Canada. Studies, plans and capital projects that aim to significantly reduce GHG emissions and advance climate action across the municipality will all be considered.

Examples of eligible initiatives:  
  • Climate action programs that are driving deep reductions in community-wide GHG emissions, including community energy efficiency financing programs.
  • Water conservation programs.
  • Municipal integrated planning exercises that seek to significantly reduce GHG emissions while also generating significant co-benefits such as increased resilience, livability and equity.
  • Policies, programs or partnerships that seek to replicate or scale up responses to reduce GHG emissions.

 

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Past winners:
  • 2024: The Town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, is reducing GHG emissions while tackling energy poverty by using leading-edge energy monitoring technology, an innovative client-oriented navigation program, and comprehensive social support services that address housing insecurity and homelessness.  
  • 2022: A group of three small municipalities - Charlottetown and Stratford in P.E.I. and Wolfville, N.S.- teamed up with community interest corporation Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Atlantic to design and launch a regional program that offers financing to homeowners to help them retrofit their houses for better energy efficiency.  
  • 2020: The City of Edmonton, in Alberta, developed a carbon neutral community that uses 100% renewable energy.  

 

Discover how the Green Municipal Fund can support your next innovative municipal project with our Net-Zero Transformation funding offers.

 

FCM Sustainable Communities Award in
Reconciliation and Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion

At the bottom of every award nomination form, applicants will be asked if they would like their project to be considered for its impact in advancing Reconciliation and Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion (AREI) principles. Entry into this category is optional and will not impact the project's nomination in its primary award category.

There is no separate nomination form for this award; an award will be given to a project nominated in one of the other seven categories.

Projects are assessed by a dedicated Reconciliation and AREI judge, using information already provided in the project nomination form and the responses to additional Reconciliation and AREI questions.

For more information, visit our FAQ page. 

 

 

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The Government of Canada recently established a standard that all new passenger vehicles sold be zero emission by 2035. This will exponentially increase demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging over the coming decades.

Charging at home is the most affordable and convenient option for most EV owners. Yet while a third of Canada’s population live in multifamily buildings, only a fraction have EV charging access. This is due to a range of barriers including high investment hurdle rates, an absence of incentive programs, complex internal approval processes and a lack of awareness regarding the upcoming surge in EV charging demand.

The time to act is now. This report outlines how Canadian decision-makers can support futureproofing of multifamily buildings and ensure all residents can access EV charging at home. It presents 16 recommendations related to policy, incentives, financing and capacity building to accelerate comprehensive retrofitting instead of incremental approaches.

Key takeaways

  • New policies and programs that enable comprehensive, whole building retrofits in multifamily buildings for “EV-Ready” parking are necessary to achieve local and national climate targets and equity goals around transportation.
  • To keep pace with the EV-ready retrofits that are needed, interventions should enable whole building, comprehensive retrofits over a fragmented approach.
  • Developing an approach to futureproofing EV charging in multifamily buildings is an equity issue, and this work should be designed to meet the needs of equity-deserving households.
  • Comprehensive futureproofing approaches can create strategic linkages with other urban climate priorities of broad building electrification and transportation modal shift.

Recommendations (next steps)

Based on the research and findings detailed in this report, we present our recommendations to support the widespread deployment of comprehensive futureproofing across Canada.

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Quotes

“Comprehensive futureproofing of multifamily buildings with EV charging infrastructure is key to enable the full transition to EVs over the next 2-3 decades. With careful planning, these approaches can also enable broader building decarbonization by reserving limited electrical capacity for heat pumps and other electrification retrofits. While comprehensive EV futureproofing is the lowest cost approach on a life cycle basis, a variety of market failures prevent the condo and rental apartment sectors from implementing these approaches without supportive government policies and programs. Dunsky is proud to have served FCM and the LC3 Network, describing comprehensive futureproofing approaches and innovative policies and programs to drive their widespread adoption across Canada.”
—Brendan McEwen, Managing Consultant, Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors

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The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is once again celebrating the most innovative and environmental initiatives in Canadian municipalities of all sizes with the Sustainable Communities Awards.

The Awards serve to honor projects that demonstrate environmental responsibility and excellence, while taking an integrated approach that also yields economic and social benefits. Canadian municipalities strive to meet these standards everyday in their sustainability projects. The Awards give projects the chance to be nationally recognized at the FCM Sustainable Communities Conference 2027.

Join the online event on May 21, 2026, at 2 p.m. ET to learn more about the award categories and criteria, the nomination process and the benefits of winning an award. In addition, some past winners will showcase their projects, including:

As always, we will ensure time at the end of the webinar to answer your questions.

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What you will learn:

  • How winning a Sustainable Communities Award will not only benefit your community and career, but other communities as well who could replicate your project/program.
  • Information about the award categories and nomination process.
  • How some former winners benefited from the Awards and what made their winning projects stand out. 
     

Webinar benefits:

  • Discover whether a project/program in your municipality is eligible for a Sustainable Communities Award.
  • Become comfortable with the award nomination process, which will allow you to complete an application faster and with ease.
  • Become inspired by past winners to replicate the initiative in your municipality and/or use their tactics in your nomination form.
  • Ask your questions directly to award winners and GMF employees.
     

Speakers:

  • Erin Wildeboer, Supervisor, Waste Diversion Outreach Programs, Strathcona County, Alberta (Winning project of an FCM Sustainable Communities Award 2024 in the Waste category).
  • Ariane Rose-Tremblay, Environmental Analyst, Natural and Water Environments, Ville de Longueuil, Quebec (Winning project of an FCM Sustainable Communities Award 2024 in the Natural Assets category).

 

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Funding Snapshot

Maximum Award:
$1,000,000
  • Grant for 60%* of eligible costs
  • Up to a maximum of $1 million 
Open To:

The following organizations are eligible for GMF funding. 

  • Canadian municipal governments (e.g., towns, cities, regions, districts, and local boards)
  • Municipal partners, which include:  
    • municipally owned corporations
    • regional, provincial or territorial organizations delivering municipal services
    • non-governmental organizations
    • not-for-profit organizations
    • research institutes (e.g., universities)
    • Indigenous community

For-profit entities are not eligible partners.  

 

Expected Output:

 

We fund adaptation projects where the total eligible costs are $1 million or less. While your work may be part of a larger, multi-year climate strategy, the portion you apply for must be a separate, standalone phase. This means the specific activities we fund must deliver immediate risk reduction to your community once complete, without requiring the completion of a larger, separate project.  

Emergency response and/or disaster recovery projects are ineligible.

Important update:    

The Green Municipal Fund is committed to supporting climate resilience in communities of all sizes across Canada. To achieve this national balance, we are currently prioritizing applications from regions that have not yet accessed significant portions of the available funding. This ensures that adaptation resources are distributed equitably and that we are supporting long-term institutional change in as many diverse municipal contexts as possible.  

Download the application guide to review the specific requirements for your project. Then log into the FCM Funding Portal to complete your application form.  

 

Application Deadline:

 

Funding available: April 14 - June 16, 2026 and October 6 - November 24, 2026.

See Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation for details about GMF’s adaptation funding and resources.

Discover other GMF funding offered to local governments to fund infrastructure and support a net-zero Canada.

Lead municipalities are eligible to receive funding from Adaptation in Action for up to the following number of projects over the lifetime of the initiative, based on their population reported in the most recent census: 

Population Size 

Total Number of Projects 

<50,000 

1 Implementation Project

1 Feasibility Study 

50,000 – 500,000 

2 Implementation Projects

2 Feasibility Studies

>500,000 

3 Implementation Projects

3 Feasibility Studies 

Note: If an Indigenous community applies in partnership with a municipality, the project limit to the Indigenous community only. The municipality does not lose a project spot from its own allowance.  

