Sustaining agriculture, wildlife and natural spaces for all Canadians—one acre at a time
ALUS helps farmers and ranchers produce ecosystem services on their land. These include cleaner air, cleaner water, flood mitigation, carbon sequestration, species at risk habitat and support for native bees and pollinators.
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See ALUS on the Ground
Active in six provinces to date, the ALUS program links Canada’s natural heritage across agricultural lands. With funding from a variety of sources, ALUS will continue to grow and establish new communities across Canada. Click on any province for more detail.
Beyond conservation to production
Beyond conservation to production
New Acre Project is the next generation of Canadian conservation. Our proven model produces cleaner water, cleaner air and an ecosystem for wildlife habitat.
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Return on your investment
Return on your investment
New Acre Project promises your corporation a simple and transparent return on your investment.
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Creating shared value
Creating shared value
With New Acre Project, you can help rebuild nature, one acre at a time.
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Community leadership
Community leadership
New Acre Project provides unique opportunities for your company to deepen its community ties.
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Secret Santa
ALUS Canada is thrilled to receive a generous $300,000 grant from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. Learn more...
ALUS Canada supports environmental stewardship on farms and ranches
ALUS makes it easy for agriculture to be part of the solution, producing ecosystem services to benefit us all. Learn more...
ALUS Canada welcomes Joe Csoff as PAC Liaison
ALUS is delighted to announce that Joe Csoff will be available to support all ALUS Partnership Advisory Committees (PACs) across the country.
Helping At-Risk Fish
New fact sheets showcase how farmers and ranchers can help endangered fish species, thanks to ALUS Canada and funding from DFO’s Canada Nature Fund.
Announcing ALUS SODCAP
ALUS Canada is thrilled to welcome a new ALUS community in Saskatchewan, in partnership with the SODCAP Inc.
ALUS Canada launches new booklets to help farmers and ranchers monitor ALUS projects for best success
ALUS Canada launches new booklets to help farmers and ranchers monitor ALUS projects for best success.
Announcing ALUS Assiniboine West
ALUS Canada is thrilled to announce the evolution of the ALUS Little Saskatchewan River program into a new community: ALUS Assiniboine West.
Thank you for making a difference this year
For a snapshot of the progress we have made by working together, take a look at the most telling data from the last fiscal year, 2019 to 2020.
ALUS Canada earns a national Nonprofit Employer of Choice Award
ALUS Canada wins a national Nonprofit Employer of Choice™ Award.
A Trio of New Staffers Join ALUS Canada
In the winter and spring of 2020, ALUS grew its national team to better deliver ecological benefits in Canadian farm communities.
A Weston Family Initiative
“We believe strongly in the ALUS model, which delivers ecological outcomes while engaging local communities.” Tamara Rebanks, Director, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
ALUS Canada is a Weston Family Initiative. The W. Garfield Weston Foundation’s generous and long-standing commitment to ALUS Canada has played a critical role in growing ALUS into a truly national not-for-profit organization, one that is rapidly expanding into many new communities across the country.
ALUS Supporters
Generous funding from public and private sources enables ALUS to put green infrastructure projects on the agricultural landscape. Our supporters help create pollinator hedgerows in Ontario, shelterbelts in Alberta, wetlands in the Prairies, wildlife habitat in Quebec, clean streams in PEI, and much more across Canada.
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ALUS in Action
ALUS projects establish pollinator habitat, improve wetlands, protect waterways, plant trees and shrubs, and much more.
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Ecosystem Services
Through ALUS, Canadians can fund acres of wildlife habitat, carbon capture, cleaner air, cleaner water, pollinator meadows, and more.
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ALUS Farmers & Ranchers
As the largest single group of landowners in Canada, agricultural producers are in a unique position to provide solutions to some of the most pressing conservation challenges of our time, including climate change and biodiversity loss. ALUS participants actively produce ecosystem services on the working landscape, to benefit the wider community.
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Foundational Partner
ALUS Canada proudly recognizes Delta Waterfowl as a Foundational Partner. Delta was instrumental in launching the first-ever ALUS pilot project, which took place in Blanshard, Manitoba, from 2006 to 2009, and the second ALUS pilot, in Norfolk, Ontario, which remains the longest continually running ALUS program in Canada. Delta also co-wrote the “ALUS bible,” which laid out the original principles of the program. In 2016, ALUS left the Delta nest, becoming ALUS Canada, A Weston Family Initiative.