Today’s Trees Tomorrows Canopy’s (3TC) mission is to increase the urban canopy in municipalities across North America and beyond. We believe in the social responsibility to restore damaged or degraded ecosystems and create new ecosystems, by planting native trees and promoting biodiversity. We are enriching communities with various planting projects while educating the public about the importance of trees and reforestation.

We recognize the benefits of planting locally grown trees and strive to source the best plant material with the closest growth range to any ongoing urban canopy planting projects. In addition to planting locally grown trees, we aim to plant mature trees, when possible, to increase the urban canopy effect and increase the benefits for communities. The bigger the tree, the bigger the benefits offered.

We look forward to improving communities through an increased urban canopy, while simultaneously mitigating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to create cleaner neighbourhoods.

Municipalities across the country are experiencing a major gap in urban canopies as trees planted 50-100 years ago are declining and being removed. In many cases, fewer and smaller trees are being planted to replace these trees, reducing the benefits offered by larger trees. Large trees are particularly valuable, absorbing up to 36 times more air pollutants and storing up to 291 times more carbon than smaller trees. It is extremely important mature trees are planted and maintained within municipalities to counteract the hundreds of mature trees being removed every year. We are working hard to educate and create strategies to develop, continue and promote sustainable urban canopy projects for future generations.

As a tree grows, its benefits grow, meaning the larger the tree the bigger the impact on air purification, water conservation, carbon sequestration, and more.