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Environment Canada makes funding, incentive, rebate and other financial programs available to individuals and organizations to support activities that foster environmental sustainability in Canada.
This section provides a list of incentive programs delivered by Environment Canada.
The Aboriginal Capacity Building Fund is designed to help Aboriginal organizations and communities across Canada build capacity to enable them to participate actively in the conservation and recovery of species protected under the Species at Risk Act and species at risk designated by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. The objective of the Aboriginal Critical Habitat Protection Fund is to protect and recover the critical habitat of species at risk on Aboriginal lands.
The Atlantic Coastal Action Program is a community-based program that relies on local involvement and support. It involves 16 sites across Atlantic Canada -- two in Newfoundland, two in Labrador, two in Prince Edward Island, five in Nova Scotia, and five in New Brunswick.
Pollution prevention is undertaken through legislation, policy and voluntary initiatives. This section provides businesses with information and links to a number of these initiatives.
The EcoAction Community Funding Program provides financial support to community groups for projects that have measurable, positive impacts on the environment. Funding can be requested for projects that focus on imporving the environment and increasing environmental awareness and capacity in the community.
This program has enabled individual and corporate landowners to protect their cherished piece of nature forever by donating ecologically sensitive land to an environmental charity or government body.
Find information here about the Ecological Gifts Program in Ontario.
Find information here about the Ecological Gifts Program in Quebec.
The Environmental Damages Fund is a special holding or trust account to manage funds received as compensation for environmental damage. These funds may come from court orders, awards, out-of-court settlements and voluntary awards.
Environment Canada, Canada Economic Development, the National Research Council of Canada, Industry Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency and Natural Resources Canada offer technical and financial support programs to Quebec companies working to develop and market innovative environment related technologies and products.
The Partnership Fund is Environment Canada's primary Georgia Basin Action Plan tool to fund projects that support partnership opportunities.
This Fund provides technical and financial support to projects that implement remedial actions to complete the clean up and restoration in three key priority areas: fish and wildlife habitat rehabilitation and stewardship; contaminated sediment assessment and remediation; and innovative approaches to improve municipal wastewater effluent quality.
This fund, administered by Environment Canada supports federal efforts to restore the environmental quality of the Great Lakes.
The overall goal of the Habitat Stewardship Program is to contribute to the recovery of endangered, threatened, and other species at risk, and to prevent other species fromo becoming a conversation concern, by engaging Canadians from all walks of life in conversation actions to benefit wildlife.
This section provides a list of financial incentives to help individual Canadians reduce their impact on the environment.
The Invasive Alien Species Partnership Program is a partnership-based initiative sponsored by the Government of Canada. The goal of the Program is to engage Canadians in actions to prevent, detect, and manage invasive alien species to minimize their risk to the environment, economy and society.
The Northern Ecosystem Initiative is a partnership-based program of Environment Canada that supports action on shared priorities important to the conservation, protection and restoration of northern ecosystems and sustainability of northern communities.
Learn how individuals and organizations can reduce greenhouse emissions and help address climate change.
This program offers promising young scientists and post-secondary graduates hands-on experience working on environmental projects under the mentorship and coaching of experienced scientists and program managers. Project proposals can be submitted here.
The primary goal of the Community Interaction Program is to support community projects linked to regional priorities such as projects described in environmental remedial action plans to improve the St. Lawrence ecosystem.
Environment Canada
www.ec.gc.ca