Canada
Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Canada: 59 (+ 37 additional gardens with notable ex situ
plant collections)
Approx. number of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: >100,000
Approx. number of taxa (species) in these collections: c.30,000 (10,000 to 15,000 spp.)
Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: 90%
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Boreal Botanic Garden
Address: Box 1106, High Level, Alberta T0H 1Z0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Calgary Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Address: PO Box 3036, Station B, Calgary, Alberta T2M 4R8
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ collections:
Astilbe, birch, Clematis, Delphinium, dwarf conifers, Hemerocallis, Heuchera, Hosta, Iris, Juniper,
lilac, lily, Malus, peony, Phlox, Pinus, Papaver, Potentilla, Primula, Rosa, Spirea, Picea, Viburnum.
Also alpine, woodland and water conservation plants.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: George Pegg Botanic Garden
Address: Box 82, Glenevis, Alberta T0E 0X0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Golden Prairie Arboretum
Address: Alberta Special Crops and Horticultural Research Centre, Bag Service 200, Brooks, Alberta
T0J 0J0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: 1976
Garden Name: Muttart Conservatory
Address: c/o Edmonton Parks & Recreation, 9626 - 99A Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6C 4L8
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Over 700 spp. from diverse range of climatic conditions. Show Pyramid plus tropical pyramid (orchids,
Passiflora, Hibiscus, Strelitzia, palms and fig trees; temperate pyramid and arid pyramid with plants
that originate in North America, the Mediterranean, Africa and Madagascar, including plants of
economic importance.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Olds College Arboretum
Address: Olds College, Olds, Alberta T0M 1P0
Status: Educational
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Trochu Arboretum
Address: Trochu and District Arboretum Society, Trochu, Alberta T0M 2A0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: 1959
Garden Name: University of Alberta Devonian Botanic Garden
Address: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 6,500 (also microfungus collection).
Ex situ Collections:
Caragana, Gentiana, Geranium, Paeonia, Populus, Potentilla fruiticosa cvs, Primula, shrub roses, Thuja
occidentalis cvs, dwarf Pinus and Picea cvs, Medicago spp. in seed bank.
No. of taxa: 423
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: Native Cypripedium
Location: ALBERTA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Waterton Lakes National Park
Address: Waterton Park, Alberta T0K 2M0
Status: State (Federal Government)
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 6,108
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
Rare & Endangered: Unknown
Location: BRITISH COLOMBIA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Crown Zellerbach Arboretum and Museum
Address: Ladysmith, British Colombia V0R 2E0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: 1967
Garden Name: Dept. of Biological Sciences Arboretum
Address: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6
Status: Provincial University
Herbarium: Yes Approx no. of herbarium specimens, 10,000
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Douglas Fir Arboretum
Address: c/o Research Division, B.C. Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia VSV 1X5
Situated: At Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Address: 578 Carrall Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5K2
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: 1950s
Garden Name: Milner Gardens and Woodland
Address: 2179 W Island Highway, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, V9K 1G1
Status: University (since 1996).
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Native Plant Garden, Royal British Colombia Museum
Address: 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Yes Approx no. of herbarium specimens: 185,000
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Queen Elizabeth Park & Bloedel Conservatory
Address: 2099 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6G 1Z4
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Totem Park
Address: Totem Park, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Collections of plants used by NW Indians, eg Thuja plicata, Picea sitchensis, Tsuga heterophylla,
Pseudotsuga menziesii, Taxus brevifolia, Acer macrophyllum, Alnus rubra, Prunus emarginata, Salix
scouleriana, Rubus spectabilis, Rubus parviflorus, Gaultheria shallon, Sambucus racemosa, Berberis
nervosa, B. aquifolium, Corylus cornuta, Osmaronia cerasiformus, Red lacustre, Ribes sanguineum,
Oplopanax horridus, Philadelphus lewisii.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: 1916
Garden Name: University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
Address: 6501 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx No. of herbarium specimens: 500,000
Ex situ Collections:
Rhododendrons, alpines, plants of British Columbia, medicinal and pharmaceutical plants: Asteraceae
(439 spp. and 502 taxa); Caprifoliaceae (86 spp. and 120 taxa); Ericaceae (435 spp. and 835 taxa);
Fabaceae (182 spp. and 214 taxa); Primulaceae 179 spp. and 280 taxa); Rosaceae (399 spp. and 624
taxa); Acer (58 spp. and 90 taxa); Meconopsis (9 spp. and 15 taxa); Primula (88 spp. and 158 taxa)
Rhododendron (297 spp. and 509 taxa); Rubus (40 spp. and 61 taxa); Viburnum 33 spp. and 49 taxa);
Asian plants
No. of taxa: 14,000
Rare & Endangered plants: 25 spp
Special Conservation Collections: Medicinal Plant (138 taxa); Native and naturalized plant (1,600 taxa)
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Founded: 1971
Garden Name: Van Dusen Botanical Garden
Address: 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6M 4H1
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Ericaceae (387 spp. and 1412 taxa); Rosaceae (242 spp. and 625 taxa); Taxodiaceae (12 spp. and 33
taxa); Magnolia (28 spp. and 77 taxa); Pinus (34 spp. and 73 taxa); Rhododendron (294 spp. and 1112
taxa; Calluna (85 taxa); Fagus (26 taxa); Hydrangea (67 taxa); Ilex (198 taxa); Robinia (11 taxa);
Sorbus (48 taxa); conifers, heathers.
No. of taxa: 3,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: Ilex (198 taxa Province of BC Holly Collection); Rhododendron
(150 taxa, Greig collection). Canadian Heritage Garden, cultivars of Canadian origin.
Location: MANITOBA
Founded: 1924
Garden Name: Morden Research Station
Address: P.O. Box 3001, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Morden, Manitoba R0G 1J0
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5700
Ex situ Collections:
Syringa, Malus, Prunus, Rosa, Potentilla, Amelanchier (23 taxa), Fraxinus (14 taxa), Malus, crabapple
(126 taxa), Populus (70 taxa), Prunus (91 taxa), Rosa (25 taxa), Syringa (459 taxa).
No. of taxa: 3,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes.
Special Conservation Collections: Malus (93 taxa, National Apple Germplasm Collection, Canada)
Location: MANITOBA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Island Park Arboretum
Status: Unknown
Address: Parks Division, 97 Sasketchewan Avenue East, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba R1N 0L8
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered: Unknown
Location: NEW BRUNSWICK
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Fredericton Botanic Garden
Address: Box 57, Station A, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 4YW (a new botanic garden on the
west side of Odell Park)
Status: Public garden
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Native plants, herbs, orchids, perennials, roses, tropical and wetlands. Arboretum.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: NEW BRUNSWICK
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Odell Park and Odell Arboretum
Address: City Public Works Dept. PO Box 130, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 4Y7
Status: Public garden
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: NEW BRUNSWICK
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Jardin botanique du Nouveau-Brunswick
Address: Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick, PO Box 1629, E7B 1A3
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Roses, rhododendrons and annuals.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: NOVA SCOTIA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Annapolis Royal Botanical Garden
Address: PO Box 278, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, B0S 1A0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex Situ collections:
Roses, annuals, perennials (including Astilbe, Monarda, Rudbeckia, Liatrus, Delphinium,
Chrysanthemum and Koelruteria paniculata), Lilium collection, ornamental grasses from all around the
world.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: NEWFOUNDLAND
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Gros Morne National Park
Address: PO Box 130, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland A0K 4N0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Yes: Approx no. of herbarium specimens: 2,300
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: NEWFOUNDLAND
Founded: 1971
Garden Name: Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden
Address: Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of specimens: 150 (An associated herbarium, the Ayre Herbarium, Biol
Dept, Memorial Univ. holds 120,000 specimens).
Ex situ Collections:
Native flora of Newfoundland and Labrador. Allium (20 taxa); Gaultheria (16 taxa); Gentiana (20
taxa); Phlox (30 taxa); Primula (100 taxa); Rhododendron (60 taxa); Saxifraga (30 taxa); Calluna (35
taxa); Erica (35 taxa); perennials (100 taxa, heritage herbs and perennials of Newfoundland gardens).
No. of taxa: 1,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Native flora.
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Becky Hughes Arboretum, New Liskeard College of Agriculture, New Liskeard,
Ontario, P0J 1P0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Brickman Botanical Garden
Address: R.R. #1, Sebringville, Ontario N0K 1X0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Cedar Valley Botanical Gardens
Address: Brighton, Ontario, K0K 1H0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: 1886
Garden Name: Dominion Arboretum
Address: Agriculture Canada Building 50 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Vascular Plant Herbarium: 800,000; National
Mycological Herbarium, address as above: 250,000 specimens - worldwide fungi especially Canada
and arctic-alpine; collection of 12,600 fungus cultures.)
Ex situ Collections:
Hardy woody and herbaceous plants, particularly Malus, Syringa and other ornamental cultivars.
No. of taxa: 3,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes.
Special Conservation Collections: Part of National Genebank: cereal crops.
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Erindale College Arboretum
Status: Educational establishment
Address: Erindale College, Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Name: Fogolar Furlan Botanic Garden
Address: 1800 E.C. Row (North Service Road), Windsor, Ontario N8W 1Y3
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: 1970
Garden Name: The Arboretum University of Guelph
Address: Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 4,000. (The University Botany Dept holds
70,000 specimens in its Herbarium).
Ex situ Collections:
Betulaceae, Acer, Rosa, dwarf conifers. Woody plants for land rehabilitation. Anacardiaceae (7 spp.and
10 taxa), Betulaceae (65 spp.and 89 taxa), Caprifoliaceae (79 spp.and 139 taxa), coniferous families
(54 spp.and 207 taxa), Ericaceae (72 spp.and 93 taxa), Fagaceae (24 spp.and 30 taxa), Leguminosae
(38 spp. and 42 taxa), Oleaceae except Syringa (24 spp.and 37 taxa), Rosaceae except Rosa (93 spp.
and 209 taxa), Saxifragaceae (35 spp.and 52 taxa), Acer (37 spp. and 80 taxa), Cornus (23 spp. and 37
taxa), Rosa (45 spp. and 182 taxa), Syringa (14 spp. and 67 taxa), Tilia (5 spp. and 27 taxa). Native
trees and shrubs of Ontario (216 taxa); street trees (27 taxa); World of Trees (500 taxa, interpretive
collection of plant diversity).
No. of taxa: 2,100
Rare & Endangered plants: 11 Canada. Repository for woody plants of conservation importance.
Special Conservation Collections: Gene bank of rare Ontario woody plants. Poplar archive. Natural
woodlots covering approximately 125 acres.
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Humber Arboretum
Address: 205 Humber College road, Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 5L7
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: J. A. Carol Arboretum
Address: 74 McCaule Street, Brampton, Ontario L6V 1J3
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: J. J. Neilson Arboretum
Address: Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology, Ridgetown, Ontario N0P 2C0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: 1975
Garden Name: The Lakehead University Arboretum
Address: Lakehead University Arboretum, School of Forestry, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay,
Ontario P7B 5E1
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 98,000
Ex situ Collections:
Coniferae, Northern Hardiness testing collections.
No. of taxa: 300
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: 1972
Garden Name: Laurentian University Arboretum
Address: Dept. Biology, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 13,000
Ex situ Collections:
Native flora.
No. of taxa: 500
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: New Liskeard College of Agricultural Technology
Address: New Liskeard College, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada P0J 1P0
Status: Educational
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Niagara College Arboretum & Greenhouse
Address: Department of Horticulture, Niagara College of Applied Science and Technology, 360
Niagara Street, St. Catharines, Ontario I2M 4W1
Status: Educational
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: School of Horticulture 1936; botanical garden 1990
Garden Name: The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture
Address: Niagara Parks Commissions, P.O. Box 150, Niagara Falls, Ontario L2E 6T2
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 2,500.
Ex situ Collections:
Mainly ornamental herbaceous and woody plants, herbs, arboretum. Plant collections include 150
families, 614 genera, 1,532 species, 2,665 taxa, 3,716 accessions. Herbaceous perennial collections
include 687 spp. and 1,139 taxa.
No. of taxa: 1,496 spp.; 2,589 taxa.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Plum Grove Arboretum
Address: Kakabeka Falls, Ontario P0T 1W0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: 1941
Garden Name: Royal Botanical Gardens
Address: PO Box 399, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3H8
Status: State.
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 80,000 (includes 12,000 specimens from
Hamilton College, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, transferred in 1966).
