Whether you live, work, or play in the Credit River Watershed, it is quietly supporting you every day.

This watershed provides the clean water we drink, helps cool our neighbourhoods during extreme heat, reduces flooding during heavy rain, and offers green spaces where people can walk, play, reflect, and reconnect with nature. It is part of our daily lives—often unnoticed, but essential.

Stretching nearly 90 kilometres from the headwaters in Orangeville, Erin, and Mono to Lake Ontario in Mississauga, the Credit River Watershed is one of the most biologically diverse in Ontario. It is home to more than 1,300 plant species, over 240 bird species, 64 fish species, and dozens of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and pollinators. These species rely on healthy land and clean water—and so do we.

Protecting the watershed means protecting our quality of life. Healthy wetlands absorb stormwater and reduce flood risk. Forests clean the air and store carbon. Cold, clean streams support native fish and signal a healthy environment for all living things.

As our communities grow and climate pressures increase, this natural system is under stress. That’s why protecting the Credit River Watershed is a shared responsibility—one that requires care, stewardship, and collective action today to ensure a healthy future for generations to come.