Through the 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program, the Government of Canada is doing its part to support communities. As of June 2024, the government has signed tree-planting agreements with 11 of 13 provinces and territories, including forty Indigenous partners, thirty-two municipalities, and eighty-six non-governmental organizations, representing a commitment to plant 716 million trees — nearly tripling last year’s total.

After the third planting season under the program, Canada has made progress in putting more trees in the ground with over 157 million trees planted. To rapidly build on that progress, the Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of energy and natural resources, announced an investment of over $200 million in more than 30 new tree-planting projects on November 6, 2024. These projects will result in over 160 million new trees across the country.

The 2BT program’s Urban Lands stream and Federal Lands stream — which plant trees in cities and suburbs and on federally owned land — have exceeded expectations. Funds continue to be available in the Indigenous Funding stream, the Private Lands stream and the Provinces and Territories stream to support even more projects that will bring us closer and closer to the goal of two billion trees.

The work done to plant millions of trees and sign agreements in 2023 has laid a strong foundation for tree-planting efforts to ramp up in the coming years, including the over 160 million new trees announced in November.