City and municipal governments across Canada are invited to list their urban forestry websites with Canadian Forests Website. The service is free-of-charge and without any future obligations. Just go to our Suggest A Site page and fill-in the short form provided.

Alberta

Calgary - The City of Calgary Parks, Urban Forestry section is the mandated steward of all trees growing on land owned by the City of Calgary. The urban forest is another critical means of preserving and protecting the natural environment and, in particular, helping to improve the air quality in the city. It includes trees and understory vegetation found in parks, river valleys, streets and roadways, as well as trees growing on private lands.

Edmonton - Taking care of our urban forest preserves the natural environment within our city and improves the quality of the air we breathe. Maintaining healthy trees along our streets and in our parks involves planting, pruning, watering, fertilizing and repairing. It also involves replacing dead and damaged trees and the control of diseases and insects.

Grand Prairie - An urban forest is the sum of all vegetation and green spaces within a community that provide benefits vital to enriching the quality of life of its occupants. Our Urban Forest is more than just the sum of all the trees, shrubs, grasses and flowers both on public and privately owned lands. It is the green "fabric" that runs throughout our city and ties all its indiviual parts together into a whole living system of much greater vaue than each individual part.

Red Deer - Red Deer Urban Forestry includes a wide range of established and proposed programs including:

• Plant health care management
• Tree nursery management
• Neighborhood enhancements
• Environmental programs such as reforestation and wildfire management
• Ecological monitoring
• Environmental education and liaison
• Community tree programs including Arbor Day, Tree Action, Memorial Trees

British Columbia

Burnaby

• Tree Guidelines: Trees provide important environmental benefits and enhance the quality of life in our neighbourhoods. They help clean the air we breathe by absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen. By shading our homes in the summer, trees keep us cool and reduce our cooling costs. Their greenery provides us with a visual link to our west coast environment and studies show that retention of trees can increase property values by more than 20 percent.
• Suggested List of Replacement Trees
• Tree Permit Fees
• Tree Bylaw 1996 (Burnaby)

Coquitlam - Coquitlam's urban forest is all around you. The urban forest is an important component of the entire ecological system. It includes the soil, air, water, birds, animals, vegetation, people and their inter-relationships.

Kelowna - The Urban Forestry section is responsible for maintaining trees on City-owned properties such as parks, municipal boulevards and natural areas.

Langley - Greenways and conservation area corridors within Langley are an integral and important part of Langley's Urban Forest. Located within our urban communities, greenways and conservation areas provide natural buffer areas between residential developments where neighbourhoods are geographically divided by the presence of ravines and streams such as Yorkson Creek in Walnut Grove and Bertrand Creek in Aldergrove.

Prince George - Our Urban Forest: Prince George Community Forest, urban forest management, tree replanting program, urban wildland interface fire plan, with links to the Parks webpage.

• Urban Forest Management Plan

Revelstoke: Public Works

• tree management policy
• concerns identified by urban forestry study

Richmond - Partners for Beautification: Adopt-a-Tree. Under this program, adoptive groups would agree to undertake tree-planting activities within clearly defined guidelines established by the City.

Surrey - Green Timbers Urban Forest: Green Timbers Heritage Society came into being in 1987 to develop and encourage public knowledge and awareness of forests in urban areas. We are acting as stewards for Green Timbers forest of Surrey preserving and enhancing its natural values. In

Vancouver

• Trees in Vancouver. Vancouver Park Board staff are responsible for the care and maintenance of all public trees. Our dedicated arborists grow trees at Vancouver’s own tree farm and plant thousands of new trees each year. Staff systematically inspect and prune both park and street trees, respond to thousands of service requests annually, and treat trees when they become diseased or infested with pests. Together with neighbourhood groups, schools, and other agencies, the Park Board promotes and enhances our urban forest to ensure the beauty and liveability of our city.
• Green Space: Urban Forestry - The trees in Vancouver's parks and streets are estimated to number about 1.6 million.
• Private Property Tree Information
• Stanley Park is recognized around the globe as one of the great parks of the world! Vancouver's first park and one of the city's main tourist attractions, Stanley Park is an evergreen oasis of 400 hectares (1,000 acres) close to the downtown core.

Manitoba

Winnipeg - The Urban Forestry Services Branch is responsible for all aspects of modern 'urban forestry'. This includes tree inventories, tree planting, watering and fertilizing, pruning, D.E.D. control, removal operations, public relations and education, extension services, group workshops, on-site inspections and contract administration. Direct Service includes both boulevard and park trees, however the Forestry Branch also becomes involved in projects in natural areas and other public open spaces.

• Guidelines for Maintaining City-owned Trees

Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's - The Park Services Division is responsible for the maintenance of the St. John's Urban Forest which includes the maintenance, protection, removal and planting of trees on public property as well as the maintenance of private trees which pose a threat to public safety.

Nova Scotia

Halifax Regional Municipality - Urban Forest Master Plan. When completed and approved by Regional Council, the HRM Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) will be a strategic policy document that will help manage the urban forest in Halifax Regional Municipality over the next 25 years.

Ontario

Brantford - Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry: The Forestry Division of the Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for the preservation, promotion, and maintenance of trees.

Burlington - Urban Forestry links to Emerald Ash Borer & Asian Longhorned Beetle This program protects Burlington's treescape investment by reducing disease spread, eliminating obstruction of signs and providing a quality of life for residents and wildlife.

Hamilton - When you think of Hamilton, think green! The Forestry Section has stewardship of hundreds of thousands of municipal trees across this vast City of Hamilton. We care for, trim and maintain more than 120,000 trees located in parks, open spaces and cemeteries. In addition, our foresters maintain over 300,000 street trees located within the road allowance of the 3,088 kilometres of City roads.

Kawartha Lakes - The City of Kawartha Lakes is home to over 9,700 acres of natural woodland, which offers multiple leisure opportunities for its community residents. Maintaining a healthy, sustainable urban forest is very important to the health and beautification of our City. Urban forestry includes the planting of new trees, pruning of existing trees, removal of declining unsafe trees, stump removal and pest management.

London - The City of London's Forestry Group is responsible for managing the trees on public property, including parks and along streets. The overall goal is to plant, maintain and remove trees to support and improve the urban tree canopy that delivers a wide range of economic, ecological and social benefits.

Markham - The Urban Forestry Section of the Park Department is responsible for the planting, care, pruning and removal of all trees on Town of Markham property. These include street trees (trees in the Town maintained boulevards) as well as those in parks.

Mississauga - Mississauga's Urban Forestry Section is responsible for the inspections and maintenance operations of all City trees that include street tree planting, pruning and removals, management of woodlands, the Private Tree By-Law, Public Utilities issues relating to trees and Boulevard Maintenance and nuisance weed inspections.

Oakville - All trees located throughout the Town of Oakville make up the "urban forest." Municipal trees contribute to an important part of Oakville's urban landscape while providing a wide variety of social, community, economic and environmental benefits. These benefits include climate moderation, air quality improvements, water conservation, habitat for birds and other wildlife and increased property values.

Oshawa was recognized in the 1999 and 2001 Communities in Bloom Program for our Forestry and Environmental Stewardship Programs that includes over 25,000 urban and rural street trees and over 350 acres of open space and wood lots. Maintaining a healthy, sustainable, urban forest is very important for the health and beautification of our City.

Ottawa - Woodlands, wildlife habitats, parks, rivers and streams - all of these natural areas serve to ease the tensions of everyday urban living. And the City of Ottawa manages and preserves our natural areas to ensure that these spaces are protected for our enjoyment today and for the enjoyment of our children, tomorrow.

Richmond Hill - The Urban Forestry Section of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is responsible for the protection, planting, maintenance and removal of trees deemed to be on Town lands. The Urban Forest in the Town of Richmond Hill encompasses an area where there is human influence on trees and vegetation. Whether you are strolling down a park pathway enjoying the shade of the trees on a warm summer's day, or taking in the shaded view at Mill Pond, trees increase our enjoyment of the outdoors.

Toronto -A major responsibility of Urban Forestry Services is the maintenance of City owned trees, particularly trees that grow on the City road allowance and in parks. Urban Forestry Services is responsible for maintaining approximately 500,000 City owned street trees and 2.5 million trees in parks, ravines and natural areas.

Waterloo - The City of Waterloo Forestry Division is responsible for managing the trees on City property, including all environmental areas and parks, trails, and along the streets. Our goal is to plant, maintain and remove trees to support and improve the urban tree canopy which delivers a wide range of economic, ecological and social benefits to all residents of The City of Waterloo.

Windsor: Forestry and Horticulture - Responsible for civic leadership in urban forestry, civic beautification and natural areas

Woodstock: Foresty Program - City Forestry Inventory: Approx. 100 woodlots/vegetative features which cover 249 Ha. which translates to 7.8% of the City’s land mass, 30,000-40,000 Street Trees, 15,000-20,000 Park Trees (does not include woodlots)

York Region: Transportation and Works - The Natural Heritage and Forestry Services section is responsible for four Regional Program functions which are integral to the sustainable management of the Region's 'Green Infrastructure'. The development and implementation of these priority initiatives helps to ensure and demonstrate that our natural environment, including the urban forest, is protected and enhanced for the enjoyment of present and future generations.

Quebec

RCM Brome-Missisquoi - A pioneer figure, the RCM Brome-Missisquoi was the first RCM in Quebec to provide itself with the services of a forestry engineer. Besides contributing to controlling tree cutting, the Forestry Department also manages the regional deciduous tree nursery and the Farnham Nature Centre. It also provides services relating to the application of municipal by-laws, through an intermunicipal agreement.

Montreal Botanic Garden - With its collection of 22,000 plant species and cultivars, 10 exhibition greenhouses, some thirty thematic gardens, and teams of researchers and activities staff, the Montréal Botanical Garden ranks as one of the world's largest and most spectacular botanical gardens.

Pointe-Claire - The Parks and Horticultural Division is responsible for the urban forest. Without taking into consideration wooded areas, Pointe-Claire has an inventory of over 18 000 trees located in parks and alongside streets, on the portion of land belonging to the city. This constitutes our urban forest.

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown - The City of Charlottetown recognized the importance of a healthy environment for the betterment of residents and merchants of Charlottetown, and has set one of their goals to better focus on Beautification and Forestry.

Saskatchewan

Regina - Parks / Horticulture: Maintenance activities include turf care, irrigation, chemical weed control, pest monitoring and control, aerial and ground tree pruning, tree planting, and flower and shrub bed maintenance.

Saskatoon - Trees play a significant role in our quality of life and provide a positive effect by beautifying our city for residents and tourists to enjoy. All trees that grow in Saskatoon are part of the urban forest including trees on both private and public property.

Weyburn - The Parks Department is responsible for the management of Weyburn’s urban forest which includes all city-owned tree located in parks and green spaces, along boulevards and residential streets, and on the grounds of various city-owned facilities.

Yukon Territory

Whitehorse - Habitat Conservation and Stewardship Program: This is a City of Whitehorse program that focuses on increasing community capacity, stewardship and advocacy in managing and protecting environmentally sensitive areas and significant wildlife areas.