Township of Tiny

The Township of Tiny has been a long time leader in promoting environmental sustainability – both within the corporation and throughout the community. Not only was it the first municipality in Ontario to join the Blue Communities Project, which phased out the sale of bottled water in municipal facilities, the township was also the first of SSS’s municipalities to join the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program in January 2018.

Since joining, Tiny has successfully achieved Milestones 1, 2 and 3 of the program and continues to look for opportunities to reduce corporate GHGs and encourages its residents to do the same.

In addition to acting on climate change, the township has already implemented a number of actions that contribute to a reduction in GHGs. In 2015, Tiny upgraded 390 streetlights to light-emitting diodes (LEDs), reducing their energy consumption by an estimated 70 per cent. More recently, the township has began focusing of promoting local food, which not only reduces community GHG emissions but also aims to raise awareness in the community regarding the importance of eating local, and to make local food more affordable and accessible to our community.

To read more about Tiny’s environmental initiatives, visit their website at https://www.tiny.ca/environment.

In 2015 the Township of Tiny emitted approximately 74,024 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), with corporate emissions accounting for 1% of this total or 922 tCO2e and community emissions accounting for 99% or 73,102 tCO2e.
Community energy consumption data was provided by Hydro One and Enbridge, while corporate information was provided by the municipality itself.

View Township of Tiny’s Climate Change Action Plan