Canada’s Rising Role in the Global CDR Landscape

As the country celebrated 158 years of its formal creation yesterday, 40 organizations across 18 projects are hard at work in leading Canada's carbon removal efforts.

Over the past year, we have seen a number of purchasers become active across initiatives, including BMO, Scotiabank, and RBC, while Carbon Removal Canada continues to lead on the policy front. B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) and @MaRSDD have also been instrumental in supporting many companies on their way to removing millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide.

In 2025, it’s clear that Canada’s carbon removal momentum was significantly accelerated by critical policy actions taken the year before. The federal government’s $7.6 billion commitment through the Investment Tax Credit, alongside the $135 million allocated for durable carbon removal procurement in the 2024 budget, laid a solid foundation for scaling efforts nationwide.

Coupled with the country’s vast landscapes and diverse natural resources, these moves catalyzed growth across various CDR methods—empowering innovators to deploy solutions capable of removing CO₂ at meaningful scale.

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Some key developments and projects based out of Canada that are driving durable CDR:

• The federal government set a new 2035 climate target, with durable CDR recognized as a key tool

• Carbonity opened Canada’s largest biochar plant

• @DeepSkyCorp completed construction of its project Deep Sky Alpha in Alberta, the world’s first cross-technology carbon removal centre

• Carbon Removal Canada launched an interactive dashboard initiative

• Canada released a draft offset protocol for DACCS

• Carbon Removal Canada released a report outlining procurement guidelines for durable CDR

• The Canadian government launched an RFI on procurement of CDR services

Explore the CDR Map for more details:

Let us take this moment to appreciate and support the vital work being done by all the teams: Aeon Blue, @Airhive2050, @Arcaclimate, BC Biocarbon, Bella Biochar, Carbon Alpha, @CarbonCure, @CarbonEngineer, @CarbonRun, Carbon Streaming Corporation, Carbon Upcycling Technologies, CarbiCrete, CO280, Deep Sky, E-quester, Exterra Carbon Solutions, Gaia Refinery, GECA Environment, Ionada, Mangrove Systems, @MissionZeroTech, NULIFE GreenTech, @Pembina, @planetary_tech, @SkyrenuTech, Solid Carbon, @svantesolutions, @TerraFixing, Varme Energy, ZS2 Technologies — and many other suppliers, project developers, MRV providers, and ecosystem partners!

Want to add your project to the map? Organizations can showcase their CDR projects on http://CDR.fyi through the http://CDR.fyi Portal.