Seeds of Diversity's Canadian Seed Library
is a collection of seeds that backs up the work of our member seed savers and Canadian heritage seed companies.

As a not-for-profit project, we store back-up samples of Canada's rarest seeds (and some not so rare) in low-humidity freezers to keep them viable and available for future gardeners and farmers. These are your seeds, your collection, brought to you by the work and donations of hundreds of people.

Now storing 2710 samples of seeds.

18% permanently adopted through donations from 282 people and companies,
totalling $74672.45 so far. Adopt a Variety today!

Backing up 1616 varieties from 107 plant species.

What does it look like? Imagine 139.66 kg of seeds carefully dried and stored in airtight jars in big freezers!

Learn About the Canadian Seed Library

Complete List of Varieties

Now Offering these Seeds to the Public

We offer seed samples to gardeners and farmers when we have seeds in enough quantity, and they are not available from any Canadian seed company (that we know of - please tell us if you know otherwise!).

That way, more seed varieties are available to people. They should be, because these are the people's seeds!

Contact us at about requesting seed samples.

Tomato : Pacesetter
Tomato : Rotkappchen
Tomato : Petogro
Tomato : Robinson
Tomato : Pearl Harbour
Tomato : Prachtlow
Wheat, durum : Hercules
Wheat : AC Michael
Oat : Rodney
Oat : Lamar
Bean : Mrocumiere
Pea : Amplissimo White
Bean : Pepa de Zapollo
Lettuce : Provenzano
Pea : Amplissimo Vistoria
Tomato : Petit Moineau
Bean : Black Monkey
Pea : Vesta
Bean : Jo Bean
Bean : STALLION
Bean : VANDERPOOL SIX WEEKS
Bean : GEORGIAN BLACK
Bean : JEMBO POLISH
Tomato : PETIT MOINEAU
Tomato : DOUCET'S PETITBEC
Tomato : DOUCET'S SUPERBEC
Tomato : RUTGERS VF
Tomato : White Currant
Tomato : Old Timey Looney
Tomato : Harry Gardener's Brown
Bean : Mennonite Waterloo String Pole
Lettuce : May King
Lettuce : Yugoslavian Red Butterhead
Bean : Green Limelight
Bean : Clipper
bean : Early Six Weeks
bean : Berna
Tomato : Quebec 309
Bean : Fleetwood
Bean : Kentwood
Bean : Harofleet
Tomato : Gregory Altai
Tomato : Quebec 2473
Tomato : L'Espagnol Lefebvre
Bean : Rico
Bean : Ex Rico 23
Tomato : Q245
Bean : Jacob's cattle gasless
Lettuce : Butter Bow Head