 

*Each of following applicants and projects receives a stackable incentive that is additional to the grant covering 60% of eligible costs. Projects may qualify for grant funding of up to 100% of eligible project costs if they qualify for all four of the following incentives:

  • +10% - for applicants that are Indigenous communities, local governments applying in partnership with an Indigenous community, or for projects that include two or more municipal governments.
  • +10% - for applicants that are rural and/or remote communities, and municipalities with populations below 10,000.
  • +10% - for projects that meaningfully address anti-racism, equity, and/or Reconciliation.
  • +10% - for projects that emphasize nature-positive adaptation.

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What we fund

We fund projects that enhance long-term climate resilience in communities in an equitable and inclusive manner. This funding is intended for communities who are already aware of their climate risks and know which projects will help them make the greatest strides in improving their climate resilience. 

Projects can involve measures such as improving infrastructure to withstand extreme weather, installing new measures to reduce impacts on the community, modifying the landscape to reduce wildfire risks, or bolstering municipal services to better support vulnerable community members.  They are intended to be smaller in nature, with maximum eligible expenses of $1 million and, upon completion, must have implemented on-the-ground solutions to respond to climate risk.

LLCA funding empowers local governments to implement equity-informed climate adaptation projects, with an emphasis on projects that provide low-carbon and nature-positive community benefits. 

What your project needs to achieve 

To qualify for funding, proposed activities must support eligible applicants to implement measures that reduce impacts from climate-related events and hazards. They should be:

  • A new or subsequent phase of a climate adaptation project (retroactive funding is not available)
  • Capable of completion within three years from the date of grant approval
  • Eligible for required approvals, authorizations and permits (where applicable)
  • Developed and constructed to ensure that hazard sensitivity is not increased, is not transferred to any parties or to the environment (e.g., transfer of flood risk downstream, destruction of habitat, introduction of pollutants to the environment), and is not maladapted (increasing sensitivity to other hazards)  
  • Aligned with a priority climate hazard identified in your community’s climate risk assessment or aligned with an action item in your community’s climate adaptation plan (a regional risk assessment that includes your community’s climate hazard priority is also acceptable).
  • A feasibility study or equivalent assessment (e.g. Indigenous Knowledge/Two-Eyed Seeing approach) that outlines objectives, costs, technical feasibility and expected outcomes
  • For projects installing new infrastructure: Able to demonstrate resilience to flooding, particularly if infrastructure is in or near a 100-year floodplain. Designs must include mitigation measures to avoid flood-related damage.

Additional project considerations

Projects that demonstrate greater impact and alignment with LLCA priorities may be eligible for a higher funding share. In particular, projects that:

  • Are led by or in partnership with Indigenous Communities. Applicants must provide a formal agreement or resolution confirming Indigenous community leadership or partnership.  
  • Include a partnership between municipalities. Applicants must include a letter of support committing an in-kind or financial contribution, and detail how partnering communities will benefit from the project.
  • Directly benefit equity-deserving or marginalized communities. Applicants must clearly identify how these groups will experience distinct or greater benefits than the general public.
  • Excel at using nature-based solutions (eg. wetlands, shoreline restoration)to manage climate impacts.    

Eligibility requirements 

Eligible projects

Eligible climate adaptation implementation projects could include:  

  • Installing, retrofitting or upgrading public cooling/warming infrastructure (including natural infrastructure) to reduce community vulnerability to extreme temperatures (e.g., designated cooling/warming centres, cooling corridors, naturalized areas)
  • Incremental costs associated with improving the design of a capital project to incorporate climate-resilient elements
  • Enhancing municipal service levels to respond to climate risks
  • Installing back-up power on critical infrastructure/facilities
  • Relocating municipal infrastructure
  • Installing, retrofitting or upgrading public structures or critical infrastructure for municipal service provision to reduce the risks associated with climate hazards
  • FireSmart-aligned vegetative management or vegetation-based wildfire risk mitigation activities
  • Installing, retrofitting or upgrading structural flood protection or stormwater collection works (e.g., sponge parks, flood conveyance works, pump stations, flood walls, flood boxes, debris catchment structures, jetties, detention ponds)
  • Dam, dike or channel decommissioning and floodplain restoration
  • Wetland restoration or construction
  • Rehabilitating important aquifer recharge areas
  • Installing, retrofitting or upgrading green infrastructure (e.g., rain gardens, bioswales, green roofs and/or permeable pavement)
  • Shoreline rehabilitation, including restoring natural shoreline protection through natural infrastructure, beach nourishment and/or bank stabilization
  • Slope stabilization projects that reduce the risk of debris flow, particularly in fire-impacted areas
  • Operational Testing: Incremental operations of existing assets to reduce hazard exposure during severe events (e.g., running heating/cooling centres) over a period of up to 18 months
Eligible costs

Eligible costs are direct costs that are approved for funding, properly and reasonably incurred, and paid by the applicant to carry out eligible activities. Eligible costs can only be incurred from the date the full application is submitted until the date final reporting is submitted. 

Eligible activities

Risk-reduction activities under the Adaptation in Action initiative include constructing, modifying, or enhancing municipal or Indigenous infrastructure, services or lands to support municipal service delivery in a manner that reduces the risks of climate-related hazards. 

This funding is not intended to support greenfield development in known hazard areas. Projects should focus on reducing the risks of climate-related hazards in relation to existing community composition, land use and infrastructure. 

This funding is not intended for climate disaster or emergency response. Projects should proactively address the impacts of climate change. 

In addition to the criteria identified in the Eligible Projects section, applicants to Adaptation in Action must be able to articulate how their project:

  • Aligns with the applicable results areas:
    • Climate resilient infrastructure and community spaces;
    • Nature-based solutions; and/or
    • Community well-being.
  • Implications for equity-deserving and marginalized communities;
  • Includes, or has included, engagement activities, including with equity-deserving communities
  • Has included nature-positive and low-carbon design elements, if any. 

Required documents

To apply for GMF funding, you must submit:

  • a pre-application form
  • an application form
  • a project workbook
  • all required supporting documents specified in the application guide, including a community climate hazard risk assessment or climate adaptation plan

A GMF project officer will be your point of contact throughout the process. They will review your file and provide feedback. You may be asked to revisit some steps to help you submit a complete and high-quality application.  

 

At a glance: Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation funding offers 

Details Climate-Ready Plans and Processes Feasibility Studies: Adaptation in Action Implementation Projects: Adaptation in Action 
Purpose Helps communities prepare and plan for climate change. Assesses the viability of projects to tackle climate risks. Implements real-world projects that address local climate challenges. 
Eligible Projects Climate risk assessments, climate adaptation plans, and resilience training. Studies to determine viability and helps prepare for future projects.Infrastructure improvements and service enhancements that tackle local climate needs and improves community wellbeing. 
Funding Type Grants of up to $140K Grants of up to $70KGrants of up to $1M
Who Should Apply?Communities at the start of their climate journey Communities looking to assess the viability of their proposed climate adaptation project Communities ready to execute climate resilience projects 
Key Outcomes Enhance climate adaptation strategies and community engagement Clear project feasibility and design ready for future action Direct improvements to community infrastructure that reduce climate risks and enhance community wellbeing
Learn More Climate-Ready Plans and Processes funding Feasibility Studies: Adaptation in Action funding Implementation Projects: Adaptation in Action funding 
 
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Readiness check

Complete the following questions to determine if your implementation project could be eligible for funding. 

Question 1

Which of the following best describes your organization?

