Table 3 Overview of municipal home food gardening programs in 2020.

From: Seeds and the city: a review of municipal home food gardening programs in Canada in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Municipality	Program name	Number of participating households^a	Targeted to low-income residents	Seeds	Seedlings	Soil	Container(s)	Partner organization(s)	Program ran in 2021^b
Montréal	Festival Cultiver Montréal	Unknown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cultiver Montréal	Yes
Ottawa	Seeds and Soil Home Garden Project	Just under 3000	Yes^c	Yes	Yes (some)	Yes	No	Just Food (primary); several other partner organizations	No
Brampton	Backyard Garden Program	6000	No	Yes	Yes (some)	Yes	No	–	Yes
Surrey	Yard to Garden Program	60	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Seeds of Change (primary); United Way	No
Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)	Food Gardening @ Home	1. 350+ 2. 260+ 3. 80+	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	4 partner organizations	No
Greater Sudbury	Home Garden Project	1. 288 2. 78 3. Unknown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (some)	Sudbury CGN (primary); several other partner organizations, local businesses	No
Ajax	Small Garden Kit Giveaway	500	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	2 Partner businesses	No
Waterloo	–	100	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	–	No
Red Deer	Home Grown	460+	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	–	No
Victoria	Get Growing, Victoria!	5537	No^d	No	Yes	Yes	No	44 partner organizations	Yes
Grande Prairie	GP Grows	1. 800 2. 700	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	–	Yes
Saint-Eustache	Journée Thématique en Environnement	Unknown	No	No	Yes	No	No	–	Yes
Brant	Host Garden Program	20	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Equal Ground Community Garden	No
Chambly	–	250	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	–	No
Saint-Constant	Mon Petit Jardin Bio	1. 750 2. 500	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	–	Yes
Deux-Montagnes	La Journée Horticole	1800^e	No	No	Yes	No	No	–	Yes
Sainte-Anne-des- Plaines	La Journée Annuelle de l’Environnement	Unknown	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	3 local businesses	Yes
Lorraine	Journée Verte	400	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	–	Yes
L'Épiphanie	Journée de l’Environnement	525	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	–	Yes

^aSome municipalities had more than one cohort of the same program, or two or more programs running, under the same program title. Grande Prairie’s numbers are approximate.
^bWith the exception of the City of Victoria, all home food gardening programs were modified somewhat for their 2021 iteration.
^cLow-income households were given priority; however, registration then opened up to all residents.
^dSome residents were prioritized for Victoria’s Get Growing program: those who were facing food security barriers caused by historical marginalization, those who lost their jobs due to COVID-19, and residents who were immunocompromised (but not necessarily low-income or otherwise marginalized).
^eThis number includes participants who just received flower plants rather than flower and edible herb plants.

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Table 3 Overview of municipal home food gardening programs in 2020.

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