December 16, 2025 Halifax, Nova Scotia Parks Canada
The Government of Canada is investing $5.1 million in greening operations at Sable Island National Park Reserve. The funding will support projects that reduce electrical energy consumption in key buildings and upgrade the island's power generation system to a sustainable micro-grid. These changes will decrease the use of fossil fuels on the island by more than 50 percent. The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab and Member of Parliament Shannon Miedema made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature.
Parks Canada is responsible for protecting nationally significant examples of natural and cultural heritage and sharing the stories of these treasured places. Sable Island is an island of dynamic rolling sand dunes and is home to a wild horse population, the world's largest breeding colony of grey seals, and other unique species. Sable Island National Park Reserve is committed to innovation and ingenuity in using green technology to ensure an efficient operation in a remote environment.
Funded from both Parks Canada's infrastructure investment program and the Government of Canada's Greening Government Fund, this upgrade demonstrates environmental leadership, and will serve as a model for other remote, off-grid locations administered by Parks Canada and other federal departments throughout the country.
This is not the first Parks Canada administered place in Nova Scotia to benefit from the Greening Government Fund. In 2022, a centralized 100-kilowatt photovoltaic array was installed to generate solar electricity and offset camper electrical use at Jeremy's Bay Campground in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site. Since its installation, the array has generated approximately 445 megawatt-hours of clean, renewable energy-reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 443 tonnes.
By reducing energy costs, Sable Island National Park Reserve can focus its resources on its mandate to protect the island's exceptional natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations.
These investments contribute to the government's goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving net-zero operations by 2050.
