Sustaining agriculture, wildlife and natural spaces for all Canadians—one acre at a time
ALUS Canada makes it possible to offset your environmental footprint through agricultural stewardship. ALUS invests in farmers and ranchers who are producing acres of clean air, clean water, wildlife habitat and other ecosystem services in communities across Canada.
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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.
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunity
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.
Incorporate the New Acre™ into your corporate sponsorshop portfolio today!
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunity
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.
Incorporate the New Acre™ into your corporate sponsorshop portfolio today!
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunity
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.
Incorporate the New Acre™ into your corporate sponsorshop portfolio today!
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunity
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.
Incorporate the New Acre™ into your corporate sponsorshop portfolio today!
Latest ALUS News
Putting Modeste to the Test
Work is on track for the Modeste Natural Infrastructure Project, whose first annual meeting was held in Edmonton February 5, 2019.
ALUS participants win 2018 OTIS awards
Battle River Watershed Alliance recognized outstanding stewardship work of Alana and Justin Schamber (ALUS Wetaskiwin-Leduc), and Marie and Don Ruzicka (ALUS Flagstaff).
Care Runs in the Family
ALUS Red Deer County participants Kevin and Roxanne Ziola manage 21 ALUS projects on Iron Kreek Ranch, a 1,600-acre cow/calf and lamb operation in Alberta .
Flexible and Strong in Saskatchewan
ALUS WUQWATR participants Larry and DeLee Grant produce wildlife habitat and other ecosystem services in Saskatchewan.
The Nature of Meadowlea
ALUS Lambton participants Scott and Susan Stephens maintain eight ALUS projects on environmentally sensitive parcels of land on Meadowlea Farms.
The Next Generation of Conservation in the West
Calgary business leaders celebrate strong support for ALUS Canada in Alberta, where ranchers produce cleaner air, cleaner water and wildlife habitat for all.
How to Fit a Forest Under the Tree
ALUS Canada launches 2018 seasonal giving campaign. Don’t delay, the deadline for your 2018 charitable contribution tax receipt is December 31!
Building resilience
ALUS Canada co-organized the country’s first-ever Natural Infrastructure Forum in November 2018.
Cold Hands, Warm Hearts
ALUS Canada’s October 2018 Field Conference proves that Prairie spirits cannot be dampened by unseasonably cold weather.
Story to Tell
ALUS Red Deer County produced a wonderful collection of digital stories told by local farmers, ranchers and residents with a connection to land and water.
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.
photo: W. Garfield Weston by Yousuf Karsh, ca. 1943
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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ALUS Canada by the Numbers
Snapshot of ALUS Canada’s stats from the end of 2015 fiscal year.
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Ecosystem Services
Through ALUS, Canadians can fund acres of wildlife habitat, carbon capture, clean air, clean 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.
Find out why farmers and ranchers love ALUS
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.