Small Projects Stream

• The applicant must be an eligible recipient type under the Natural Infrastructure Fund.
• The project must be a natural or hybrid infrastructure project implemented in a community context.
• The project must deliver one or more community services: climate change resilience, increased access to nature, improved environmental quality, enhanced biodiversity and habitat, or climate change mitigation.
• Private for-profit applicants must work in collaboration with another eligible public recipient.

Who is eligible?

• Municipalities and local or regional governments
• Provincial and territorial governments
• Indigenous recipients
• Public sector bodies established by statute/regulation or wholly owned by an eligible government
• Federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organizations

Who is not eligible

• Private for-profit organizations applying without collaboration with an eligible public recipient

Eligible expenses

Ineligible Costs and Activities

Eligible geographic areas

• Projects are assessed on whether they deliver one or multiple community services: climate change resilience, increased access to nature, improved environmental quality, enhanced biodiversity and habitat, and/or climate change mitigation.

• Review whether your organization is an eligible recipient.
• Confirm the project delivers one or more required community services.

• Create an account for application to the Natural Infrastructure Fund.

• Complete and submit the application through the Natural Infrastructure Fund application process.
• Start in advance of the deadline to avoid delays.

• Applications follow a three-step process and should be started in advance of the deadline to avoid delays.
• The Small Projects Stream application deadline has not yet been announced.