Protect Ontario from unnecessary gravel mining

The Story of Gravel

Each month, our webinar series highlights community groups on the front lines of the fight against harmful gravel mining. In October, the Saugeen Preservation Society shared firsthand experience of the 'gravel rush' impacting rural communities.

DAMN! Campaign

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Municipal Action Plan

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Rock Tour

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4.6 billion

How many litres of water approved by the province for daily consumption by the gravel mining industry

5,000

How many acres of land gravel mining consumes on average each year in Ontario

13x

How much more gravel is licensed for extraction by the province each year compared to annual consumption

5,000+

The number of approved gravel mining sites currently in Ontario

Gather, March 2nd 2023

We gathered at Mildred's Temple Kitchen in Toronto to celebrate and protect the beauty of Ontario. It was an evening of music, art, activism, and inspiring conversations about the future of our province. This fundraising event raised $40K to support the efforts of our organization, Keep the Greenbelt Promise, and the Water Watchers. Thank you to the generous support of our donors!

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Use this interactive mapping tool to locate and view info about aggregate pits and quarries in Ontario.

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We acknowledge that we work on the Treaty and traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaties, the Treaty and traditional territory of Williams Treaty Nations (Alderville, Hiawatha, Curve Lake, Hiawatha and Scugog Island, Beausoleil, Georgina Island and Rama Island First Nations). Ancestrally this territory was home to other First Nations including the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and the Pentun peoples. Today, this land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. In addition, our work takes place nationwide, across all the Treaty and unceded lands of Turtle Island. We recognize, respect and strive to reconcile the inherent Aboriginal and Treaty rights of all the Indigenous peoples as upheld within the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Constitution of Canada.