Since 1994, the Greenland Group of Companies Inc. (GREENLAND®) has efficiently provided its clients with award-winning professional engineering and other consulting practice services. Our unique business brand and accomplishments continue to grow because of the Board of Directors and employee commitments to innovation; attention to detail; and “personality of a Canadian social impact enterprise with a Greater Good impact”.
Our organization is committed to “Intelligent Technology” enabled solutions that has regard for science and validated open data, while also addressing cumulative (land, water and air) effects with climate change concerns (and opportunities). This allows us to maintain a competitive edge with proven and in-house, proprietary systems, while also embracing our entrepreneurial spirit that can engage complimentary strategic technologies and products.
GREENLAND® now provides Engineer-of-Record, Peer Review and Model Keeper Services for many Ontario Urban-Rural Growth Municipalities and Conservation Authorities. In terms of the latter, we were retained in 2025 by the Government of Ontario to provide multi-year “technical services regarding the review and issuance of permits under the Conservation Authorities Act”. This contract involves, and when requested, the use of our proprietary software to assist with these assessments that support the Government’s oversight of all permitting decisions under the Act. Finally, GREENLAND® was also retained in 2025 to provide multi-year civil and environmental engineering services for Infrastructure Ontario.
Employment and Supplier Diversity Commitments and Accessibility Policy
Every day, we strive to create an inclusive workplace, where diverse perspectives are respected and all opinions matter. Our core principles include:
GREENLAND® Customer Service Policy - Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
All of our suppliers, vendors, sub-consultants and sub-contractors that are located and operate in the Province of Ontario must be compliant with the “Accessible Customer Service Standard – Ontario Regulation 429/07”made under the “Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) – 2005” and to provide us any goods and services. Proof of training and related policies shall also be provided to GREENLAND® upon request.
To view our Customer Service Policy - Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) in more detail, click here.
Sustainability Commitment and Environmental Policy
To be exemplary global citizens, the Greenland Group of Companies strives for leadership by addressing areas most critical to its employees, its clients and customers, other stakeholders and the business community.
Our reputation is paramount because:
University of Guelph
The reappearance of excessive nutrient loading in Lake Erie and the subsequent algae blooms is an extremely complex issue and is quite different in nature than the previous phosphorous loadings in the 1970s. Unlike the issue in the 1970s, there are far more sources adding nutrients to the late and these sources are diverse in nature ranging from rural to urban. In order to understand the nutrient loading, both in the temporal and spatial domains, more complex analytic and predictive tools are required in order to help policy make sound, science based, and defendable solutions.
The University of Guelph is uniquely positioned to help address the issues around Lake Erie with long standing core strengths in both the agricultural sector and the environmental field. In conjunction with our partner, Greenland Consulting Engineers, and their watershed evaluation tool (CANWETTM), we believe that we have the engineering and technology to extrapolate CANWETTM from the watershed level up to the lake basin level and provide decision-making support for the entire Lake Erie basin.
Hussein Abdullah, Ph.D., P. Eng.
Director, School of Engineering
University of Guelph
January, 26 2015
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
RE: Town of Innisfil (Community of Alcona) Flood Reduction Class Environmental Assessment
On behalf of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA), I would like to thank GREENLAND® International - Consulting Engineers for the excellent work undertaken to complete the Flood Reduction Class Environmental Assessment for the Community of Alcona. I also want to provide you our sincere appreciation for the support GREENLAND® provided both in-kind and financially which allowed the project to proceed. The approved strategy will now enable the LSRCA and Town of Innisfil to move forward with the next phase of the project so that the science-based, publicly supported solution, can be implemented to alleviate flooding impacting residents in Alcona as soon as possible.
The project goal was to develop a sustainable - engineering solution to reduce significant annual flood damages currently occurring within the Community of Alcona (Town of Innisfil) and located within the Belle Aire Creek subwatershed. The project included a Class Environmental Assessment (EA) process with extensive public and other stakeholder consultations to advance a solution involving enhancing a wetland (green infrastructure) to provide flood mitigation. The project was proposed over a decade ago and was then adopted in the Town’s Master Drainage Plan as required under the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan. It is now one step closer to completion.
The project deliverables produced by GREENLAND® included an Environmental Study Report (ESR) which now provides a science-based, well-engineered, thorough and systematic understanding of the chronic flooding that has impacted the affected settlement area in the Town of Innisfil. The Environmental Study Report (by GREENLAND®) also developed a proactive flood mitigation and resiliency plan that can now be implemented by the LSRCA, Town and other stakeholders. Finally, the project work plan satisfied requirements of Ontario's Class Environmental Assessment process and with an effective/collaborative spirit of a "public-private partnership” utilizing and ecosystem approach. The timelines to complete the project were very aggressive and I was pleased that GREENLAND® was able to complete the project on-time and budget.
In conclusion, the role that GREENLAND® played to prepare the funding application for Canada’s National Disaster Mitigation Program; securing in-kind participation of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (ICCA) at the University of Waterloo; providing in-kind Intellectual Property leveraging resources, and the financial contribution helped ensure the project was a complete success. I look forward to working with your company again on other partnerships of mutual interest and would be pleased to serve as professional references on similar projects.
Michael Walters
(Former) Chief Administrative Officer
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
November 6, 2020
Corporation of the Town of Collingwood (Canada)
On behalf of Council and the residents of Collingwood, I want to thank you for generously giving your time, expertise and experience to our community to assist Town staff in addressing the water capacity issues at the Raymond A. Barker Water Treatment Plant (WTP).
Since becoming aware of the capacity issues this spring and then implementing an Interim Control By-Law, this issue has been the top priority of Council. Your input and contribution on proactive measures to mitigate the summer/winter capacity differential and to increase the WTP capacity pending the completion of the expansion have been of great benefit to Council and to staff. As a result of your input, Council directed staff to include the option of UV Disinfection retrofit to the existing WTP as part of the expansion design RFP process and we are optimistic this will be done.
Thank you for your personal and professional commitment to our community, it is impactful and very much appreciated by myself and my Council colleagues.
Yours very truly,
Brian Saunderson
Mayor
Corporation of the Town of Collingwood (Canada)
July 7, 2021
