New Community Wildfire Resilience Contributions program to advance FireSmart projects across the NWT

Apr. 18, 2025, Yellowknife, N.W.T. – A new program is being launched to boost investment in organizations seeking to advance FireSmart initiatives across the Northwest Territories.

The Community Wildfire Resilience Contributions program will invest a maximum of $300,000 per applicant annually for projects that will advance the seven FireSmart disciplines.

These projects will better prepare people and communities to live alongside wildfire and improve response capabilities at all levels of government during severe wildfire events.

$1.8 million is available to support the program annually through the end of fiscal year 2027-2028. This amounts to a 21-fold increase in available annual funding for FireSmart projects offered by the GNWT.

“Investments in FireSmart are investments in safer people, stronger communities, and a territory better prepared to be resilient in the face of a changing climate. We are happy to be expanding our ability to invest in wildfire resilience and the ideas and ambitions of dedicated organizations already working hard to advance FireSmart across the NWT,” said Jay Macdonald, Minister of Environment and Climate Change.