Canada's Urban Forestry Footprint

Urban greening-related activities, such as street tree planting and maintenance, institutional greening, and park creation and management, have as long a history in Canada as the establishment of permanent settlements, such as cities, towns, and villages. Urban forestry in Canada:

• Has evolved and expanded.
• Has been practiced, with different intensity, across small towns to large metropolitan areas.
• Has been embedded in various municipal departments and is practiced under different names.
• Includes a wide range of elements, from policies and by-laws, diverse management and stewardship activities to spatial planning, and conservation of urban forests.
• Consists of diverse elements that are often hidden within other disciplines and municipal activities.

Despite the above, it is difficult to grasp the full extent of urban forestry activities and visualize their extent across Canadian municipalities.

Click here to download the Information Flyer (PDF): Measuring Footprint of Urban Forestry in Canada

Project Summary

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The project is led by Dr. Danijela Puric-Mladenovic, with support from State of Urban Forest Policy and By-laws.

Funding for this research was provided by Mitacs and Tree Canada.