Tool
Climate Adaptation
Climate Adaptation
Factsheet: Why equity matters in municipal climate adaptation
Discover how your local government can build equity into its climate resilience activities. Read this factsheet for key definitions and helpful resources.
See Resource
Guide
Municipal buildings
Municipal buildings
Guide: Taking your indoor swimming pool to net zero
A guide with key measures and lessons learned to help you build a plan for net-zero indoor swimming pools.
Guide
Municipal buildings
Municipal buildings
Guides: Equity and non-energy benefits of community building retrofits
Explore the equity and other non-energy benefits of retrofitting community buildings.
Tool
Trees
Trees
Factsheet: Urban forest planning
Read up on why developing an urban forest plan is important for the long-term success of trees in your community.
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Case Study
Local energy generation
Waste
Local energy generation
Waste
Heat recovery that pays for itself
Read this case study to discover how municipalities can transform organic waste into renewable energy and fertilizer by using existing wastewater infrastructure to reduce landfill waste, lower emissions, and create long-term environmental and economic value.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Article series: Creating economic opportunities through circular deconstruction in rural communities
Read the article series to discover how communities across Vancouver Island are building partnerships, strengthening local economies and creating new opportunities through circular economy approaches in the construction sector.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Case study: Empowering a local workforce in Port Alberni through a circular economy
With support from the municipality, workers in Port Alberni, BC, are evolving their skills and embracing the circular economy sector.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Case study: A framework for advancing circular economy in rural communities
Read this case study to discover a practical framework that rural local governments can adopt to implement circular economy practices focused on construction and demolition waste materials.
Case Study
Circular Economy
Waste
Circular Economy
Waste
Case study: Recycling waste powers circular economy jobs in British Columbia
Read the case study to discover how BC communities are transforming construction and demolition waste into jobs, local markets and economic growth through material exchanges and circular economy initiatives.
Guide
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy
Driving local impact in Quebec
Communities across Quebec are investing in sustainable infrastructure, housing, waste management and transportation. Discover how these upgrades could benefit your community, along with additional tools and resources to help you deliver a local project of your own.
Webinar recording
Local energy generation
Waste
Local energy generation
Waste
Webinar recording: Advancing climate goals with organic waste-to-energy
Watch our webinar to learn how municipalities can turn food scraps and other organic waste into renewable energy and natural fertilizer, and access funding opportunities.
Guide
Local energy generation
Waste
Local energy generation
Waste
Factsheet: Capturing emissions and turning waste into energy with anaerobic digestion
Learn how anaerobic digestion turns food waste into energy, biogas and renewable natural gas—to cut costs, divert organics and reduce landfill emissions.
Tool
Municipal buildings
Energy
Municipal buildings
Energy
Supporting local success stories across the Canadian Prairies
Discover how GMF funding is helping communities with unique local contexts reach their economic, social and climate goals.
Guide
Municipal buildings
Waste
Municipal buildings
Waste
Accelerating the transition to a circular economy: Material reuse for a net-zero future
Learn how circular construction reduces waste, lowers emissions and saves costs while strengthening communities and combating climate impact. Discover CERIEC’s solutions today.
Waste
Case study: Trash to treasure at the HodgePodge Lodge
Strathcona County’s award-winning community hub diverts waste and fosters community connections.
Guide
Municipal buildings
Land Use
Municipal buildings
Land Use
Factsheets: Working with nature to improve infrastructure project outcomes
Learn how you can integrate nature-based solutions into your community’s infrastructure project planning
Case Study
Local energy generation
Energy
Local energy generation
Energy
Waterloo Region uses 100% of biogas to fuel heat/electricity in wastewater facilities
Waterloo Region's wastewater plants now harness 100% of their biogas for heat and electricity thanks to new cogeneration facilities.
Case Study
Waste
Waste
Neighbouring municipalities create a pathway to sustainable procurement on P.E.I.
Charlottetown and Stratford, PE, identified sustainable procurement as an opportunity to increase their positive impact on the climate and the community. In partnership with a consultant, a five-year action plan was created to shift toward sustainable procurement, with some high-impact actions identified for more immediate change.
Webinar recording
Municipal buildings
Energy
Municipal buildings
Energy
Webinar recording: Accelerate your community’s net-zero transformation with new GMF funding
Watch our webinar to discover how GMF’s new funding can help you upgrade infrastructure and reduce local GHG emissions.
Case Study
Waste
Waste
Case study: Increasing waste diversion to reduce landfill use
Discover the environmental and economic benefits of an appointment-based collection service for divertible waste in Drummondville, Québec.
Webinar recording
Municipal buildings
Energy | Housing
Municipal buildings
Energy | Housing
Webinar recording: How to get a project started, tips for small francophone communities
If you’re a small francophone municipality looking to develop sustainability projects and access funding, watch this webinar to learn how others overcame common challenges.
Webinar recording
Waste
Waste
Webinar recording: Net-Zero Circularity: Procurement
Watch this webinar recording to see how circular procurement can help put the principles of a circular economy into action.
Guide
Waste
Waste
Resources: Strengthening your municipality’s circular economy initiatives
Find case studies, exercises and worksheets to help your municipality reduce waste and strengthen its circular economy initiatives.
Case Study
Waste
Waste
Case Study: How Lac-Saint-Jean’s Réemploi+ program is building a circular economy
A challenge facing many municipalities is how to divert more waste from landfill, both to lower GHG emissions and to reduce their need for landfill space. In Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Jean region, communities and waste management have teamed up to create Réemploi+, an organization that is creating a system for waste diversion and reuse while also developing skills training opportunities.
