The Province of British Columbia is investing $155 million toward reforestation programs to plant more than 125 million trees across the province, and federal funding of more than $200 million brings combined support to more than $355 million, according to the Province of British Columbia.

The provincial investment allocates more than $56 million to reforestation that supports habitat restoration under the BC Aggregation 2 Billion Trees Project, more than $1 million to the Riparian Recovery Project and more than $99 million to large-scale reforestation through the BC Forest Investment Program. The funding builds on the roughly $95 million the Province invests annually via the Forest Investment Program.

Federal 2 Billion Trees funding will support partners to plant as many as 20 million trees focused on restoring critical habitats. Projects supported by this funding will include environmental assessments by forest professionals, planting seedlings and native vegetation that reflect the surrounding ecosystem and, where needed, use of machinery to remove manufactured structures to reclaim space for natural habitats. Indigenous-led projects are eligible for up to $13.3 million in federal funding.

Reforestation for wildfire restoration is funded jointly by Canada and the Province as a four-year initiative that will support planting 53.8 million trees on public lands throughout British Columbia by 2027, with specific planting targets for later years to be determined.

The Forest Investment Program maintains yearly planting targets of 40 million to 50 million seedlings and is planning to plant more than 48 million seedlings in 2026. The total number of planned trees to be planted on public lands in British Columbia for 2026 is 233.8 million. Since 2017 the Province has invested in planting 400 million trees.

The funding package is positioned alongside the 2026 Council of Canadian Forest Ministers Conference, scheduled for June 3-5 in Langford, where provincial officials will discuss reforestation, forest-sector investments and worker support issues.