TRCA- Restoration & Infrastructure


Volunteer- Citizen Science Volunteer Program, Monitoring and Maintenance

Volunteer Role Details:

Duration:  April 2025 - November 2025

Work Location(s): Various locations across the GTA 

Volunteer Hours: Weekdays 9 am - 2 pm

Number of Vacancies: Unlimited

Division: Restoration and Infrastructure

How you will contribute as part of the TRCA Volunteer team:

The Citizen Science Volunteer Program provides volunteers with new skills that could be transferrable for future career opportunities in the environmental field or to provide unique and interesting learning activities for anyone who is passionate about the environment and would like to give back. Through the program, volunteers will help make areas more resilient and adaptable, increasing success and population growth.  We train and mentor volunteers to assist TRCA staff with a variety of priority projects. 

What you will do as a volunteer: 

Looking to either improve your tree and shrub identification skills or just to practice your ID skills? Volunteers with this opportunity will help staff maintain new plantings, identify trees and shrubs and collect data and record in a handheld Trimble Unit. The data collected help staff determine what species work well at each site for future restoration opportunities and to monitor the success rate of the material planted. This opportunity also involves some general site and infrastructure maintenance, watering, and is an amazing way to get into nature while focusing on citizen science.  

What will you need to succeed:

  • Passion for or knowledge of environmental topics, with a focus on local wildlife, native plants, and environmental conservation
  • Native plant identification skills is an asset
  • Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions
  • Physically able to walk on uneven terrain
  • Willingness to learn
  • Volunteers must be 14 years of age or older
  • Experience with fieldwork and/or collecting data is an asset

While the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) thanks all volunteer applicants for their interest, only those under consideration will be contacted.

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and TRCA Policies, accommodations will be provided at any point throughout the volunteer selection process, provided the volunteer candidate makes their accommodation needs known to the TRCA.  We welcome volunteer applications from all qualified persons. 

Personal information you provide through the TRCA volunteer recruitment, selection, and onboarding process is collected under the authority of the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27. Collection of this personal information is necessary for the proper administration of this volunteer recruitment process for volunteer opportunities with TRCA. Personal information is protected from disclosure pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Any question regarding this collection activity should be directed to the Manager of Records and Information, 101 Exchange Avenue, Vaughan, Ontario, L4K 5R6, (437) 880 2308.