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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Federal)
Open until March 31, 2026
Pacific salmon populations are declining, and the federal government wants your input on how to respond. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is gathering feedback on the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative (PSSI) - a major plan to protect and restore salmon...
Why This Matters: Love fishing? Eat salmon? Care about BC's rivers and ecosystems? Pacific salmon are a cornerstone of West Coast culture, economy, and Indigenous food systems. Their decline affects commercial fishers, sport anglers, coastal communities, and the wildlife that depend on them. This is your chance to...
Policy & Studies
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern
Natural Resources
Open for Input
Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas (AB)
Open until April 9, 2026
Alberta is asking how to manage a large area of land between the Clearwater, Athabasca, and Beaver Rivers near the Saskatchewan border. The draft plan sets rules for roads, logging, oil and gas, recreation, and conservation. This land overlaps...
Why This Matters: Hunt, fish, or camp in northeastern Alberta? This plan will shape what you can do and where. Work in forestry, oil and gas, or tourism in the region? The rules could affect your job. Live in a nearby community? This affects local roads and development. Indigenous communities have traditional ties...
Community Planning
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern
Natural Resources
Open for Input
Mississauga, ON
Mississauga is creating its first plan to protect archaeological sites across the city. The plan will map areas with archaeological potential and set new rules for development projects. Indigenous communities, including the Mississaugas of the...
Why This Matters: Planning to build or renovate in Mississauga? This plan could affect what assessments you need before breaking ground. It also determines how the city protects Indigenous heritage sites. If you care about local history or how development happens in your neighbourhood, this is your chance to weigh...
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Iqaluit, NU
Iqaluit is building a new road to the Nunavut Recovery Centre and wants your help naming it. The city is prioritizing Inuktitut names that reflect the region and are easy to pronounce. This road could eventually become a major street connecting to...
Why This Matters: Live in Iqaluit? This street could be in your neighbourhood someday. The city wants names that honour Inuktitut language and culture. Your vote helps shape how the community remembers this place.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Windsor, ON
Parks Canada wants to create a national urban park in Windsor, centred on the Ojibway Prairie Complex. This rare tallgrass prairie ecosystem would become part of a new network of urban parks across Canada. The City of Windsor is working with Parks...
Why This Matters: Live in Windsor or LaSalle? This could transform how you access nature in your backyard. The Ojibway Prairie is one of the last remaining tallgrass prairies in North America—home to rare species you won't find anywhere else. A national urban park would protect it permanently while creating trails...
Community Planning
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Government of Manitoba (MB)
Manitoba is planning a multi-billion-dollar investment in Churchill, and Premier Wab Kinew wants to hear from residents. The townhall on February 3, 2026 is your chance to ask questions and share priorities about how this northern development should...
Why This Matters: Live in Churchill or northern Manitoba? This investment could reshape your community for generations. Jobs, infrastructure, and environmental protections are all on the table. Indigenous Nations will have a seat at the table too—how that works matters.
Policy & Studies
Economy & Jobs
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Waterloo Region, ON
Doon Heritage Village, a 60-acre living history museum in Waterloo Region, is getting a major update. The museum has recreated life in 1914 rural Ontario since the late 1980s, but now they're asking: whose stories are missing? The Region wants input...
Why This Matters: Ever visited a museum and thought 'where's my family's story?' This is your chance to change that. The Region wants to hear from people whose cultures and traditions aren't yet represented at this historic site. If you've got memories of Doon Village from the past 60 years, they want those too.
Community Planning
Education
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Waterloo Region, ON
Kitchener is creating a stewardship plan for Huron Natural Area, a 250-acre protected forest and wetland. The city wants your input on how to protect the environment, support Indigenous placemaking, and meet community needs for recreation and...
Why This Matters: Live in Kitchener? This is one of the city's largest green spaces. Whether you walk your dog here, bring your kids to explore nature, or just want wild spaces preserved, this plan will shape how the area is managed for decades. Indigenous communities have a special connection to this land too.
Community Planning
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Brampton, ON
Brampton is creating its first plan to protect archaeological sites across the city. The plan will map areas where artifacts might be found and set rules for what happens when development is proposed on sensitive land. Indigenous communities are...
Why This Matters: Live in Brampton? This affects what happens when someone wants to build on land that might contain Indigenous artifacts or historical sites. If you care about preserving local history or ensuring Indigenous heritage is respected, this is your chance to weigh in.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas (AB)
Wood bison were listed as threatened in Alberta in 2021 due to disease and human conflict. The government is developing a recovery plan to protect disease-free populations in northern Alberta. Right now, they're working with Indigenous communities...
Why This Matters: Live in northern Alberta near wood bison habitat? This plan could affect land use and development in your area. Indigenous communities have traditional ties to these animals. Even if you're not nearby, this is about whether Alberta can save a threatened species before it's too late.
Policy & Studies
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Saskatoon, SK
Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation wants to rezone their property in Saskatoon's Riversdale area from residential to institutional use. The change would allow community facilities like cultural centres, educational spaces, or recreational programs. Right now...
Why This Matters: Live near 20th Street West in Saskatoon? This rezoning could bring new community services to your neighbourhood. Indigenous community facilities often provide cultural programming, education, and gathering spaces that benefit the broader community too.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Open for Input
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (NT)
The NWT government is developing regulations for its new Mineral Resources Act. This part focuses on benefit agreements and socio-economic policies for mining projects. They want your input on how mining companies should share benefits with...
Why This Matters: Live in the NWT? Mining is a major employer and economic driver. These rules will determine what benefits flow to your community from mining projects. Indigenous communities especially have a stake in how benefit agreements are structured.
Regulations & Permits
Economy & Jobs
Indigenous & Northern
Natural Resources
Open for Input
Transport Canada (Federal)
Open until March 31, 2031
Canada is investing $1.5 billion to protect its coasts and waterways. The government wants your input on how to do it better. Topics include Indigenous partnerships, marine safety, and environmental protection.
Why This Matters: Live near the coast? Work in fishing, shipping, or tourism? This plan affects how Canada protects its waters for the next decade. Indigenous communities have a direct stake in how these partnerships are built.
Policy & Studies
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern
Transportation
Closed
Ministry of Energy and Mines (ON)
Ontario wants to build its first underwater high-voltage power line across Lake Ontario, connecting downtown Toronto to Bowmanville. The Toronto Third Line would help meet growing electricity demand in the GTA and make the grid more resilient to...
Why This Matters: Live in the GTA? Your power bills and grid reliability are at stake. The 2024 floods showed how vulnerable Toronto's electricity supply can be. This underwater line could prevent blackouts during extreme weather. It would also support new clean energy sources and help the region handle growth...
Regulations & Permits
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern
Natural Resources
Closed
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (ON)
Ontario wants to replace its current environmental assessment process for municipal projects like roads, water systems, and sewage plants. The new rules would speed up approvals for housing-related infrastructure while keeping archaeological...
Why This Matters: Waiting for a new home? This could speed up construction of the roads, water, and sewer systems needed for new housing developments. If you live near a proposed project, you'd have 30 days to comment on draft reports instead of navigating the current complex process. Indigenous communities would...
Regulations & Permits
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Closed
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Federal)
The federal government is working with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and other First Nations to study how past, present, and future development affects the St. Lawrence River area. They've drafted a plan for how this regional assessment will...
Why This Matters: Live near the St. Lawrence? This assessment will shape how future projects—ports, pipelines, industrial facilities—get evaluated in your region. It's a chance to flag environmental concerns before specific projects even get proposed. Indigenous communities have a lead role here, which could set a...
Environmental Assessment
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern