April 9, 2025 – Calgary, Alberta. The recognition of six new Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan is a critical step for the conservation of species at risk in rapidly vanishing native prairie grasslands.
In a groundbreaking step to address the decline of grassland bird populations, Birds Canada and the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation (SSGF) have launched the Bird-friendliness Index Incentive Pilot Program. Using the “holistic conservation model”, this new pilot program aims to address the needs of birds, biodiversity, and the people who make a living on the land.
The newly released State of Canada’s Birds is a partnership between Birds Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada. It’s built on over 50 years of bird monitoring data, much of it collected by Citizen Scientists.
On May 22, the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, announced an investment of 15 million Canadian dollars over 3 years to Birds Canada to support the health of biodiversity and ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean through the Conserva Aves Initiative.
Now in its 8th year, this diverse and friendly festival of events coordinated by Birds Canada invites emerging birders and seasoned pros alike into Toronto’s top birding hotspots to make the most of this yearly spectacle! Join experts for guided walks, hone your skills through interesting webinars, and learn about ways you can support bird conservation at home.
Birds Canada hopes birders across Canada will flock to Project FeederWatch.
On Friday, local MPP Bobbi Ann Brady met with Birds Canada to celebrate a $144,700 Capital grant awarded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to support critical infrastructure and technology upgrades to the Birds Canada Headquarters in Port Rowan, Ontario.
Groups presented shared recommendations to the federal government on how Canada must act urgently to meet its global commitments to protect and restore nature under the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) agreed to at COP 15 in Montreal last December.
This approval represents a failure to use the precautionary principle that avoids industrial impact at sites that are important to biodiversity.