Question 1a

Do you have a partnership in place with a Canadian municipality?

This funding is intended to support Canadian municipal governments and eligible partners with climate change adaptation.

Unfortunately, your organization cannot access this funding because you are not partnered with a municipality on this project.  While this funding isn't the right fit, GMF offers training and resources to support communities in their adaptation journey. 

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Question 2

Has your community completed a climate adaptation plan or a community scale climate change risk assessment? 

Question 3

Is your project valued at less than $1 million in eligible costs, and not already underway or a part of your routine work? 

Question 4

Will your project be undertaken and completed in the next three years? 

Question 5

To help us guide you to the best next step, is this your first time applying for GMF funding?

The next step is to download the application guide and confirm your eligibility with a GMF representative. 

They’ll give you a pre-application form and support you in starting your application.

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This funding is intended to support Canadian municipal governments and eligible partners with climate change adaptation.

While this funding isn't the right fit, GMF offers training and resources to support communities in their adaptation journey.

Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your project efforts and address municipal challenges.
 
Sign up for FCM Connect to stay informed about GMF funding, resources and training. 
 
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Unfortunately, this funding requires that your project supports climate change adaptation in your community. 

While this funding isn't the right fit, GMF offers training and resources to support communities in their adaptation journey, including funding for the development of climate risk assessments and plans. 

Visit Climate-Ready Plans and Processes to learn more. 

Consult the Adaptation resource library to discover best-in-class reports, guides, case studies and more, all aimed at helping you advance your community’s climate resilience. 

Sign up for FCM Connect to stay informed about GMF funding, resources and training. 

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Unfortunately, this funding requires that your project be valued at less than $1 million. 

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Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your project efforts and address municipal challenges.
 
Sign up for FCM Connect to stay informed about GMF funding, resources and training. 
 
Discover other GMF funding offered to local governments to fund infrastructure and support a net-zero Canada. 

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Unfortunately, this funding requires that your project be completed in the next three years. 

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Application process

Phase 1: Readiness check

Before applying, please complete the Readiness check to determine if your implementation project could be eligible for funding and to learn about next steps. 

To help you prepare a strong application, we also encourage you to watch our recorded webinar, Learn how to build strong Adaptation Action implementation projects. It highlights practical tips, common pitfalls and insights to consider before contacting a GMF representative. 

Phase 2: Pre-application submission

Once you have completed the Readiness check and have assessed your eligibility, download the application guide for full instructions. Then, log into the FCM funding portal to access and complete the pre-application form. All application steps—including what to submit and how—are outlined in the guide.

  • If you are a first-time applicant: You must register for an account to access the portal. Contact a GMF representative for details.  
  • If you have previously applied for GMF funding: Log into FCM’s funding portal with your existing credentials to download the app and begin the pre-application process. 

Important details:   

  • To access the pre-application form, you must register for an account and be signed into FCM’s funding portal
  • Supporting documents are not required at this stage—they will need to be submitted as attachments with your full application form only.
  • A GMF representative will review your pre-application form. They will confirm whether your organization and initiative are eligible to proceed to the next stage of the application process. You should receive a response within five business days of the date we receive your pre-application form.

Contact a GMF representative if you have any questions or to schedule an appointment:

1-877-417-0550

[email protected]

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Phase 3: Full application submission

If your organization and initiative are confirmed to be eligible to proceed to the next phase, your GMF representative will inform you that the full application is available through FCM’s funding portal, where you can access a project workbook template to complete and submit with the full application form.

It is important to note that even if a pre-application is permitted to move forward with a full application, it does not guarantee that the project will eligible once all project details are evaluated by GMF, or that it will be approved for funding.  

As you complete the application form, contact your GMF representative if you have any questions. Once you’ve filled out the application and project workbook and attached the required supporting documents, submit them to GMF.

Phase 4: GMF project officer review

Once the full application is submitted, a GMF project officer will be assigned to your file and will review your application for accuracy and completeness. They will work with you to resolve any remaining questions and be your point of contact throughout the remainder of the application and funding-decision process. 

Phase 5: Peer review and internal review

An external expert peer review panel will evaluate implementation project applications. Feasibility study applications will be assessed internally by GMF staff. Funding recommendations are then provided to GMF Council and FCM’s Board of Directors.

Phase 6: Funding decision

GMF Council makes funding recommendations to FCM’s Board of Directors for funding approval.  

 

How to apply

  1.  Complete the Readiness check.
  2. Download and review the application guide.  
  3. Reach out to a GMF representative to discuss your project at [email protected] or 1-877-417-0550.  
  4. Review the list of prerequisites and supporting documents in Appendix C of the application guide.  
  5. Review the eligible and ineligible costs.  
  6. Ensure you have a detailed project budget in place and are securing other funding sources for your project. 
  7. Complete the pre-application form. 

Quebec municipalities

FCM is working with Quebec's ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH) Opens in a new tab. to confirm an agreement that allows FCM to fund feasibility studies for climate adaptation projects in Quebec. 

Quebec municipalities applying for funding from GMF must follow the process outlined in the How to apply section and submit their pre-application to MAMH.

Need help to see if this is the right funding for you?

Contact our Outreach team who can answer any questions you have relating to this funding opportunity.

Learn more about the Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation initiative

Discover the ways GMF is supporting communities to become more resilient to climate change impacts.

Funding Snapshot

Maximum Award:
  • Funding for up to 50%* of eligible costs
  • Up to a maximum of $10 million** in project funding
  • Up to a maximum of $1 million** in infrastructure activity funding 
Open To:

The following organizations are eligible for GMF funding: 

  • Canadian municipal governments (e.g., towns, cities, regions, districts and local boards)
    • Eligible to apply in collaboration with other eligible municipal governments or alone
  • Organizations applying in partnership with municipal governments, which include:  
    • Municipal corporations
    • Regional organizations delivering municipal services
    • Indigenous organizations (for-profit and not-for-profit) or Indigenous communities
    • Not-for-profit organizations registered in Canada (e.g., charitable organizations; volunteer organizations; community, professional, industry or other associations; land conservation organizations; and non-government organizations)
    • For-profit organizations or private-sector entities (legally incorporated or registered in Canada) 

The following entities are not eligible to receive funds directly: 

  • Homeowners
  • Federal government entities and any organizations established by those entities
  • Provincial and territorial government entities and any corporation that they own or control 
Expected Output:

A new tree planting project, with municipal government involvement and accountability.  
 

Application Deadline:

The deadline to submit a full application for this funding is June 30, 2026 (aiming for the Spring 2027 planting season).

We recommend that you submit your application as soon as it is complete, so GMF can review it and flag any issues for your attention before the application window has closed. Applications that are incomplete when the application window closes will be deferred to the next funding cycle for assessment. 

*See eligible costs. 

** Eligible applicants can receive funding for more than one tree planting project. The maximum amounts are funding limits per municipality for the lifetime of the funding through Growing Canada’s Community Canopies tree planting. This limit applies to all eligible applicants wishing to plant within the jurisdictional boundaries of a municipality.  

Lifetime funding per municipality:   

  • Up to a maximum of $10 million in project funding
  • Up to a maximum of $1 million in infrastructure activity funding 

 

What we fund

GMF’s Growing Canada’s Community Canopies (GCCC) initiative funds planting the right type of trees in the right places so that communities across Canada can grow, manage and protect their tree canopies.

When communities plant trees they benefit from carbon sequestration, enhanced biodiversity, and better climate resilience and well-being.  

To qualify for tree planting funding, your project must contribute to the planting of new trees with municipal government involvement and accountability. 

