Canadian Wildlife Federation: Legacy Giving

Creating Your Legacy is Easy

People often tell us they would like to provide a gift to the Canadian Wildlife Federation that will ensure its financial future and stability for the next generation of Canadians and their families to benefit from and enjoy the extraordinary natural beauty of our country. Charitable giving through your estate – often referred to as a Legacy Gift – is a way you can ensure the conservation of our wildlife and natural spaces that make Canada unique.

By creating a Legacy Gift today to benefit CWF in the future, you can help CWF continue its programs without affecting your current finances or financial plans. There are many ways to leave a Legacy Gift, allowing you and your family to choose the one that is best for you.

Gift in Your Will

Gift of Life Insurance

Legacy Gifts of Other Types

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Creating a Gift is Easy

Most Legacy Gifts are specific or residual donations designated in a Will. A Legacy Gift can be created when preparing a Will or by adding a Codicil to an existing Will. Lawyers will often add a Codicil to a Will without charge if you provide specific wording.

Other types of Legacy Gifts include gifts of life insurance, gifts of securities, RRSPs, RRIFs, TFSAs and trusts. When creating a Legacy Gift of any type, you should always consult your trusted professional legal and financial advisors and your family.

How Your Legacy can Change the Future for Canadian Wildlife

You have the power to change the future of conservation and the environment in Canada.
We can change the future together through personal action
CWF has a plan to strengthen our collective voice and focus our actions to make lasting change in the conservation of key species and wilderness areas across Canada.
CWF will leverage its strength by uniting millions of Canadians to join our education initiatives, direct stewardship projects and policy advocacy through the following key steps:

Connect Canadians to Nature

CWF will connect people to wildlife and nature, inspiring personal action and a stronger conservation culture in Canada. By 2023, CWF will engage 1,000,000 Canadians.

Sustain and Improve Wildlife Populations

CWF will work with Indigenous Peoples, government, industry, non-government organizations and others across Canada to sustain and improve wildlife within their natural range of variation. CWF will ensure species at risk are protected and maintained.

Conserve, Restore, Connect Wildlife Habitat

CWF will work with people and organizations across Canada to maintain and restore key wildlife habitats.

CWF has the history, the scientific expertise, the size, the respect, the connection to millions of Canadians, the strategic plan and the values required to make momentous change to the future of wildlife conservation for generations to come.
CWF is the go-to organization – the trusted national leader on wildlife conservation in Canada. This is achieved by continuously strengthening the trust and confidence of our supporters through excellent service, efficient program delivery and impactful results.
CWF can empower you to have a decisive impact on our country’s efforts in conservation and the environment.
You can add your voice with other dedicated Canadians.
You can join with others in creating a Legacy Gift for CWF – the best and most comprehensive way to improve the future of Canada.

Promise

We promise to make your gift a lasting legacy to tirelessly conserve Canadian wildlife and habitat and to make wildlife conservation part of every Canadian’s value system.

Theme

Your estate gift is a decisive act to conserve Canadian wildlife, its habitat and the societal benefits of a healthy environment far into the future.

Narrative

Nature and the environment are the foundations of our economy, our food sources, our drinkable and usable water, our outdoor recreation and our health. For many, they are also important spiritual touchstones.

Your legacy can define the future for all Canadians.

The values we share as Canadians, our wildlife and the beauty of its natural habitat, and the benefits that a healthy environment provides to society – this is our legacy.

The Reality Today

Canada has over 700 species at risk.
Our wildlife habitat continues to be lost faster than we can restore it.
Environmental pressures like climate change and pollution are worsening.
Our environment, our economy, our health and our culture are founded on our relationship with nature and wildlife.

The steps needed to protect our environment:

Unite Canadians, inspiring their personal action and empowering their voices to advocate for effective policy
Harness the best science, Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and on-the-ground action to conserve Canadian wildlife and its habitat
Expand wildlife and environmental education to create the next generation of leaders in conservation

The importance of the Canadian Wildlife Federation:

A 50+year history connecting Canadians to support conservation
The strongest advocacy voice and grass-roots educational programs in Canada
The best scientists working to conserve the most at-risk species and key habitat
A bold plan

How Your Legacy can Change the Future.

Create your Legacy Gift to support the future work of CWF.
Make this decisive act to conserve Canadian wildlife and its habitat far into the future.
It defines Canada and who you are.

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We hope you will find the information both interesting and useful and that you will consider creating a Legacy Gift. It allows your support for CWF to continue and is an investment in our future. Your legacy can define the future for all Canadians. If you would like to continue to receive information regarding Legacy Giving, please sign up below. You can unsubscribe at any time.