Value
up to $3.2 billion will be invested in tree planting efforts to support provinces, territories, third-party organizations (for-profit and not-for profit) and Indigenous organizations to plant two billion trees across Canada.Description
The 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program has launched an ongoing call for proposals – applications can be submitted anytime. The 2BT program will process and assess proposals based on the submission date and provide decisions at specific intervals.
Eligible Applicants
Are you an organization or an individual?
- Organization, including for-profit organizations, non-profit organizations, municipalities or communities, Indigenous communities and organizations, both for and non-profit
- Individual
Eligible Expenses
Where trees can be planted:
- on public and private lands across the country
- in remote, rural, suburban and urban areas
- via afforestation – the creation of new forest cover on lands that currently do not have trees (e.g. abandoned lands)
- via reforestation
- to restore forest habitat
Deadline Date
June 8, 2023 for a decision by December 2023; August 10, 2023 for a decision by February 2024; October 12, 2023 for a decision by April 2024.Contact
Contact Name: Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC)
E-mail Address: 2btrees-2garbres@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca