Trees for Health

Supported by Trees for Life’s, Trees for Heroes program, Trees for Health is a coalition of passionate organizations partnering with health facilities, municipalities, and conservation authorities to plant trees in honour of health workers.

Health workers are doing everything they can to keep us healthy

Let's return the favour by increasing green spaces where they work.

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Frontline workers and other hospital staff work diligently every day to keep all of us safe.

We aim to give back to frontline heroes by offering a moment of rest in nature. With the support of Canadian organizations and companies, our goal is to add at least one bench and one tree to the landscape of hospitals across Canada. Because heroes need healing too.

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Because…
- Balance ecosystems by creating habitats for several species including migratory birds & pollinators;
- Will intercept and clean more than 4,400 Olympic size swimming pools of water every year;
- Stop dangerous run-off from polluting rivers and lakes by preventing erosion & stabilizing soil;
- purifient l’air en séquestrant plus de 550 000 tonnes de CO2 au cours des 50 premières années de leur vie;
- Produce enough oxygen for nearly 5 million people per day
Research shows that access to nature and green spaces benefits our mental & physical health. This includes positive outcomes for heart rates & blood pressure, stress levels, mood & self-esteem, obesity, type 2 diabetes, postoperative recovery, birth weight, children’s cognitive development, and cardiovascular disease, plus many others.
A thank you to health workers is long overdue and our planet needs our help to fight climate change. We aim to pay tribute to health workers across Ontario by planting thousands of trees in their honour.

Thanks so much to these incredible health facilities and municipalities who helped us get our roots in the ground.

Participating Facilities and Tree Numbers

City of Edmonton: 18,750 trees planted

Town of Huntsville: 100 trees planted

Wentworth Lodge (Trees for Hamilton): 15 trees planted

Bruce’s Mill: 450 trees planted

Beaver Woodland: 500 trees planted

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: 501 trees planted

City of Markham: 500 trees planted

Beechwood Cemetery: 61 trees planted

Pierre Rocque Park: 100 trees planted

Sunnybrook Hospital: St. John’s Rehab: 1 trees planted

Sunnybrook Hospital: Bayview Campus: 1 trees planted

St. Mary’s Memorial Hospital: 1 trees planted

Stratford General Hospital: 1 trees planted

Seaforth Community Hospital: 1 trees planted

Clinton Public Hospital: 1 trees planted

Groves Memorial: 1 trees planted

Brantford General Hospital: 1 trees planted

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance: 1 trees planted

Bluewater Health: 1 trees planted

Guelph General Hospital: 1 trees planted

London Health Sciences Centre (Victoria Campus): 1 trees planted

St Thomas Elgin General Hospital: 1 trees planted

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre: 1 trees planted

Haldimand War Memorial Hospital: 1 trees planted

Wallaceburg Hospital: 1 trees planted

Hamilton General Hospital: 32 trees planted

St. Peter's Hospital: 25 trees planted

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton: 5 trees planted

The Ottawa Hospital: General Campus: 1 trees planted

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario: 1 trees planted

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton: 5 trees planted

Town of Pelham: 98 trees planted

Town of Tillsonburg: 100 trees planted

City of St. Thomas: 15 trees planted

City of Hamilton: 980 trees planted

Town of Lincoln: 3 trees planted

Total Tree Count:

22,258 trees

Join the movement!

Are you a health worker who wants to green up your workplace? Do you have land and want to plant trees in honour of your local health workers? We’d love to hear from you!

Please download our Trees for Health document to learn more. If you have any further questions or are ready to get the conversation started, feel free to reach out.