The Great Lakes Sustainability Fund

Through the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund (GLSF), the Government of Canada supports projects to clean up each of Canadas 14 remaining Areas of Concern or degraded areas within the Great Lakes Basin.

Since 1989, the GLSF has contributed approximately $110 million to more than 900 partnered projects to improve water quality in these areas. In 2013-2014, the GLSF provided $1.88 million for 31 projects. This investment leveraged a minimum of $3.76 million from other partners towards these projects, ensuring a total investment of at least $5.64 million.

Areas of Concern have been designated by the Governments of Canada and the United States under the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Of the 17 Areas of Concern identified on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes, three have been restored. In a further two, we have completed remedial actions and are monitoring environmental recovery prior to removing these sites from the list. In all other Canadian Areas of Concern, actions to restore water quality and ecosystem health are well advanced.

Environmental quality restored and officially removed from the bi-national list of Areas of Concern Severn Sound Collingwood Harbour Wheatley Harbour

All actions to restore environmental quality have been completed and monitoring to confirm restoration is in progress. Spanish Harbour Jackfish Bay

Thunder Bay Nipigon Bay Peninsula Harbour Hamilton Harbour Toronto and Region Port Hope Harbour Bay of Quinte

St. Lawrence River Niagara River St. Marys River St. Clair River Detroit River

For more information about the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund, please visit Environment Canadas Great Lakes Areas of Concern website.

The following 31 Great Lakes Sustainability Projects total $1.88 million in Government of Canada spending:

Sediment Nutrient Fluxes, Sediment Oxygen Demand and Links to Harmful Algal Blooms ($67,000)

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