Ontario
Since 1962, Canada’s leading not-for-profit, private land conservation organization, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), has been protecting Ontario’s most important natural areas and the species they sustain. Along with its partners, NCC has helped to protect more than 184,000 acres (74,400 hectares) in Ontario. From the north shore of Lake Superior to Pelee Island in Lake Erie, NCC works to protect the province’s most significant natural landscapes.
Stories from the Field
Big brown bat, Happy Valley Forest, ON (Photo by NCC)
Monitoring for myotis in Happy Valley Forest
Throughout the past summer, NCC and the Toronto Zoo have been recording the echolocation calls of bats on and around NCC’s conservation lands in the Happy Valley Forest. Continue Reading »
Bruce Peninsula National Park (CNW Group/Parks Canada)
Driftwood Cove and Bruce Trail protected through collaboration
Thanks to a collaboration between the Bruce Trail Conservancy and Parks Canada, eight kilometres of the Bruce Trail, along with 3,272 acres of Niagara Escarpment wilderness, is now protected for the long term. Continue Reading »
From Our Blog
The Wildpaths maritimes project is a citizen science project that helps protect wildlife by using the iNaturalist app. (Photo by NCC)
Citizen science 101
October 24, 2018
Close your eyes and picture a scientist. What do you see? Lab coats, goggles and beakers of bubbling liquids? A perplexed set of eyes staring back at you through a window filled with complex equations beyond comprehension? Ask the internet and it... Continue Reading »
Featured Projects
A red trillium in Happy Valley Forest, ON (Photo by NCC)
Find out about our conservation projects, research activities, land management priorities and more. Read more »
Our Work
Powder Islands, ON (Photo by Mike Dembeck)
Learn about where and how we are focussing our conservation efforts in Ontario.
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Faces of NCC
A mini Conservation Volunteer, ON (Photo by NCC)
Meet some of the staff, volunteers and supporters who make our work possible. Read more »
News Releases
Red-winged black bird, ON (Photo by Bill Hubick)
Read the latest NCC news in Ontario.
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