Community Profile

Pledge Summary

The Municipality of Leamington is located in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Leamington is home to Point Pelee National Park, an essential annual stopover for migrating monarchs. Beginning in 2015, the Municipality of Leamington partnered with Point Pelee National Park to install monarch habitat in plant beds along 2 km of a popular existing trail. Officially named “The Leamington Monarch Trail,” it is a milkweed and nectar habitat installation which includes trilingual interpretive signage (English, French and Spanish) to communicate the importance of monarch habitat to the conservation of the species. Thanks to the enthusiasm of over 250 volunteers, this project swiftly saw success, with monarch caterpillars observed on the habitat within three months of the initial planting. Leamington is dedicated to the preservation of monarchs and pollinators, evidenced by our adoption of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge, and we're excited to continue expanding these efforts for years to come.