Ontario Envirothon

For 2027, the will be digging into a new current issue topic: Soil Health Management! It is time to look beneath the surface and explore the importance of treating soil as a living ecosystem. The 2027 current issue will have participants learn about:

🌱 the biological, chemical, and physical principles of soil health
🪱 how soil functions as a living ecosystem
💧 how management practices affect soil processes
🚜 how to evaluate and improve soil health on farms

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Congratulations to our 2026 Ontario Envirothon Champions on a tree-mendous performance at this year's NCF-Envirothon competition in Mississippi!

The University of Toronto Schools students showed that hard work, dedication, and passion for environmental stewardship paid off with an impressive 6th place overall finish!👏

They finished:
🏆 1st Place – Soils
💧 3rd Place – Aquatics
🌱 3rd Place – Current Issue: Non-Point Source Pollution

Congratulations to the entire team, teachers, and everyone who supported their journey! See less

Join us in wishing our 2026 Ontario Envirothon Champions from the University of Toronto Schools good luck at the NCF-Envirothon in Mississippi!

This past week, the students have been hard at work learning, competing, and, most importantly, making lasting memories. From aquatic ecology and forestry to soils, wildlife, and current environmental issues, these future forest stewards are developing their critical-thinking skills and creating inventive solutions to the complex, local and global environmental and natural-resource challenges facing our world today.

Best of luck on your presentations today; we are all rooting for you!

Photos from NCF-Envirothon

The 2026 NCF-Envirothon is kicking off today with workshops. Best of luck to all the participating teams.

📚 Training Day 1!

Today, students will dive into this year’s theme, “Non-point Source Pollution: It Begins at Home.”

They will explore how their personal and community actions can help reduce non-point pollution in their slice of the environment. The day will conclude with a study session for teams and their advisors.

This past spring, 485 students from nearly 70 schools across Ontario took part in hands-on environmental learning through . From tackling real-world challenges to building valuable STEM skills, these students gained knowledge, confidence, and experience that will help them shape a more sustainable future.

It is thanks to the support of our amazing sponsors – Maple Leaves Forever, Enbridge Gas, the J.P. Bickell Foundation, Waterloo's Faculty of Environment, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc., and Central Canada SFI Implementation Committee - CCSIC – that these students are gaining experience, building knowledge, and developing a deeper connection to the environment.

The Ontario Envirothon Championships returned to the University of Waterloo from May 24 to 27 and we are proud to announce that a team from University of Toronto Schools was crowned as the 2026 Ontario Envirothon Champions!

From the 12 teams that advanced to the Ontario Envirothon Championships, the three top-ranking teams were:

🥇First Place: University of Toronto Schools
🥈Second Place: Waterloo Collegiate Institute
🥉 Third Place: Milliken Mills High School

Congratulations to the students who challenged themselves throughout the year to grow their environmental awareness and thanks to the many educators and volunteers for their time, dedication, and knowledge.

Ontario Envirothon was made possible through the support of Maple Leaves Forever, Enbridge Gas, the J.P. Bickell Foundation, Waterloo's Faculty of Environment, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc., and the Central Canada Sustainable Forestry Initiative Implementation Committee.

From Kenora to Ottawa and Thunder Bay to Niagara, that is a wrap on 2026 regional ! From March to May, events took place in 13 communities across Ontario, engaging more than 450 high school students in hands-on, environmental learning. Congratulations to the students who challenged themselves throughout the year to grow their environmental awareness. And thank you to the many educators, volunteers and partners who make regional events and place-based learning possible!

This weekend, the provincial competition will return to the University of Waterloo (May 24-27, 2026). We are looking forward to gathering with the top-performing teams to celebrate their success and determine the 2026 Ontario Envirothon Champions!

We invite you to join us and cheer along all the competing teams, and stay tuned to find out who will take the title.