But the plan also follows reports that had found Windsor's trees covered 19 per cent of the city — lower than other southern Ontario cities, with cover ranges between 20 and 30 per cent.

The 15-year draft plan, in the works since 2022 and open for public input at speakupsarnia.ca until Feb. 28, has boosting urban canopy coverage to 23 per cent by 2025 among its 46 action items.

The federal government has released its latest plan to plant two billion trees by 2030. Ottawa has tasked Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) with the job and it has given it a decade to finish.

The city's plan to get more trees in the ground is behind schedule, inadequately funded and failing to meet the urgency of the moment after years of exceptional storm damage, critics told Ottawa's ...