Initiatives
Initiatives
- Parks Bank
  Supporting the purchase of private lands important to communities, wildlife, and climate mitigation.
- Healthy by Nature
  Boosting Canadians’ health and learning in conjunction with doctors, health care professionals, and educators across Canada.
- Discover Parks
  Adding outdoor recreational experiences and facilities so that everyone can enjoy parks safely and responsibly.
- BC Conservation Fund
  Supporting the long-term conservation of priority biodiverse landscapes across BC by working together with the Province, First Nations, and many other partners.
- Community Science
  Empowering British Columbians and visitors with accessible tools to contribute to a living picture of the animals, plants and other elements that sustain life.
- PaRx
  PaRx is Canada’s national nature prescription program. From boosting energy and focus to reducing anxiety, time in nature is a powerful prescription for a healthier, happier life.
- Spark Grants
  Providing small grants to community groups to help them cover the real costs of getting outside and into BC's parks.
- 30x30
  Working with First Nations, local communities, and people like you to protect what matters most.
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  Create lasting impact.
- Volunteer
  Give back in nature.
- Careers
  Help shape the future of parks.
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Protect now, enjoy forever

Who we are

You’re helping protect the lands and waters that make BC beautiful

BC Parks Foundation is the official charitable partner for parks and protected areas in British Columbia. We also work across Canada, using parks to improve Canadians’ health, education, and economy.

By becoming part of our community, you can conserve, restore, and enjoy natural areas. You can add and enjoy outdoor recreational experiences and facilities. And you can improve and enjoy better health and learning. Parks are who we are. Protect now, enjoy forever.

What you make possible

Explore our initiatives

Building the greatest system of parks and Indigenous protected areas in the world takes all of us working together, across many efforts, in every corner of the province. Explore what’s possible. Join us. Keep BC beautiful.

Spark Grants

Providing small grants to community groups to help them cover the real costs of getting outside and into BC's parks.

30x30

Working with First Nations, local communities, and people like you to protect what matters most.

Parks Bank

Supporting the purchase of private lands important to communities, wildlife, and climate mitigation.

Healthy By Nature

Boosting Canadians’ health and learning in conjunction with doctors, health care professionals, and educators across Canada.

Discover Parks

Adding outdoor recreational experiences and facilities so that everyone can enjoy parks safely and responsibly.

A series of islands and lakes with turquoise waters

Two people use a binoculars to gaze upon a lake

A Discover Parks Ambassador points something out to park visitors in a forest

Two orca fins emerge from beneath the water

Two people kayak underneath a pink and orange setting sun

A crew of people row a boat across open water

Protected forever

Explore Hummingbird Hill

"Small creatures face big odds. This single piece of land makes a difference.”

Along the Pacific Flyway, where millions of birds travel north and south each year, a 21-hectare property in Metchosin has now been permanently protected by you, supporters of BC Parks Foundation.

In partnership with Rocky Point Bird Observatory, the site will serve as a bird sanctuary, supporting research, education, and community outreach programs. It's another great example of proud British Columbians working together to keep BC beautiful.

Want to get involved?

Join a community of proud British Columbians and supporters from around the world who want to keep BC beautiful for now, for all, for always.

When you donate, you are conserving and restoring natural areas. You are adding outdoor recreational experiences and facilities. And you are improving health and learning for millions of Canadians.

100% of your donation goes to activities, and most of the time it will be matched, doubling your gift’s impact.

Donate now

Our impact

403K

Acres safeguarded across British Columbia.

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A Discover Parks Ambassador points something in nature out to park visitors

A person stands atop a large cliff, overlooking a deep valley

Enjoy forever

"Being in nature and taking care of it is core to who we are as British Columbians.

When we get outside, breathe fresh air, and feel the sun and wind on our faces, we reconnect with the living world around us—the forests, rivers, and wildlife that make this place home.

Those moments remind us why it matters to keep these places thriving, so that future generations can feel the same joy and wonder we feel. If we protect it now, we can enjoy it forever.”

Andy Day, CEO, BC Parks Foundation