As tree planting benefits communities in diverse ways, projects with planting that supports environmental, economic and social objectives will be more likely to receive funding.

To meet your local needs, GMF will fund a combination of tree planting, including: 

  • Community-wide urban planting
  • Forest restoration in naturalized areas
  • Localized planting projects

Eligibility requirements 

Eligible costs

Eligible costs are direct costs that are approved for funding, properly and reasonably incurred, and paid by the applicant to carry out eligible activities. Please see eligible cost table for details.

Eligible activities

Funding for tree planting projects has been designed to support communities in making permanent additions to their forests.  

This funding aims to maximize the benefits of urban forestry through strategic tree-planting activities. That’s why we emphasize planting the right trees in the right areas—the trees are more likely to survive, and your project is more likely to meet its objectives. 

GCCC supports a variety of tree planting activities such as: 

  • Street tree planting, which is the thoughtful placement of trees along public streets, enhancing aesthetics, providing shade, improving air quality and reducing noise
  • Urban planting in areas with low canopy cover, which lowers temperatures to lessen the urban heat island effect
  • Park tree planting, which focuses on establishing new groves and revitalizing existing tree stands in public parks, keeping green spaces healthy and biodiverse
  • Riparian planting in flood-prone areas, which can increase the infiltration and stability of soils
  • Forest restoration and reforestation, which can rehabilitate areas that have experienced die-offs caused by pests or wildfires  

We emphasize diversifying tree species because it increases biodiversity, resilience and ecological sustainability.  

Community engagement is a key priority. We award evaluation points to projects that demonstrate inclusive engagement, fostering a sense of ownership and understanding of the vital roles that trees play in urban environments.  

Through these targeted tree planting activities, we seek to fund thriving, resilient community canopies that make municipalities across Canada more livable. 

Eligible sites

GCCC does not provide funding for tree planting projects on federally owned land. Please visit the Government of Canada's 2 Billion Trees program and its Our Action webpages for the status of trees planted on federal lands and the Indigenous funding stream.

What your project needs to achieve 

Forestry requirements

Applications for tree planting funding should demonstrate the following: 

  • How the project is supported by municipal or regional policies, plans, programs and/or guidelines (e.g., urban forest management plans, urban forest best management practices, tree protection bylaws, urban master plans, and/or other laws or policies dealing with canopy cover)
  • A planting plan that includes information on site selection, site analysis, soil-preparation techniques, tree selection, planting design, and planting techniques.
  • Engagement with professionals (e.g., registered forestry professionals, arborists, ecologists, biologists, etc.) during project planning
  • Inputs have been secured, or plans have been made to secure these inputs (i.e., tree stock availability, connection with nurseries, land/labour, project partners)
  • Community engagement where the project is taking place 

Applicants must submit a planting plan demonstrating knowledge of site conditions (or plans to assess them) and showing that they are selecting the best tree species for the site(s) to fulfil the project’s objectives. A professional with urban tree or forest health training (e.g., arborist, forester, biologist, ecologist, landscape architect or horticulturalist) must prepare or review this document.  

Maintenance and monitoring plan

Applicants must have a plan for short and long-term maintenance and monitoring of the trees they plant, including how maintenance will promote tree establishment and long-term survival.

Our ⁠tree maintenance and monitoring plan template can help organize your plan

Site location

We prefer projects planted on civic lands because they are more likely to be permanent. However, we will accept applications for planting on non-municipal lands where the lead applicant is accountable for ongoing tree maintenance and survivability during the first year.

Letters of support from landowners, including an acknowledgement of long-term tree ownership and responsibility, will be required for all planting sites on non-municipal land. 

Council support

All projects, regardless of the lead applicant or planting location, will require a resolution or letter of support from the council of the municipality in whose jurisdiction the planting is to occur.

Survivability

We’ve designed tree planting funding submission requirements and evaluation processes to increase tree survival rates. Applicants will need to describe their approach to tree mortality and replanting and describe their plan for maintaining the trees over the long-term. There will be a 10% hold-back (up to $100,000) for a maintenance and monitoring report that will need to be submitted one year after the planting is completed and will include tree survival rates. Project sites may also be audited to assess project success. 

 

Required documents

To apply for GMF funding, you must submit:

A GMF project officer will be your point of contact throughout the process. They will review your file and provide feedback. You may be asked to revisit some steps to help you submit a complete and high-quality application. 

 

Readiness check

Complete the following questions to determine if your tree planting project could be eligible for funding.

Question 1

Which of the following best describes your organization?

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Question 1a

Do you have a partnership in place with a Canadian municipality? (A letter of support from council will be necessary to validate a partnership with a municipality.)

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Question 2

Is your project valued at a minimum of $50,000* in eligible costs?

Question 3

Will this project result in the incremental tree planting (over and above normal planting activities) and is not legislatively required? 

Question 4

Will your project be undertaken and completed in the next three years? 

It sounds like you have the start of an excellent project.  

The next step is to download and follow the instructions in the application guide to complete your pre-application form in FCM’s funding portal.  

Use our guide and template to create your tree planting plan which will be required as part of your pre-application. To discuss or receive support with any part of your application, schedule an appointment with a GMF representative:  

1-877-417-0550  

[email protected]  

Book a meeting with a GMF representative  

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Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your community’s efforts to expand its canopy.

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Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your community’s efforts to expand its canopy.

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Read our Creating a tree planting plan for your community guide and use the planting plan template to help you define your objectives, collect data on your current canopy’s status, select a planting site, choose tree species and more.

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Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your community’s efforts to expand its canopy.

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Read our Creating a tree planting plan for your community guide and use the planting plan template to help you define your objectives, collect data on your current canopy’s status, select a planting site, choose tree species and more.

Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your community’s efforts to expand its canopy.

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Read our Creating a tree planting plan for your community guide and use the planting plan template to help you define your objectives, collect data on your current canopy’s status, select a planting site, choose tree species and more.

Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your community’s efforts to expand its canopy.

Sign up for FCM Connect to stay informed about GMF funding, resources and training.

Discover other GMF funding offered to local governments to fund infrastructure and support a net-zero Canada.

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Unfortunately, this funding requires your projects to plant incremental trees that are not legally required to be planted.  

Read our Creating a tree planting plan for your community guide and use the planting plan template to help you define your objectives, collect data on your current canopy’s status, select a planting site, choose tree species and more.

Read our Creating a tree planting plan for your community guide and use the planting plan template to help you define your objectives, collect data on your current canopy’s status, select a planting site, choose tree species and more.

Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your community’s efforts to expand its canopy.

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Check out our resources for practical, hands-on tools and knowledge that can support your community’s efforts to expand its canopy.

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Access urban forestry coaching 

You can access free coaching from urban forestry professionals to improve the quality of your applications and answer technical questions about your tree planting project. If you are interested in speaking with a coach to support your application, please ask your GMF representative to refer you. 

Coaches can help you with:

  • Scoping your project and reviewing methodology
  • Maximizing project benefits  
  • Ensuring your project is informed by best practices in urban forestry 

Please refer to our coaching webpage for more information. 

How to apply

  1. Complete the Readiness check.
  2. Download and review the application guide.
  3. Review the funding details in Appendix A of the application guide.
  4. Review the list of pre-requisites and supporting documents in Appendix B of the application guide.
  5. Review eligible and ineligible project costs
  6. Consult Appendix D of the application guide to ensure that your project’s budget includes sufficient resources to meet reporting requirements.
  7. Visit FCM’s funding portal to create your profile and request a PIN to access the system or access your existing profile.
  8. Obtain the necessary pre-application form through FCM’s funding portal.
  9. Submit a pre-application form and tree planting plan through FCM’s funding portal.
  10. A GMF representative will review your pre-application and determine whether your organization and project are eligible to proceed to the next step of the application process. At this time, you may be recommended to work with an Urban Forestry Coach to complete your application.  
  11. If your organization and project are deemed eligible to proceed, the representative will inform you that the full application form is available through FCM’s funding portal. They will also provide you with a project workbook to complete.
  12. A GMF project officer will be assigned to your file and will review your application. They will work with you to resolve any questions and be your point of contact throughout the rest of the process. When ready, submit your full application including all required documents.
  13. External peer reviews and GMF representatives will review your full application, and a funding recommendation will be made by GMF to FCM’s Board of Directors.
  14. You will be notified when FCM’s Board of Directors make the final funding decision.  

Quebec municipalities

FCM is working with Quebec's ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH) to ensure FCM can fund tree planting projects in Quebec. Once an agreement is reached, FCM will invite Quebec municipalities to apply.  

Non-municipal organizations with a partnership with Quebec municipalities are eligible and invited to apply to access this funding.

Municipally owned corporations are not included in the agreement with the ministry. They must obtain authorization from the Quebec government to secure an agreement with FCM, in accordance with the Ministère du Conseil exécutif. Private non-profit organizations can submit their applications to FCM directly.  

Learn more about the Growing Canada’s Community Canopies initiative

Discover the ways GMF is supporting communities in planting the right trees in the right places. 

Have you completed the Readiness check and determined you could be eligible? 

To further discuss your application, schedule an appointment with a GMF representative:  

Create a tree planting plan

Six key resources you need to plant new trees effectively.

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Webinar recording: The business case for planting trees 

Learn why trees are one of your community’s smartest investments.

Discover the value of trees 

 
 
 
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Factsheet: Site selection and preparation 

Ensure you plant trees where they can survive and help your community thrive.

Choose the right sites 

 
 
 
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Guide: Create a tree planting plan for your community 

Access best practices backed by research and real-life examples.

Follow our complete guide 

 
 
 
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Template: Tree planting plan 

Set clear goals, track progress and maximize your project’s impact.

Fill in our template 

 
 
 
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Template: Create a tree maintenance and monitoring plan 

Support healthy tree growth, track progress and respond to challenges over time.

Ensure healthy, long-lasting trees 

 
 
 
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Factsheet: Make the case for trees in your community 

Present the economic, environmental and social benefits of your project to council and community partners.

Build a strong case for funding and support 

 
 
 

Build or renew an urban forest management plan

Six key resources you need to build or renew an urban forest management plan.

A bird’s eye view of a community forest.

Webinar recording: Develop an urban forest management plan for your community 

Learn about the benefits urban forest management plans bring to communities and why to build your own.

Hear from local leaders 

 
 
 
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Factsheet: Urban forestry technology and tools 

Explore technology and tools that you can use to measure, analyze and make decisions about your tree canopies.

Understand your canopy coverage 

 
 
 
Community consultation.

Tip sheet: Community engagement in urban forestry projects 

Discover clear, actionable steps to strengthen your engagement strategy and ensure benefits are available to all.

Engage your community meaningfully 

 
 
 
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Factsheet: Advance tree equity and grow community canopies 

Explore how to centre tree equity in your urban forestry plans and practices.

Learn about tree equity 

 
 
 
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Factsheet: The role of tree diversity in strengthening urban forests 

Learn how tree diversity contributes to climate resilience and urban biodiversity.

Integrate tree species diversity in your plan 

 
 
 
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Guide: Create an urban forest management plan for your community 

Follow our complete guide to build your urban forest management plan.

Follow our complete guide 

 
 
 

As communities grow, local governments are looking for ways to accommodate, service and support new residents and businesses. However, finding space for additional housing, commerce and agriculture while aligning cost and environmental benefits to your community’s needs can be challenging.

To help municipal staff and elected officials overcome these challenges and make explore sustainable land use options, we’ve developed a pair of resources with support from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This tool explores the financial and climate implications of potential projects and a guide that provides tips, strategies and a high-level understanding of how land use decisions can impact a municipality’s climate and fiscal sustainability.

Tool: Land use impact calculator

A plugin for Microsoft Excel, open to all members of the public, this tool can allow local governments to explore the potential impact of land use projects. Users can explore potential land use scenarios and their impact by imputing data related to buildings, services, infrastructure, transportation and municipal revenue.

Access the tool.

Guide: Climate and financial impacts of land-use decisions

This informational guide can help municipalities better understand the benefits of land use development while highlighting best practices and strategies that lock in positive fiscal and climate effects. It features a case study, links to helpful resources and a detailed comparison of the implications of three types of land use developments:

  • Walkable mixed-use infill (high density)
  • Transit-focused (medium density)
  • Residential-focused (low density)

Through this comparison, readers will form a better understanding of the impacts each project-type has on housing, transportation, energy, municipal finances and more.

Download the guide today.

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Energy use in municipal, residential, and commercial buildings contributes significantly to Canada’s GHG emissions. Investing in building energy performance and resilience will not only decrease our buildings’ impact on the climate, but will also reduce maintenance costs, create jobs, and improve our quality of life.

This course series, Tackling energy use in municipal and community buildings, offers four self-paced, free, online courses for you to choose from that covers topics such as municipal leadership, community-scale energy solutions, and policies and programs designed to support community members. Once you have registered, the course you selected will be available to you for three months—although it’s estimated to take less than 10 hours to complete each course. You can take any number of courses and in any order, depending on your municipal priorities and needs.

Each course is divided into five modules. These modules include case studies and interviews with municipal champions across Canada, additional readings to support your learning and opportunities to connect, reflect and plan your next steps. Each module can be completed at your own pace and as your schedule allows, although we recommend that you try to complete one module per week. See more details below about each individual course.

The courses are based on the Municipal Energy Roadmap, which offers guidance in identifying the best solutions for Canadian communities to achieve significant GHG emissions reductions in their municipal and community buildings and meet their long-term sustainability objectives. More information is provided in our Municipal Energy Roadmap factsheets and webinar recording.

Course: Leading the way in municipal buildings

From "What can I do to improve the energy performance of buildings in my community?" to "How can I get it done?", discover how municipalities can model best practices to inspire their residents and businesses to take action.

Learning outcomes:

  • Articulate your top priorities and challenges related to improving the energy performance of your municipal buildings.
  • List examples of municipal champions and resources that can be sources of inspiration and best practices for your next energy initiative.
  • Describe one or more strategies to improve building energy performance that you may be able to implement in your own municipality.
  • Name five key steps to support project implementation and describe (at a high-level) how you can apply each step to your next energy initiative.
  • Identify next steps to continue your learning and build on the ideas covered in this course.

The learnings of this course can be applied to municipal projects that are eligible for support via our Sustainable Municipal Buildings funding offers and Community Buildings Retrofit initiative. Discover how we can support your next steps.

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Course: Scaling up solutions for community energy generation

Explore two different approaches for adopting low-carbon energy solutions at a broader scale in your community: district energy systems and renewable energy generation systems, with a focus on wind and solar power.

Learning outcomes:

  • Compare the advantages and challenges of different types of community energy generation projects that municipalities can implement or support.
  • Name examples of different approaches for district energy and renewable energy generation and resources that can support implementation.
  • Describe one or more characteristics that determine if and how community energy generation makes sense for your municipality.
  • Identify four different ways that municipalities can be involved in community energy projects and describe at a high-level what steps each way might involve.
  • Explain how your municipality would be involved in a hypothetical community energy project and what actions you would take.
  • Identify next steps to continue your learning and build on the ideas covered in this course.

