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Environmental Stewardship

Community Environmental Initiatives

Green initiatives and programs in the community

A local, volunteer-driven approach to reducing environmental problems and promoting pro-environmental behaviour.

Adopt-a-Park

Engaging volunteers and community groups in creating and preserving green spaces and safe parks for everyone.

Community Clean-up Trailer

Providing volunteers with the tools they need to beautify our city parks, alleyways, trails and neighbourhoods.

Community Tree Planting

Community Tree Planting Events aim to engage community members in planting trees across our City to grow the urban forest canopy.

Litter Education

Help keep valuable recyclables out of our one and only landfill. Put waste in the right place!

Team Up to Clean Up

Learn how to organize a team and register your cleanup event.

Reporting Graffiti

Rapid removal is one of the most effective deterrents to vandalism. Learn how to report graffiti.

Community & Environmental Initiaves

Featured Programs & Projects

Group of people, cleaning together in public park, saving the environment together.

Participate in the Team Up to Clean Up program!

A year-round city-wide community cleanup program that provides volunteers with all the tools needed to run a community cleanup including gloves, recycling bags and specially marked garbage bags.

Learn more or register for a neighbourhood cleanup

City workers planting flowers in a traffic island flower bed

Traffic Island Beautification

The Hamilton in Bloom sponsorship program turns traffic islands into beautiful flower beds.

Trillium awards

Trillium Awards

Promoting and encouraging community pride through the recognition of excellence in landscape design & maintenance.

Close up of a sweat bee on a New England aster

Bee City Pollinators

To establish and maintain healthy pollinator habitat within the municipality or First Nation’s boundaries.

Free tree giveaway

Free Tree Giveaway

Tree giveaway held annually to provide residents a variety of native tree species to plant on their property.

Date modified

May 06, 2024