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Green Municipal Fund – Growing Canada’s Community Canopies (GCCC) | Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)

Closed to applications

Value

Up to a maximum of $10 million in project funding. Up to a maximum of $1 million in infrastructure activity funding.

Description

GMF’s Growing Canada’s Community Canopies (GCCC) initiative funds planting the right type of trees in the right places so that communities across Canada can grow, manage and protect their tree canopies.

Eligible Applicants

The following organizations are eligible for GMF funding:

  • Canadian municipal governments (e.g., towns, cities, regions, districts and local boards)
    • Eligible to apply in collaboration with other eligible municipal governments or alone
  • Organizations applying in partnership with municipal governments, which include:
    • Municipal corporations
    • Regional organizations delivering municipal services
    • Indigenous organizations (for-profit and not-for-profit) or Indigenous communities
    • Not-for-profit organizations registered in Canada (e.g., charitable organizations; volunteer organizations; community, professional, industry or other associations; land conservation organizations; and non-government organizations)
    • For-profit organizations or private-sector entities (legally incorporated or registered in Canada)

Eligible Expenses

Eligible applicants can receive funding for more than one tree planting project. The maximum amounts are funding limits per municipality for the lifetime of the funding through Growing Canada’s Community Canopies tree planting. This limit applies to all eligible applicants wishing to plant within the jurisdictional boundaries of a municipality.

Lifetime funding per municipality:

  • Up to a maximum of $10 million in project funding
  • Up to a maximum of $1 million in infrastructure activity funding

Deadline Date

Funding is scheduled to open with new application details Spring/Summer 2025.

Contact

Contact Name: GMF representative

Phone Number: 1-877-417-0550

E-mail Address: gmfinfo@fcm.ca

Website: https://greenmunicipalfund.ca/funding/tree-planting

Industry:

Indigenous, Municipalities, Non-Profit

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

ABmunis, Natural Environment

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