# 2 Billion Trees program

> Grant from Natural Resources Canada (Federal) for Canada.

Official page: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/forest-forestry/2-billion-trees-program/2-billion-trees-program-funding-all-streams
Source: https://treerm.org/residents/programs/nrcan-2-billion-trees-program · Updated 2026-11-08 · Status: Closed

**What you get:** Federal funding to organizations that plant trees; residents and landowners get trees through those delivery partners, not directly

A Government of Canada program that provides financial support to organizations to plant trees over ten years, to 2031. Individuals do not apply to it directly; provinces, municipalities, conservation authorities and nonprofits with 2BT agreements run the planting projects that landowners and residents can join.

## Who qualifies

Funding went to organizations (governments, Indigenous groups, nonprofits, companies), not individuals. Landowners and residents access 2BT-funded trees through a delivery partner's own program and eligibility rules.

## How to apply

The federal page states the program is no longer accepting applications for funding. It points to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Growing Canada's Community Canopies initiative and to the Reforest Canada Collective to find organizations with active 2BT agreements. Residents should contact their province, municipality or local conservation authority about 2BT-funded planting.

**For:** Landowners, Community groups, Municipalities

> Note: Federal intake is marked Closed (page last modified 2026-01-09); existing agreements run to 2031. Provincial delivery programs (for example PEI's 2 Billion Trees landowner planting program) may still take landowner applications; check your province.