ONTARIO TRAILS COUNCIL NEWSLETTER - March 2, 2026
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 Ontario Trails Council is a charity, led by a volunteer board of directors, that promotes the use, management, development, and preservation of trails and trail-based activities in Ontario.
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ONTARIO TRAILS NEWS
The Ontario Trails Council wishes to thank the Trans Canada Trail for their generous financial support which will enable the Ontario Trails Council to send at least one representative to the National Trail Summit in June.
Please consider joining the funding campaign to send some of our colleagues and friends to the summit as well. Together we can have an Ontario presence at the national table to develop new trails, and new pathways of support for all members of the TCT trail.
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You can Help send 10 Ontario Trails Leaders to the National Trail Summit
Ontario Trails Council is revitalizing our partnership with the Trans Canada Trail. Recent talks have gone exceedingly well between the OTC Board and leadership of the TCT. We thank the TCT for the opportunity to support our presence at the national event.
Unfortunately due to a lack of resources we missed the World Trail Conference 2 years ago. We wish to have a presence in Winnipeg in support of those OTC members that Support the Trans Canada Trail in their communities.
With your help we can help shape a better future for trails in Canada. Please donate to get us there. Thank you.
TOP TRAIL NEWS
Is your trail impacted by the potential Alto High Speed rail project?
The friends of the Cataraqui Trail write to OTC:
We have become aware of the possible use of the Cataraqui Trail as part of the future Alto Train route. You can see where the proposed southern Alto train route traverses the trail via Alto’s interactive map: https://en.consultation.altotrain.ca/shaping-the-canada-of-tomorrow-with-high-speed-rail/places/interact-map
The Friends are of course concerned and passed the motion below. Motion: That the Friends of the Cataraqui Trail express opposition to the location of the ALTO High Speed Rail system along any section of the Cataraqui Trail and encourage members of the Friends of the Trail to express their own opinions to ALTO. Alto is encouraging feedback via a brief. If your organizations are interested. Here is the link to submit a brief: https://en.consultation.altotrain.ca/shaping-the-canada-of-tomorrow-with-high-speed-rail/surveys/upload-briefThe OTC will be sending in its own brief, we encourage OTC members impacted by the railway to also write their own brief.   Stokely Creek Lodge hosting customer appreciation day - Sault Ste. Marie NewsSooToday.com... Ontario's world-class trail system. The Velorution crew will be on-site ... Stokely's extensive snowshoe trail system will also be open for ... The Forest City is now officially the 2026 Forest Capital of Canada | City of LondonLondon“Through actions big and small, from planting new trees and caring for mature ones, to maintaining parks and trails and responding to storms and ...
ONTARIO TRAIL PROJECTS AND FUNDING
 Accessibility Grant Opportunities - Now Open!
| The federal government has opened the Enabling Accessibility Fund 2026 through a Call for Proposals. Funding is available between $500,000 and $1,000,000 for a project that is up to 24 months in duration, with applications open until March 12, 2026. The Rick Hansen Foundation also has more than 40 accessibility grants of up to $40,000 to complete an access-improvement project in your community. Applications are open until March 15, 2026. |
Capital grant applications open February 4 Non-profit organizations in Ontario can apply for Capital grants from February 4, to March 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET. These grants fund projects that update buildings, enhance physical spaces, or purchase fixed and non-fixed equipment so people and communities can thrive. Apply for $10,000 up to $200,000.
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