Ex situ Collections:
Clematis, Ericaceae, Hosta, Iris, Lilium, Magnolia, Malus, Paeonia, Prunus, Rosa, Syringa; climbing &
wall plants, hardy herbaceous perennials, herbs, medicinal plants, mediterranean plants, Orchidaceae
(179 spp. and 187 taxa), Iris (45 spp. and 63 taxa), Paeonia (19 spp. and 27 taxa), Clematis (148 taxa),
Cornus (21 taxa), Crataegus (16 taxa), Ericaceae, Rhododendrons and other calcifugous genera, species
and cvs (221 taxa), Hosta (150 taxa), Iris (1,400 taxa), Lilium (51 taxa), Malus (71 taxa), Paeonia (cvs,
herbaceous 207 taxa), Paeonia (cvs, woody 134 taxa), Prunus (47 taxa), Rosa (133 taxa), Sorbus (16
taxa), Syringa (635 taxa), arboretum 126 taxa, climbing/wall plants (78 taxa), hedge plants (122 taxa),
herb kitchen plants (75 taxa), medicinal plants (211 taxa), plants from Mediterranean climates (535
taxa), monocot collection (90 taxa), native trees of Ontario (45 taxa, teaching collection and children's
garden); native trees and shrubs of Ontario (88 taxa); perennial hardy herbaceous /ornamental (350
taxa); Pinetum (319 taxa), Rosa (160 taxa), scented plants (62 taxa); wildflowers of Ontario (986 taxa /
educational display); wildlife attracting plants (78 taxa); woodland plants (279 taxa).
No. of taxa: 13,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, 19 spp. threatened in Canada.
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: 1980
Garden Name: Sherwood Fox Arboretum
Address: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 36,000
Ex situ Collections:
Hardy temperate trees and shrubs, Rosaceae, Crataegus.
No. of taxa: 175
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: 1973
Garden Name: Toronto Zoo
Address: 361A Old Finch Avenue, Toronto (Scarborough), Ontario M1B 5K7
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of specimens: Unknown.
Ex situ Collections:
Palms, euphorbias, orchids, cycads, native trees and shrubs, herbaceous species.
No. of taxa: 1,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: University of Waterloo Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Address: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes, Approx. 50,000 specimens
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: The Greenhouse, University of Waterloo
Address: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes, associated with the University Botanical Garden & Arboretum above
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ONTARIO
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Walker Botanic Garden
Address: Rodman Hall Arts Centre, 109 St Paul Crescent, St Catherines, Ontario L2S 1M3
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: QUEBEC
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Belle Terre Botanic Garden and Arboretum
Address: Otter Lake, Quebec J0X 2P0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: QUEBEC
Founded: 1926
Garden name: Les Jardins de Métis
Address: 200, route 132 Grand-Métis (Québec) G0J 1Z0
Status: Private
Herbarium: No
Ex situ collection:
No information available
No. of taxa: 331 (744 spp.)
Rare and Endangered plants: Yes, 1 endangered , 11 at risk (according to Quebec’s lists)
Location: QUEBEC
Founded: 1931
Garden Name: Jardin botanique de Montréal
Address: 4101 est, rue Sherbrooke, Montreal, Quebec, H1X 2B2
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes. Approx. no of herbarium specimens: 850,000 (Herbier Marie-Victorin/Université de
Montréal, 4101 est, rue Sherbrooke, Montreal, Quebec, H1X 2B2).
Ex situ Collections:
Greenhouses collections (7 000 taxa), Araceae (300 spp. and 355 taxa), Begoniaceae (200 spp. and 400
taxa), Bromeliaceae (400 spp. and 500 taxa), Cactaceae and succulents (1,700 spp. and 1 800 taxa),
ferns (200 spp. and 300 taxa), Gesneriaceae (200 spp. and 300 taxa), Orchidaceae (1,000 spp. and
1,800 taxa), penjing and bonsai (400 specimens). Garden collections (15,000 taxa), arboretum (2,000
taxa), economic plants (1,000 taxa), Ericaceae garden (1,200 taxa), perennial garden (700 taxa), rock
garden (3,700 taxa), rose garden (1,000 taxa), shrub garden (1,800 taxa), woodland garden (2,000
taxa).
No. of taxa: 25,000
Rare & endangered plants: Yes, 70 spp. of the Quebec rare vascular plant list, 120 spp. of the IUCN
Red Data Book list.
Special conservation collections: Rosa, Juniperus.
Location: QUEBEC
Founded: 1952
Garden Name: Morgan Arboretum
Address: Box 500, Macdonald College, McGill University, Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H8X 3Z9
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of specimens: 122,000, housed at Plant Science Dept, MacDonald
College. (1972 McGill College and Macdonald College herbaria combined.
Ex situ Collections:
Native trees of Canada, especially Betula spp.
No. of taxa: 800
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: QUEBEC
Founded: 1978
Garden Name: Jardin Van den Hende
Address: Universite Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada
Status: Unknown: links with Herbier Louis-Marie, Univ. Laval
Herbarium: Yes: Approx 327,000 specimens
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Over 2,000 species
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: SASKATCHEWAN
Founded: 1942
Garden Name: PFRA Tree Nursery
Address: P.F.R.A. Tree Nursery, Indian Head, Saskatchewan SOG 2KO
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes. Approx. no of herbarium specimens: 169
Ex situ Collections:
Perennial collection, dwarf conifers. Populus (14 spp. and 47 taxa), Salix (29 taxa), Caragana (11 taxa),
Malus (14 taxa), Malus, crabapple (99 taxa), Potentilla (6 taxa), dwarf conifers (25 taxa), ornamental
conifers (60 taxa), trees and shrubs (520 taxa). 1942 Ross Arboretum Collection of ornamental and
native trees and shrub.
No. of taxa: 150
Rare & Endangered plants: Yellow lady slipper orchid, poplar spp.
Location: SASKATCHEWAN
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Patterson Park Botanical Garden
Address: Dept of Horticulture Science, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown.
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown
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Allan Gardens, Dept of Parks & Recreation, 21st Floor, East Tower, City Hall, TORONTO,
Ontario, Canada.
Appleby College, 540 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, Ontario, LL6P 3P1.
Arboretum Botanical Society of Sault Ste. Marie, Canadian Forestry Service, Box 490, Sault, Ste.
Marie, Ontario, Canada, P6A 5M7.
Assiniboine Park, 2355 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3P OR5.
Botany Greenhouse and Botanical Garden, University of Toronto, St George Campus, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1
Butchart Gardens, P.O. Box 4010, Station A, Victoria, British Columbia, V8X 3X4
Centennial Arboretum of the Barrie Horticultural Society, Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Centennial Conservatory, Division of Parks and Recreation, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 5VE.
Centennial Conservatory, Parks and Recreation Department, Etobicoke Civic Centre, Etobicoke,
Ontario, M9C 2Y2.
Civic Gardens Complex, Garden Club of London, London, Ontario
Edna and Frank C Miller English Garden, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Fantasy Garden World, 10800 No.5 Road, Richmond, BC V7A 4E5.
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Kingsbrae Horticultural Garden Inc., 220 King Street, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada,
EOG 2XO. Location: Ex situ Collections include: rare and exotic plants such as rhododendrons,
heather, boxwood, flowering quince, false cypress.
Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, 770 Vernon Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8X
2W7.
Hatley Park Public Gardens, Royal Roads University, 2005 Sookie Road, Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2
International Friendship Garden, Parks Division, City of Thunder Bay, 111 South Syndicate
Avenue, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6S4.
Jardin pedagogique, Fac. Des scie de l'Agr. & de l'alim., Universite Laval, Cite Universitaire,
Quebeck, G1K 7P4.
International Peace Garden, PO Box 419, Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada, ROK OEO.
Larkwhistle Garden, Miller Lake, Ontario, Canada NOH 1ZO.
Lemoine Point Gardens, Kingston, ON
Living Prairie Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lord and Burnham Conservatory, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph,
Ontario, N1G 2W1.
McCalla Orchard & Arboretum, Crop Diversification Centre North, R.R. #6, Edmonton, Alberta,
T5B 4K3.
Mendel Gallery and Conservatory Corporation, Box 569, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7K 3L6
Minter Gardens, Box 40, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada V2P 6H7
Mississauga Public Garden, 2038 Lorelei Road, Mississauga, Ontario, L5A 1C2
Nikka Yuko Centennial Garden, Lethbridge, Alberta Canada T1J 3Z6.
Parc Marie-Victorin, 385 Marie-Victorin, C.P. 356 Kingsey Falls, Quebec, JOA 1BO. Founded
1985. Ex situ Collections include: conifers, perennials, wetlands and developing arboretum.
Parks and Recreation Department, City of Windsor, 2461 McDougall Street, Windsor, Ontario
N8X 3N5.
Tilford Garden, North Vancouver Park, 1240 Cotton Road, North Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada V7J 1C1.
Riverview (collection of large undisturbed native tree species), Riverview Horticultural Centre
Society, PO Box 31105, Port Moody, BC V3H 4T4.
Rosebud Gardens, 770 Brigden Side Road, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada N7T 7H3.
Skinner's Nursery Ltd., PO Box 220, Roblin, Manitoba, ROL 1PO.
Tilford Garden, The Park & Tilford Centre, North Vancouver Park, 1240 Cotton Road, North
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V7J 1C1.
University of Toronto, Chairman and Botanical Garden Committee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5S 1A1.
Woody Plant Test Arboretum, Dept of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2.