Potential Sources of Funding for Environmental Stewardship

A number of municipalities, conservation authorities and other organizations across Ontario offer financial incentives to farmers to support on-farm environmental improvements. Eligible projects may include Best Management Practices such as manure spreading equipment, nutrient management planning, fencing along streams and other practices.

For more information about a specific program, please contact the organization directly.

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Province Wide

• Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Program (ACAAF)
• Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan - OMAFRA
• Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan - OSCIA
• Canada-Ontario Water Supply Expansion Program (COWSEP)
• Canadian Wildlife Service Habitat Stewardship Program
• Community Fisheries and Wildlife Involvement Program
• Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program
• Ducks Unlimited Canada - Ontario Office
• Ecological Gifts Program - donating ecologically sensitive land
• Environment Canada
• Environment Canada - EcoAction Ontario
• Environment Canada - Endangered Species Recovery Fund
• Environment Canada/World Wildlife Fund Endangered Species Recovery Fund
• Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation
• Government of Canada Interdepartmental Recovery Fund
• Great Lakes Sustainability Fund
• Greencover Canada
• Ivey Foundation - Conserving Canada's Forests
• Joyce Foundation
• Laidlaw Foundation - Environment Program
• Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program
• McLean Foundation
• Metcalf Foundation - Environment Program
• Oak Ridges Moraine Environmental Enhancement Program (ORMEEP)
• Ontario Agricultural Adaptation Council
• Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program
• Ontario Land Trust Alliance
• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Community Fisheries and Wildlife Involvement Program (CFWIP)
• Ontario Trillium Foundation
• Shell Environmental Fund
• Source Protection Program
• Species at Risk Stewardship Fund
• TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
• Trees Ontario Foundation
• Walter and Gordon Duncan Foundation
• Wildlife Habitat Canada

Regional

• Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority
  • Habitat Stewardship Program
  • Huron Clean Water Project
• Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority - Healthy Watershed Program
• Catfish Creek Conservation Authority
• Central Lake Ontario Conservation - Clean Water Stewardship Programs
• Conservation Halton - Hamilton Halton Watershed Stewardship Program
• Credit Valley Conservation - Peel Rural Water Quality Program
• Crowe Valley Conservation Authority
• Essex Region Conservation Authority
  • Emerald Ash Borer Response/Natural Areas Restoration Grant Program
    
  • Muddy Creek Rural NPS Grant
    
• Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
• Grand River Conservation Authority
  • Rural Water Quality Program
    
  • Community Conservation Grants
• Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
• Hamilton Conservation Authority
  • Decommissioning of Abandoned Water Wells Project For Landowners in the City of Hamilton
    
  • Hamilton Halton Watershed Stewardship Program
• Kawartha Conservation - Tree Seedling Program
• Kettle Creek Conservation Authority - Clean Water Program
• Lakehead Region Conservation Authority - Tree Planting
• Long Point Region Conservation Authority
• Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority
  • Emerald Ash Borer Response / Natural Areas Restoration Grant Program
    
• Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority - Lake Simcoe Water Quality Improvement Program
• Lower Trent Conservation - Watershed Restoration Services
• Maitland Valley Conservation Authority - Huron Clean Water Project
• Mattagami Region Conservation Authority
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Nature Conservancy of Canada Greenlands Program
• Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority
• Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
  • Watershed Restoration Water Quality Improvement Program
    
• Nickel District Conservation Authority
• North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority
• Ottawa (City of Ottawa) - Rural Clean Water Program
• Ottawa's Rural Reforestation Program
• Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation
• Otonabee Conservation
• Quinte Conservation - Habitat Enhancement Program
• Raisin Region Conservation Authority
• Region of Waterloo - Rural Water Quality Program
• Rideau Valley Conservation Authority - Clean Water Program
• Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority
• Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority
• South Nation Conservation - Clean Water Program
• St. Clair Region Conservation Authority - Healthy Watersheds Program
• Sydenham River Stewardship Initiative - Lambton, Middlesex
• Toronto and Region Conservation - Rural Clean Water Program
• Toronto and Region Conservation - Land Stewardship
• Upper Thames Region Conservation Authority
  • Clean Water Program
    
  • Forestry Programs
    
• Wellington County Green Legacy Programme
• York Region Greening Strategy