The learnings of this course can be applied to municipal projects that are eligible for support via our Community Energy Systems funding offers. Discover how we can support your next steps.

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Course: Incentive and financing options for building energy upgrades

Learn how your municipality or organization can support residents and businesses to complete energy upgrades to existing homes and buildings.

Learning outcomes:

  • Explain the value of financing/incentive programs in supporting community members in completing energy upgrades.
  • Identify relevant examples of financing/incentive programs across Canada and draw connections to your local context.
  • Describe what financing/incentive program models might make sense for your municipality and any challenges that might be involved.
  • List key steps or considerations involved in designing and implementing financing/incentive programs.
  • Name common challenges and best practices related to designing programs with an equity lens.
  • Identify next steps to continue your learning and build on the ideas covered in this course.

The learnings of this course can be applied to municipal projects that are eligible for support via our Community Efficiency Financing initiative. Discover how we can support your next steps.

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Course: Advancing high-performance buildings in your community

Discover opportunities for municipalities to drive deep GHG reductions in buildings—and in their communities more broadly—through policies and programs that normalize the adoption of climate-friendly choices.

Learning outcomes:

  • Articulate how municipalities can help meet net-zero targets in our communities, with a focus on community buildings.
  • Describe specific policy levers that municipalities can use to contribute to the improved performance of new buildings and neighbourhoods.
  • Explain how municipalities can raise awareness of the benefits of high-performance buildings through energy rating and disclosure programs and other initiatives to engage community and industry members.
  • List key steps and considerations for designing and implementing policies and programs to achieve high-performance buildings and neighbourhoods.
  • Identify next steps to continue your learning and build on the ideas covered in this course.

The learnings of this course can be applied to municipal projects that are eligible for support via our Net-Zero Transformation funding offers. Discover how we can support your next steps.

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Summary

To reduce the amount of bulky waste sent to landfill, the City of Drummondville, Québec, has developed an at-home, appointment-based collection service for divertible items. The pilot project implemented in 2020 included the collection of furniture, mattresses, electronic devices, and construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) waste in order to reuse or properly recycle these items. Based on the project’s positive results, the City permanently implemented the service in 2023.

“The pilot project was such a success, and the response of the population was so positive that we decided to maintain the service. We’re now looking at the possibility of adding new categories of divertible items.”

– Marie-Ève Vadnais, Director, Environmental Department, City of Drummondville.

Context

Located in the Centre-du-Québec region, halfway between Montreal and Québec City, the City of Drummondville has a population of nearly 85,000. After significant efforts in the past few years to raise the awareness of good waste management to its population, the City felt the need to take it a step further to reduce the amount of bulky waste sent to landfill.

Challenge

Noting that 70 percent of the bulky waste put to the curbside during quarterly collection drives had the potential to be repaired, reused, transformed or recycled, the challenge for Drummondville was to divert as much of this waste as possible to improve its waste management performance, extend the lifecycle of landfill sites, and generate economic and environmental benefits.

Approach

Through an easy-to-use electronic reservation platform, citizens can register and make an appointment for the type of waste collection of their choice. Then, the addresses of the registrants are extracted to determine the optimal collection route to pick up this divertible waste. The collected waste is then reused or recycled by local partners.

With this new service, Drummondville aimed to:

  • Reduce the amount of waste by 2.5 percent during the pilot project and by 5 percent after full-scale implementation.
  • Identify and monitor success factors to ensure the cost efficiency of the social economy business and the regional eco-centre.
  • Achieve sufficient savings to be able to end one of the three annual bulky waste collection drives.
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Results

Within the first year of providing an appointment-based collection service to its residents, the City of Drummondville diverted 245 tonnes of waste from landfill, including 23.5 tonnes of bulky items, generating $18,000 in savings based on per-tonne landfill costs in 2021.

Additionally, the service achieved:

  • Nearly 30 tonnes of divertible waste collected in 2022, a 10% increase compared to 2021.
  • The elimination of one of the three annual bulky waste collection drives, representing annual savings of nearly $30,000.
  • A decrease in GHG emissions and fuel savings through the improved design of collection routes.

These positive results led to the permanent implementation of the service in 2023.

Benefits

“Not only are there environmental benefits, but there are also economic benefits to better managing our waste,” said Marie-Ève Vadnais, Director, Environmental Department, City of Drummondville.

The amount of bulky items and CRD waste diverted from landfill will increase the lifecycle of landfills, reducing GHG emissions, contamination and pollution. Additionally, working with two local, social enterprises and a private waste diversion business promotes the development of a circular economy and community support.

As for the residents of Drummondville, they can now divert or recycle their waste more easily.

Lessons learned

Throughout the process of developing and implementing this service, three main lessons emerged.

  1. The need to have recognized partnerships with service agreements, while choosing local organizations that have the capacity to collect and divert waste.
  2. Implementing a communication plan with ongoing promotions is crucial to encourage the population to use the new service.
  3. Choosing an online reservation platform that is user-friendly for both the population and the people in charge of registrations.

Testimonial

“This project has raised the awareness of the population about waste. Not only are there environmental benefits, but there are also economic benefits to better managing our waste,” said Marie-Ève Vadnais. “The population was informed through a large-scale awareness campaign that we carried out, which had impacts on the total number of tonnes of collected waste, and also on the number of users of the eco-centre”

Next steps

Permanently implemented in 2023, the appointment-based collection service for divertible waste will be expanding in the coming months. The City is already looking into new diversion streams and partners who can recycle or reuse other types of items, such as refrigerators and air conditioners, while ensuring the long-term capacity of current partners to provide waste collection and diversion services.

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We've developed two tools to help housing providers understand how much energy their buildings use, and the costs savings associated with the projected energy use. The first tool, called Energy benchmarking, lets housing providers see how much energy they use now, set realistic goals for using less energy, and figure out how much money they could save. 

The second tool, the Project cash flow calculator, helps housing providers look at the money side of things. It helps them make smart choices for the long term. These tools work together to help affordable housing providers reach their energy-saving goals and manage financial expectations. This way, they can build strong, lasting communities for the future.   
 

Energy benchmarking

Navigate the complexities of your building's energy consumption patterns with our energy benchmarking tool. This tool will facilitate insightful comparisons between your building's current performance, its historical efficiencies, and benchmarks against similar properties. Use this tool to determine your property's energy intensity and gauge the potential energy savings your project could deliver.

In this section, you can conduct an energy analysis of your project. By determining your building's energy intensity, you'll be well-equipped to compare it with similar structures. Additionally, this allows you to estimate potential energy savings and reductions in GHG emissions within an energy efficiency project. Please note that this section is optional and independent of the cash flow analysis.

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Project cash flow calculator

This robust tool meticulously examines all financial inflows and outflows tied to a project over a defined timeframe. It allows housing providers to anticipate and tactically manage expenditures. The calculator is instrumental in facilitating informed decision-making by providing a comprehensive overview of the financial trajectory of energy-efficient initiatives throughout their entire life cycle. From illustrating the return on investment to offering a nuanced understanding of financial implications, this tool equips housing providers with the insights necessary to determine the viability of a project.

In this section, you can assess your project's profitability using the financial metrics provided in the table below. 

Cash Flow

Net Annual Cash Flow

Calculation Table

Financial Metrics

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Glossary

1. Net cash flow: Net cash flow is the difference between the total cash inflow and the total cash outflow. In this calculator the inflow corresponds to energy savings and the cash flow corresponds to the project cost and the operating and maintenance (O&M) costs.

2. Cumulative cash flow: Cumulative cash flow means, for any calendar year, the sum of the Annual Cash Flow for each calendar year prior to and including such calendar year.

