Weymouth Falls Community Land Trust
We are a non-profit community organization that aims to preserve, steward, and develop land in Weymouth Falls, one of over 50 land-based African Nova Scotian communities in Nova Scotia. We envision a future where legacy residents and their descendants are empowered to make decisions about the future of their community.
About Us
For generations legacy residents and descendants of Weymouth Falls have had a desire to return to the community we affectionately know as ‘down home’. WFCLT has been established to make this dream a reality. We aim to preserve, protect and steward our ancestral lands for community use and benefit to prevent the erasure of our community culture.
A Legacy Worth Preserving
Weymouth is a deeply rural village in Nova Scotia that has historically been home to Black settlers, Acadian settlers, and Mi’kmaq peoples. Weymouth Falls specifically is the Black Loyalist settlement, and African Nova Scotians from the region have made noteworthy contributions to the Canadian landscape. We believe the memories, stories, and contributions made in and by this community are worth preserving.
Explore the Weymouth Falls archives:
Weymouth Falls celebrated for
centuries-old Black community
Our Impact
May 2023
A descendant of Weymouth Falls incorporated this organization on May 2, 2023 to address community concerns regarding the loss of land. Visited our impact page to see what we have accomplished so far!
Go to page2023June 2024
Most recently, the Weymouth Falls Community Land Trust was accepted into the Black Opportunity Fund's B3 Capacity Building Program.
2024Stay Up-To-Date
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News & Events
About the tour + participants From May 4th – 11th 2024 the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts led a 17-person delegation of five emerging Black-led, Black-serving, and Black-focused (B3)
The cover photo was taken in the early 1900s at the Mount Beulah Baptist Church in Weymouth Falls which is now for sale. Our community wants to buy it back.
- October 18, 2024
The CLT Summit is Canada’s largest gathering of community land trusts (CLTs) and their supporters. Join us in Vancouver from October 18 to 20 for 3 full days of panel
On Saturday, August 17th 2024 we held a community engagement session to finalize the Weymouth Falls Community Map in partnership with the Clean Foundation. In the afternoon, we were joined
On Thursday, Black community leaders from across Canada and the United States gathered at the Black Cultural Centre in Cherry Brook, N.S. The event gave those leaders the opportunity to
Have you heard? Across Canada, Black communities are creating opportunities for affordable housing and vibrant commercial spaces through community land trusts. From Hogan’s Alley in Vancouver to Upper Hammonds Plains in Halifax,
