Paused

Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program

by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness

Also known as: RALP

RALP is the Sustainable CAP stewardship stream paying Ontario farmers for landscape-level practices that sequester carbon and cut greenhouse gases: grassland establishment, perennial biomass crops, warm-season pastures, reduced tillage, tree and shrub planting, water retention features, and wetlands. Delivered by OSCIA. Its 2024-2026 intake closed March 13, 2026, and it is currently not accepting applications, no future intake was announced as of August 2026. Sustainable CAP itself runs to March 2028.

Amount: Amount not published by funder
Instrument: Grant (non-repayable)
Status: Paused under review, confirm with funder
Who qualifies: Businesses
farm businesses
Valid Premises Identification (PID) number
Completed 4th Edition Environmental Farm Plan certificate
Farm business documentation if FBRN not provided
Letter of support from an Ontario-accredited Agricultural Advisor (Certified Crop Advisor or Professional Agrologist)
Province-wide, all Northern Ontario districts eligible
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Where: Algoma District · Cochrane District · Greater Sudbury (single-tier census division) · Kenora District · Manitoulin District · Nipissing District · Parry Sound District · Rainy River District · Sudbury District (excl. Greater Sudbury) · Thunder Bay District · Timiskaming District · District Municipality of Muskoka
11 of 11 Northern Ontario districts are eligible for this program. A filled dot is eligible, an outline is not.
Built for: Farms & agri-food

How do you apply?

Review the RALP program guide
Create an OSCIA Portal account
Submit application during an open intake
Complete BMP projects and claim

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Common questions

Is RALP open right now?

No. The intake that ran June 3, 2024 to March 13, 2026 is closed and OSCIA lists the program as 'Not Accepting Applications'. No future intake dates were announced as of August 17, 2026, join the OSCIA Programs mailing list to be notified.

What does RALP pay for?

Seven BMP categories: natural grassland establishment, perennial biomass crops, perennial warm-season pastures, reduced tillage, tree and shrub planting, water retention features, and wetlands. Payment rates and caps are set in the program guide; they were not published on the pages we verified, so we don't quote figures.

How is RALP different from the Agricultural Stewardship Initiative?

ASI cost-shares equipment, energy, and nutrient/soil projects on working farms; RALP targets landscape-level land-use change (grasslands, wetlands, trees, reduced tillage) aimed at carbon sequestration and resilience. Both are Sustainable CAP programs delivered by OSCIA with similar enrolment prerequisites.

Where else could this money come from?

Chosen by what these programs have in common with this one, not by hand. The reason is shown for each, so you can judge whether it holds.

Agricultural Stewardship Initiative Intake closed
same funder (OMAFRA); both for farms & agri-food; agriculture, stewardship, sustainable cap — $6,000 – $90,000
Tile Loan Program Open, continuous intake
same funder (OMAFRA); both for farms & agri-food; agriculture — Up to $50,000

Notes on this record

Marked lifecycle:paused because the intake is closed with no successor intake announced, while the parent Sustainable CAP framework runs to March 31, 2028, a further intake is plausible but unconfirmed. Payment rates (per-acre/cost-share) intentionally omitted: not confirmable from the official pages fetched on 2026-08-17.

Apply

Apply on the funder’s site and confirm current terms there: