Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
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The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is yet another “Not in British Columbia” all part of “The Socialist Imperative“
Lots of money laundering going on here.
 Wilberforce Foundation |
Sitka Foundation | Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation |
| T/GEAR Foundation | Vancouver Foundation | Calgary Foundation — Robert and Jennifer Sadee Fund |
| Calgary Foundation — Robert and Jennifer Sadee Fund | Walker and Weller Family Foundation |
Alan & Gill Gray Foundation |
| Allan and Cynthia Arnold Fund / Vancouver Foundation | Brian and Norma Sagar Fund for the Environment and Animal Welfare / Vancouver Foundation | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| Pew Charitable Trusts |
National Audubon Society |
Patrick and Kimberly McVeigh Fund |
| ECO Canada | BC NDP Goverment – BC Gaming Commission | Federal Liberal Government |
| North Face |
Government funding is a significant component. CPAWS reported $7.147 million in government funding in 2025, compared with $5.443 million in 2024.
One particularly large documented grant was a $3.3-million Government of Quebec grant for the “Present for Municipalities” initiative, with $2.2 million received in December 2021 and another $1.1 million in February 2023.
From their website the following.
The establishment of our regional chapters was the beginning of the path toward building the grassroots, volunteer-drive, activist support base that has been the driving force behind so many of our campaigns across the country.
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (formerly the National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada) created in 1963
- Southern Alberta chapter (formerly the Calgary/Banff chapter) formed in 1967
- Northern Alberta chapter (formerly the Edmonton chapter) formed in 1968
- Ottawa Valley chapter formed 1970
- Saskatchewan chapter formed in 1977
- British Columbia chapter formed in 1977
- Wildlands League chapter (formerly Algonquin Wildlands League) formed in 1980
- Nova Scotia chapter formed in 1990
- Yukon chapter formed in 1991
- Manitoba chapter formed in 1991
- Northwest Territories chapter formed in 1996
- Quebec chapter formed in 2001
- Newfoundland and Labrador chapter formed in 2003
- New Brunswick chapter formed in 2004