Table 4 Food gardening in significant municipal plans and reports, and food gardening programs.

Municipality	Food gardening in official municipal plan	Food gardening in environmental and/or sustainability plan	Food gardening in parks/green spaces master plan	Specific urban agriculture plan/policy	Edible landscaping project(s) and/or food forests on municipal land	Community garden(s) on municipal land, run by municipality	Community garden(s) on municipal land, run by community organization(s)
Montréal	Yes	Yes	No and Yes^a	No and Yes^a	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ottawa	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Brampton	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Surrey	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^b	No	Yes
Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Greater Sudbury	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^b	No	Yes
Ajax	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Waterloo	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Red Deer	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Victoria	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes^b	No	Yes
Grande Prairie	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Saint-Eustache	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Brant	No^c	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Chambly	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Saint-Constant	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Deux-Montagnes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Sainte-Anne-des- Plaines	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Lorraine	Unknown^d	No	No	No	No	No	No
L'Épiphanie	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

^aSome arrondissements in Montréal mention food gardening in these plans, others do not. La Ville de Montréal does not have an overarching parks master plan or an urban agriculture plan/policy.
^bEdible landscaping initiatives and/or food forests in these municipalities are managed by community organizations; the municipalities provide some funding or in-kind support, in addition to the land.
^cAt the time of writing (July 2021), the County of Brant is nearing completion of its new Official Municipal Plan.
^dNot available online.

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