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Green Communities Canada supports grassroots-led climate action

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Our programs focus on local and national climate change priorities.

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We grow sustainable communities. We do not do it alone.

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Green Stories from across Canada

Discover stories about how we’re mobilizing knowledge and building capacity within communities. 

Pedestrian Safety Blog of Spells for Trick-or-Treaters

October 15, 2026

Beware! It’s almost the night of Halloween, and there are many scary creatures lurking among us. Ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and… cars? Well, cars are perhaps…

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Response: Landmark investment to retrofit one million homes

October 8, 2026

Green Communities Canada made the following statement in response to the federal government’s announcement to retrofit one million homes: Green Communities Canada welcomes this investment…

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Marina Dimitriadis (Executive Director of Trees For Life) and Brianna Salmon (Executive Director of GCC) receiving a Clean50 Top Project Award.

Green Communities Canada and Canadian Trees for Life recognized amongst Clean50 Top Project Awards for 2027

October 15, 2026

Green Communities Canada and Canadian Trees for Life have received a Clean50 Top Project Award for their co-funding of urban planting projects across the country through the…

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Our Action Projects

GCC connects local projects across Canada with the support they need to increase scope and impact. View those projects on our Action Map.  

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City of Kingston School Streets

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Walter Murray Collegiate Depave Project

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Retired Couple Improve Home Envelope and Add Heat Pumps to Get 56 Per Cent Energy Savings!

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