3. Simple payback: Simple payback is defined as the number of years after which an investment will have paid for itself. In energy efficiency projects it can be translated as the number of years it takes for the energy savings to payback the initial cost of the project. The shorter your payback period is, the faster you will recover your initial investment.    

Payback period = Initial investment / Annual pay

4.  Present value: Present value (PV) is the current value of a future sum of money or stream of cash flows given a specific rate of return.

5. Cumulative present value: Cumulative present value means, for any calendar year, the sum of the Annual Present Value for each calendar year prior to and including such calendar year.

6. Net present value: Net present value (NPV) is the difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time. NPV is the result of calculations that find the current value of a future stream of payments, using the proper discount rate. In general, projects with a positive NPV are worth undertaking while those with a negative NPV are not.

NPV = Cash flow / (1 + i)t – initial investment    
* t = year of project
* i = discount rate    
 

7. Savings to investment ratio: the Savings to investment ratio also called benefit-to-cost ratio is the ratio of the net present value to project costs. Ratios greater than 1 are representative of profitable projects. As for NPV, projects with a positive savings to investment ratio are worth undertaking while those with a negative savings to investment ratio are not.

8. Internal rate of return: Internal rate of return (IRR) follows the same reasoning as Net Present Value. But rather than picking a discount rate to find the current value of a future stream of cashflows, this method relies on an iterative solution to determine what discount rate will cause the NPV of the project to equal zero. IRR is calculated by trial and error by varying the discount rate in the NPV formula until the NPV is equal to 0. The IRR assumes the cash flows from a project are reinvested at the IRR itself.

9. Modified internal rate of return: The Modified internal rate of return (MIRR) follows the same reasoning as IRR but assumes that positive cash flows are reinvested at the firm's cost of capital.    

Last updated: March 2026

Building sustainable and affordable housing can be complex, particularly when it comes to financing. Many projects rely on external funding sources to implement energy-efficient retrofits or new builds. The following funder list is designed to streamline your search for financial sources at both provincial and national levels and serves as a strategic tool to simplify the decision-making process.  

Whether you’re laying the groundwork for a new build or planning for extensive high-performance, energy-efficient retrofits, this list can help. Discover funding that can help you carry out a project that provides much-needed housing for Canadians, creates healthy, thriving communities, empowers local economies, and contributes to an affordable, sustainable future. 
 

Funders list

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Region 

Organization 

Program 

Stage(s)

Funding Type 

AB 

Alberta Real Estate Foundation 

Development Grants 

Plan

Grant 

AB 

Calgary Foundation 

Strategic Opportunity Grants 

Plan 
Study 
Pilot 

Grant 

AB 

City of Calgary

Municipal region 

Housing Incentive Program (HIP) 

Plan 
Study

Grant
Rebate 

AB 

City of Edmonton

Municipal region 

Affordable Housing Investment Program 

Capital

Grant 

AB 

City of Edmonton

Municipal region

Affordable Housing Tax Grant 

Capital

Grant 

AB 

Province of Alberta

Province-wide 

Affordable Housing Partnership Program 

Plan 
Capital

Grant 

(Transfer or long-term lease of a government-owned asset)

AB

Province of Alberta

Province-wide 

Capital Maintenance and Renewal Program 

Capital

Grant 

(Funding to maintain and repair government-owned affordable housing units across the province)

AB

Province of Alberta

Province-wide 

Indigenous Housing Capital Program 

CapitalGrant
Atlantic RegionDeep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative: ReCover

Building Transformation Program

StudyGrant

BC 

BC Housing

Province-wide

Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program (EERP) 

Capital

Grant 

BC 

BC Housing

Province-wide

Capital Renewel Funding (CRF) 

Capital

Grant 

BC 

BC Housing 

Province-wide 

Canada - British Columbia Housing Benefit Program (CBCHB) 

Capital 

Grant 

BC 

BC Hydro 

BC Hydro's Custom Efficiency Program 

Capital

Grant 

BC 

BC Hydro 

Social Housing Energy Savings Program 

Plan
Study
Capital

Grant 

BC 

BC Hydro & Fortis BC 

Province-wide 

Social housing retrofit support program 

Study 
Capital

Grant
Rebate 

BC 

CleanBC 

CleanBC Income Qualified Program 

Capital

Rebate 

BC 

Real Estate Foundation of BC 

REFBC Grants 

Plan 
Capital 

Grant 

BC 

Vancity 

Province-wide 

Vancity: Impact Investing 

Plan 
Study 
Capital

Loan, Grant 

(Grants to help housing providers articulate the positive impact of a project; build capacity to deliver a project; develop a successful business plan; communicate the success and/or lessons learned.) 

BC

Vancity

Members only

Non-Profit Housing Retrofit Grants

Plan
Capital		Grant
CanadaCanadian Co-operative Investment Fund (CCIF)

Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund

CapitalLoan
CanadaCommunity Forward Fund (CFF)

Community Forward Fund

CapitalLoan

Canada 

Community Housing Transformation Centre 

Nation-wide 

Local Projects Grant 

Study 
Capital 

Grant 

Canada 

Community Housing Transformation Centre 

Nation-wide 

Sector Transformation Fund – Sectoral Impact Projects 

Pilot 
Study 
Capital

Grant 

Canada 

Housing Partnership Canada (HPC) 

Nation-wide 

Housing Investment Corporation (Hi-C) 

Plan 
Study 
Capital 

Loans 

Canada 

Green Municipal Fund (GMF) of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)

Nation-wide 

Sustainable Affordable Housing

Plan 
Study  

Grants 

(Program currently paused)

Canada 

Cooperative Housing Federation (CHF) 

Nation-wide 

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada Financing 

Study 

Loans provided by credit institutions 

Canada 

Cooperative Housing Federation (CHF) 

Nation-wide 

Greener Co-op Microgrants

Green projectsGrant
CanadaCMHC

Co-op Housing Development Program

CapitalGrant
Loan
CanadaCMHC

MLI Select

CapitalMortgage insurance
CanadaCMHC

Proposal Development Funding for First Nation Communities

StudyLoan
CanadaCMHC

On-Reserve Non-Profit Housing Program (Section 95)

CapitalSubsidy
Loan
CanadaCMHC

On-Reserve Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP)

CapitalGrant

Canada 

CMHC 

Apartment Construction Loan Program 

Capital

Loans 

Canada 

CMHC 

Affordable Housing Innovation Fund

Plan 
Study

Grant 
Loans 

CanadaCMHC

Federal Lands Initiative

CapitalGrant
Loan
CanadaHousing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

Reaching Home

CapitalGrant

Canada 

Peter Gilgan Foundation

Climate Change 

Low-Emission & Renewable Technologies
 
Green Building & Living 

Grant 

CanadaSOFIAC

Investing in Your Energy Efficiency Projects

Capital

Loan 

(Retrofit funding paid back by energy savings)

CanadaTapestry Community Capital

Raise capital

CapitalCommunity bond
CanadaVancity Community Investment Bank

Vancity CIB

CapitalLoan

MB 

Efficiency Manitoba 

Efficiency Manitoba Rebate Program  

Capital 

Rebate 

MB

Province of Manitoba

Province-wide

Housing Starts Here

Plan
Study
Capital		Grant
Loan
NB

Kaleidoscope Social Impact

Province-wide

BuildNB

Study
Capital		Loan
NB

Province of New Brunswick 

Province-wide

Affordable Rental Housing Program

CapitalForgivable Loan

NB 

Province of New Brunswick 

Province-wide 

Rental Rehabilitation Assistance Program and Rental Conversion Program

CapitalForgivable Loan

NB 

Province of New Brunswick 

Province-wide 

Shelter Enhancement Program  

Capital

Forgivable Loan 

NB 

NB Power

Province-wide 

Community Outreach Program  

Capital

Energy Savings Kits and rebate programs
NBSave Energy NB

Save Energy NB

CapitalRebate
NL

Community Housing Transformation Centre

Province-wide

Newfoundland and Labrador Community Housing Growth Fund

Plan
Study		Grant

NL 

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) 

Affordable Rental Housing Program 

Capital

Grant 

NL 

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) 

Home Energy Savings Program (HESP) - Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation 

Capital 

Grant 

NLNL Department of Industry, Energy and Technology

Community Capacity Building Program

Capacity BuildingGrant
NLTake Charge!

Take Charge!

CapitalRebate

NS 

Community Housing Transformation Centre 

Nova Scotia Community Housing Capital Fund

CapitalGrant

NS 

Community Housing Transformation Centre 

Nova Scotia’s Community Housing Growth Fund (CHGF) 

Plan 
Study 
Capital

Grant 

NS 

Community Housing Transformation Centre 

Nova Scotia Black Community Housing Fund

Plan 
Study

Grant 

NS

Efficiency NS

Province-wide 

Commercial New Construction

Study
Capital		Rebate

NS 

Government of Nova Scotia

Province-wide

Community Housing Acquisition Program

CapitalLoan

NS 

Government of Nova Scotia

Province-wide

Affordable Housing Development Program

CapitalGrant

NS 

Government of Nova Scotia

Province-wide

Community Housing Infrastructure and Repair Program (CHIRP)

CapitalForgivable Loan

NS 

Government of Nova Scotia

Province-wide

Low Carbon Communities

CapitalGrant

NS 

Government of Nova Scotia

Province-wide

Nova Scotia - Your Energy Rebate  

Capital

Rebate 

NS

Halifax Regional Municipality

Municipal region

Affordable Housing Grant Program

CapitalGrant
NS

HCi3

Halifax region

Grant Program

CapitalGrant
NS

HCi3

Halifax region

Impact Investing

CapitalLoan

NS 

Housing Nova Scotia

Province-wide 

Housing Repair Program

Capital

Grant 

NS 

Efficiency NS

Province-wide 

 
Affordable Multifamily Housing Program 

Study 

Rebates 

NS 

Halifax Foundation

Halifax region

Grant Programs 

Plan 
Study 
Capital 

Grant 

NS 

NS Department of Environment and Climate Change

Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund 

Capital 

Grant 

NSStudent Housing Nova Scotia

Developing Affordable Student Housing (DASH) Fund

CapitalLoan
NTNWT Housing Corporation

Shelter Enhancement Fund

CapitalForgivable Loan

NT 

Yellowknife Community Foundation 

Yellowknife Community Fund 

Plan 
Study 
Capital 

Grant 

NT 

Arctic Energy Alliance

Province-wide  

Rebates on Renewable Energy  

Capital

Rebate  

NT 

Arctic Energy Alliance 

Province-wide 

Rebates on Energy-Efficient Products 

Capital

Rebate 

NU 

Community Housing Transformation Centre 

The Nunalingni Piruqpaalirut Fund 

Plan 
Study 
Capital

Grant 

NU

Nunavut Housing Corporation

Territory-wide

Supported Housing Capital Program

CapitalForgivable Loan

ON 

City of Kitchener

Municipal region

Affordable housing incentives 

Plan
Study

Grant

ON 

City of Toronto

Municipal region

Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) 

Capital

Loan 

ON 

Enbridge Gas 

Province-wide 

Savings by Design Affordable Housing 

Capital 
Study 

Grant 

ON 

IESO

Province-wide 

Energy Affordability Program

CapitalGrant

ON 

IESO

Province-wide 

Retrofit Program 

Capital 

Grant 

ON

Infrastructure Ontario

Province-wide

Housing Providers – Affordable financing for capital investments

CapitalLoan

ON 

Northumberland County

Municipal region

Affordable Housing Grant Program 

Capital 

Forgivable Loan

ON 

Enbridge 

Province-wide 

Affordable Multi-Family Residential Program 

Capital 

Grant 

ON 

Hydro Ottawa

Municipal region

Ottawa Retrofit Accelerator 

Study

Grant 

ON

Region of Waterlo

Municipal region

Incentives to Create Affordable Housing

CapitalGrant

PE

Province of PEI

Province-wide

efficiencyPEI 

capital 

Rebate 

PE

Province of PEI 

Province-wide 

Affordable Housing Development Program 

Capital

Forgivable Loan 

PEProvince of PEI, Net Zero Office

Programs for homeowners, businesses and non-profits

CapitalRebate
Loan
Free Programs

PE 

PEI, CMHA 

Province-wide 

Community Housing Fund, Canadian Mental Health Association 

Study

Grant 

PE 

Province of PEI 

Province-wide 

Solar Electric Rebate Program 

Capital

Rebate 

QCAssociation des groupes de ressources techniques du Québec (AGRTQ)

Capital Social d'investissement Immobilier (CSII)

CapitalLoan

QC 

Hydro-Québec 

Province-wide 

LogisVert 

capital 
Study 

Grant 

QC 

Hydro Quebec & Société d'habitation Quebec 

Province-wide 

Rénovation énergétique pour les ménages à faible revenu  

Capital

Grant/rebate 

QC 

Transition énergétique Quebec 

Province-wide 

Rénoclimat 

Capital 

Grant 

QC 

Transition énergétique Quebec (TEQ) 

Province-wide 

Éconologis 

Capital

Grant/Service 

QC 

Énergir 

Province-wide 

Energy efficiency grants 

Capital 

Grant 

QC 

Énergir 

Province-wide 

Supplement for low-income households

CapitalGrant
QCGreater Montreal Climate Fund

Greater Montreal Climate Fund

Plan
Study
Capital		Loan
QC

Ville de Longueuil

Municipal region

Programme d’amélioration de l’isolation (PAI)

CapitalGrant

QC 

Société d'habitation du Québec

Programme d’aide financière visant la préservation du parc immobilier communautaire (PPPIC)

CapitalLoan

QC 

Société d'habitation du Québec

Programme de financement en habitation

CapitalLoan

QC 

Société d'habitation du Québec

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec

Capital

Grant 

QC 

Ville de Montreal 

Reno Affordable Housing 

Study 
Capital

Grant 
 
Subsidies 

QC 

Société d'habitation du Québec

Home Ownership Program for Residents of the Kativik Region 

Capital

Grant 

QC 

Société d'habitation du Québec 

Programme de rénovation des habitations à loyer modique 

Capital 

Grant 

SK 

City of Regina 

Municipal region

Housing Incentive Policy 

Capital

Grant 

SK

Saskatchewan Environmental Society

Saskatoon and Regina regions

Efficiency for Organizations

Level 1 Energy AuditNo Cost
SK

Saskatchewan Housing Corporation

Province-wide

Rental Development Program (RDP)

CapitalForgivable Loan

YT 

Yukon Territory  

Territory-wide 

Good Energy rebates 

Capital

Rebate 

YT 

Yukon Territory  

Territory-wide 

Developer Build Loan Program 

Capital

Loan 

YT 

Yukon Territory 

Territory-wide 

Housing Initiatives Fund

Plan
Study
Capital		Grant

YT 

Yukon Territory 

Territory-wide 

Solar domestic hot-water heating systems 

Capital

Rebate 

YT 

Yukon Territory  

Territory-wide 

Housing and property rebates  

Capital 

Rebate 

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