Celebrating our Conservation Heroes

SNAPSHOT
OF SUCCESS
The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s
on-the-ground work is led by a team of
conservation professionals who work to
identify, plan and execute the protection
of the best of Canada’s natural spaces
and manage and restore them for the
long term. This process ensures that our
conservation actions (like buying land,
removing invasive weeds or mapping
the location of rare species) are efficient
and effective.
The following is a snapshot of our
success and impact in the past year.
And in the pages that follow, you’ll
read stories of our conservation breakthroughs
on the land and water, as well
as with species at risk. You will also
learn about some of the conservation
heroes who helped make it possible.
1. Conservation
OUR CONSERVATION HEROES helped us secure 55 properties this year. This was fewer
than planned, but a number of the projects themselves, such as Next Creek in BC, were
larger than we anticipated. As a result, we surpassed our goal for land secured, conserving
224,073 hectares (553,696 acres).
We now maintain habitat for 34 per cent of Canada’s species at risk, thanks to the support
of our donors and partners (see p.19).
Areas conserved in 2018–2019
Province/
territory
# of
properties
Hectares
secured
Acres
secured
Land
value ($)*
British Columbia 2 217,548 537,573 18,000,001
Alberta 5 1,503 3,713 6,556,000
Saskatchewan 3 1,670 4,128 866,000
Manitoba 4 176 436 326,000
Ontario 18 1,388 3,429 6,279,500
Quebec 10 1,052 2,598 2,730,978
New Brunswick 3 211 521 442,500
Prince Edward Island 2 127 313 243,500
209,666 HA
The size of NCC’s
Glass Sponge Reef project,
completed in 2018-19, off the
coast of British Columbia.
Nova Scotia 6 300 741 3,326,040
Newfoundland
and Labrador
Northwest
Territories
1 98 243 2,205,000
1 1 2 430,000
Grand Total 55 224,073 553,696 41,405,519
*Land value is the fair market value as determined by independent appraisal.