Deadline: 13-Jan-23
The Government of Canada has launched the proposals for 2 Billion Trees (2BT) Program.
The 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program aims to motivate and support new tree planting projects. Over a period of 10 years, by 2031, 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.
Tree planting projects supported by the 2BT Program fall into three streams:
- Mass Planting Stream
- Small-Scale Planting Stream
- Urban/Suburban Stream.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount payable through the Tree Planting streams is $40 million per fiscal year, for a maximum of 8 fiscal years (for a total of $320 million).
- Mass Planting Stream: Must plant an average of 500,000 seedlings/trees per calendar year (January to December) in each year in which planting occurs
- Small-Scale Planting Stream: Must plant an average of 50,000 trees per calendar year (January to December) in each year in which planting occurs.
- Urban/Suburban Stream.: Must plant an average of 10,000 trees per calendar year (January to December) in each year in which planting occurs.
Eligibility Criteria
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Applicants can apply to the ongoing CFP process if they have the ability to plant trees as early as April 1, 2023 planting season and are:
- A municipal or local government or one of their agencies, or a regional municipal organization;
- A not-for-profit organization registered in Canada, such as a charitable organization, volunteer organization, community, professional, industry or other association, land conservation organization, or non-government organization;
- A for-profit organization (legally incorporated or registered in Canada);
- An Indigenous organization (for-profit and not-for-profit) or community.
- Organizations looking to be project aggregators
- Potential aggregators should describe their concept of operations in their project description.
- Individual landowners, Provincial and Territorial Governments, Federal Government Departments and Crown Corporations are not eligible under this funding stream of the 2BT program. Provincial and Territorial Governments should submit their proposals directly to their NRCan 2BT Provincial/Territorial contact. Individuals can receive funding only if they are participating in a project with an eligible recipient being funded by the 2BT Program. The Program will not fund projects with individuals directly.
For more information, visit 2BT.