# Nature Conservancy of Canada/Conservation de la nature Canada

> The Nature Conservancy of Canada is a national charitable land conservation organization that identifies ecologically important places, secures them through purchase, donation or conservation agreements, and arranges long-term stewardship. Its customers are really a coalition: donors seeking measurable impact, governments pursuing conservation targets, landowners wanting permanent protection, companies funding nature and communities that benefit from healthy landscapes. The differentiator is execution at property and landscape scale - science, deal-making, matched finance and permanent care under one roof.

- **Founded:** 1962
- **Headquarters:** Toronto, Canada
- **Team size:** Approximately 540 employees according to the supplied company record; public profiles have reported lower counts at other dates, so this should be treated as an estimate.
- **Products:** Land securement, Long-term stewardship and restoration, Conservation agreements, Natural Heritage Conservation Program delivery, Nature + Climate Projects Accelerator
- **Notable:** Contributed to conservation impact across more than 15 million hectares since 1962, according to NCC’s published methodology., Completed its first conservation project at Cavan Swamp and Bog in Ontario in 1968., Protected Darkwoods in British Columbia in 2008, a 55,000-hectare project that was then Canada’s largest single private conservation initiative.

## Products & services

- **Land securement** — Identifies priority habitat and secures land or interests in land through purchases, donations, conservation agreements and relinquishment of legal interests.
- **Long-term stewardship and restoration** — Manages conserved properties through ecological monitoring, invasive-species control, prescribed fire, habitat restoration, species-at-risk work and stewardship planning.
- **Conservation agreements** — Negotiates legally durable restrictions that protect ecological values while land can remain privately owned and, in cases such as McIntyre Ranch, continue as a working landscape.
- **Natural Heritage Conservation Program delivery** — Works with federal and sector partners to channel matched public-private capital into protection of ecologically sensitive private lands.
- **Nature + Climate Projects Accelerator** — Develops nature-based climate and biodiversity projects, including carbon projects and the Conservation Exchange Pilot.
- **Conservation Volunteers and public engagement** — Offers volunteer stewardship events, citizen-science activities, educational content and opportunities to visit selected conservation areas.

## Achievements

- Contributed to conservation impact across more than 15 million hectares since 1962, according to NCC’s published methodology.
- Completed its first conservation project at Cavan Swamp and Bog in Ontario in 1968.
- Protected Darkwoods in British Columbia in 2008, a 55,000-hectare project that was then Canada’s largest single private conservation initiative.
- Joined partners in the 2019 Tallurutiup Imanga outcome involving two High Arctic protected areas spanning 427,000 square kilometres.
- Announced Boreal Wildlands in Ontario in 2022, then Canada’s largest private conservation project at more than 1,500 square kilometres.
- Helped complete the 22,000-hectare McIntyre Ranch agreement, Canada’s largest private grassland conservation agreement.
- Acquired 45,000 hectares of Kootenay Forest Lands in fall 2025, protecting a major Rocky Mountain wildlife corridor.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — The 2026 Big Backyard BioBlitz ran from July 27 to August 3, inviting Canadians to submit wildlife observations that help map biodiversity and long-term ecological change.
- **2025-12** — Government, Indigenous, industry and philanthropic partners announced completion of the 45,000-hectare Kootenay Forest Lands securement, backed by C$27 million from two federal funds.
- **2025-08** — The Big Backyard BioBlitz drew 6,647 participants who documented more than 6,000 species in over 59,000 observations.
- **2025** — A federal evaluation found the Natural Heritage Conservation Program relevant and efficient, while recommending better performance measurement and continued attention to Indigenous participation.
- **2024-06** — Canada extended the Conservation Exchange Pilot; NCC and Aviva continued a Saskatchewan project testing standardized biodiversity-benefit certificates.
- **2024-04** — Fundraising was completed for the 22,000-hectare McIntyre Ranch conservation agreement in Alberta.

## Links

- Website: https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ncc-cnc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NCC_CNC
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@natureconservancyofcanada
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ncccnc.bsky.social
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ncc_cnc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nature-Conservancy-of-Canada/232894981968

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Last updated: 2026-08-24