Landowner Grants

Grey-Bruce Program

https://alus.ca/alus_community/alus-grey-bruce/

This program assists farmers in implementing and funding projects to produce ecosystem services while maintaining active agriculture.

Huron County Clean Water Project

https://www.abca.ca/forestry/huroncountyproject/

This program offers grants for water quality projects by landowners.

Cover Crop Boost Program

https://www.abca.ca/community/mainbayfield/

This program offers grants of up to $40/acre for farmers in the Main Bayfield watershed who plant cover crops when the Cover Crop Boost grant program is paired with funding from the Huron County Clean Water Project. 

Birds Canada Community Fund

https://www.birdscanada.org/about-us/funding-opportunities/community-grant

This program provides grants up to $25,000 (on average $2,000-8,000 for 1-year projects) for projects that: a) contribute to our understanding of birds in their natural environment, b) increase appreciation of birds and their habitats among people in Canada, and/or c) advance the conservation of birds in Canada.

https://www.conservationhalton.ca/financial-assistance-programs/

Water Quality and Habitat Improvement Program

This program provides financial support for landowners to undertake water quality and habitat improvement projects on their properties. 

Tree Planting Program

This program assists landowners with acquiring funding and support for afforestation, riparian, windbreak, and restoration programs.

Rainwater Conservation Fund

This program supports urban landowner projects, greenhouse projects, and nursery projects that divert and infiltrate rainwater into the ground on the landowners property.

Tree Planting Program

https://www.conservationsudbury.ca/watershed-management/tree-planting/

In this program, Conservation Sudbury will work directly with landowners to determine site eligibility, create a planting plan, allocate funding, and design and coordinate planting. 

Landowner Action Fund

https://cvc.ca/document/landowner-action-fund-program-guide/

This program provides grants of 30-100% of the project cost and technical assistance to landowners for projects that restore or enhance land habitat and biodiversity, aquatic habitat, and/or water quality of wetlands, streams and ponds.

Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program

https://www.ducks.ca/resources/landowners/managed-forest-tax-incentive-program-wetland/

This program provides a 40% reimbursement (up to $600) toward an approved Managed Forest Plan for landowners who have qualified for Ontario’s Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program.

Wetland Restoration Program

https://www.ducks.ca/resources/landowners/wetland-restoration/

This program provides restoration for wetlands through providing technical assistance and funding.

Clean Water-Green Spaces Program

https://www.essexregionconservation.ca/programs-services/stewardship-and-grants

This program provides grants of up to 90% of project costs to qualifying landowners to implement projects which will help improve local water quality, reduce soil erosion, and increase natural areas cover. 

50 Million Tree Program

https://forestscanada.ca/en/program/50-million-tree-program

This program's goal is to increase forest cover by making tree planting easier and more affordable for property owners and municipalities.  

https://grca.on.ca/watershed-stewardship/stewardship-overview/

Clean Water-Healthy Land Financial Assistance Program

This program provides technical and financial assistance to landowners for projects that conserve, restore, or enhance the watershed and environment.

Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign

This program provides landowners with a grant of 80-90% of the planting cost of trees planted along the Highway of Heroes to honour Canada's veterans and fallen heroes.

Rural Water Quality Program

https://www.grandriver.ca/en/our-watershed/Rural-Water-Quality-Program.aspx

This program provides grants to landowners undertaking projects to protect water quality on their land. 

Stewardship Grants

https://www.greysauble.on.ca/stewardship_grants/

This program provides grants for stewardship programs on farm land including cover crops, livestock exclusion fencing, alternative watering systems, barn eavestroughing, and tree planting.

OSCIA Grants Program

https://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/oscia-grants/

The OSCIA grants are available to local and regional associations to support events and activities that provide opportunities to transfer knowledge and share experience with new technologies, production practices and sustainability.

OSCIA Cost-Share Programs

https://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/cost-share-programs/

Includes several cost-share funding programs that support Ontario’s farmers in implementing best management and sustainability practices on their farms.

Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF)

https://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/ontario-on-farm-climate-action-fund/

This program provides cost-share funding to farmers to support the implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to tackle climate change through reducing emissions of GHGs and supporting increased carbon sequestration. 

