Enjoy and protect nature with us

Toronto Field Naturalists

Enjoy and protect nature with us!

Founded in 1923, the Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is a volunteer-run non-profit nature conservation organization. We connect people with nature in the Toronto area, helping them to understand, enjoy, and protect Toronto’s green spaces and the species that inhabit them. Learn more about the benefits to membership to decide if Toronto Field Naturalists is right for you. And don’t forget to check out our events calendar!


Upcoming Public Events

April Lecture: Your Lawn Is a Battlefield – The Fascinating World of Ant Diversity, Ecology, and BehaviourDate: Apr 07, 2026 @ 19:00Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting - Join us on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 7:00 pm for our April lecture. Wars, espionage, animal husbandry, even air conditioning! Ants are eerily similar to us in many fascinating Read More

Public Walk – High Park to Old MillDate: Apr 16, 2026 @ 10:00Meeting Location: High Park TTC main entrance - Join us on Thursday, April 16th at 10:00 am for a 3-hour, 8 km linear nature and heritage walk. Registration required to manage numbers: Register on EventBrite  Co-leaders: Richard Longley Read More

Film Screening: The Monarch UltraDate: Apr 22, 2026 @ 19:00Meeting Location: Friends House - This Earth Day, join the Toronto Field Naturalists for an extraordinary cinematic journey How far would you go to save a species? For forty-six ultra-runners, the answer was a 4,300 Read More

See all of TFN’s upcoming Walks and Lectures that are open to the public.

See our full Events Calendar.