Natural Edge Shoreline Planting Program

https://www.quinteconservation.ca/en/learn-and-get-involved/shoreline-planting.aspx

This program provides a free (confidential) site visit, the creation of a customized shoreline-planting plan, and Ontario native trees, shrubs and wildflowers.

Tree Seedling & Planting Program

https://www.quinteconservation.ca/en/learn-and-get-involved/tree-seedling-program.aspx

This program provides a subsidized tree planting program for landowners.

Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan Programs

https://www.quinteconservation.ca/en/learn-and-get-involved/bay-of-quinte-remedial-action-plan-programs.aspx

This program offers cost-sharing incentives for livestock fencing, erosion/water quality improvement, waterway plantings, cover crops, and soil testing.

Tree Planting Program

https://rrca.on.ca/page.php?id=20

This program offers incentives to enhance forest cover, mitigate natural hazards such as flooding and erosion, improve water quality, and conserve and restore sensitive ecological habitat.

Rural Clean Water Grants

https://www.rvca.ca/stewardship-grants/rural-clean-water-grants

This program provides grants of up to $15,000 to farmers and rural residents to improve water quality in our local rivers, streams and creeks by reducing pollution and the volume of water running off the land.

Shoreline Naturalization Program

https://www.rvca.ca/stewardship-grants/shoreline-naturalization

This program offers a rebate of up to 90% of costs for a custom planting plan, technical guidance, project management and, of course, planting assistance.

Tree Planting Program

https://www.rvca.ca/stewardship-grants/tree-planting

This program offers significant subsidies to cover the planning, planting and maintenance of rural tree planting projects.

Water Well Improvement Program

https://www.saugeenconservation.ca/en/forestry-and-landowner-services/water-well-improvement-program.aspx

This program provides funding for properly decommissioned and upgraded water wells.

Clean Water Program

https://www.nation.on.ca/clean-water-program

This program offers grants of $1,000-$8,000 to landowners undertaking projects which improve water quality.

Tree Replacement Program

https://www.nation.on.ca/water/grant-programs/ottawa-ash-tree-replacement-program

This program provides cost-sharing resources to assist landowners within the City of Ottawa, with the removal and replacement of trees on private property affected by invasive species (e.g., Emerald Ash Borer) or damaged by extreme weather events (e.g., May 2022 derecho storm). This funding will support the removal of infected or damaged trees and replacement with native tree(s).

Ottawa Rural Clean Water Program

https://www.nation.on.ca/water/grant-programs/ottawa-rural-clean-water-program

This program provides grants for 50-90% of costs (up to $15,000) for landowners to implement projects which reduce the risk of contaminating water from non-point source pollution.

Healthy Watersheds Project

https://www.scrca.on.ca/conservation-services/grants-for-landowners/

This program provides technical assistance and funding to offset the cost of implementing Best Management Practices and stewardship projects related to improving water quality and quantity, fish and wildlife habitat, Species at Risk habitat, and implementing native species planting projects (reforestation, tall grass prairie).

Rural Clean Water Program

https://trca.ca/get-involved/private-land-grants/rural-clean-water/

This program offers grants for 50-80% of project costs for farm or rural non-farm landowners who implement projects to construct new structures, upgrade or repair existing structures, and/or enhance land resources.

Private Land Planting Program

https://trca.ca/get-involved/private-land-grants/tree-planting-forestry/

This program offers grants for up to 90% of project costs and full service planting services for landowners with at least 2 acres of land.

National Greening Program

https://treecanada.ca/our-programs/national-greening-program/

This program offers financial assistance for projects that plant trees on areas formerly used for crop rotation, meadows, grasslands, riparian areas, and/or woodlands that could use enhancement. Eligible properties must have a minimum area for planting of 4 hectares (i.e., 10 acres).

Clean Water Program

https://www.cleanwaterprogram.ca/

This program is a collaborative effort between municipalities to help improve and protect water quality in Oxford County, Middlesex County and Perth County through providing technical & financial assistance for projects that improve and protect water quality.