Canada, North America

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Number of Protected areas

7,642

Polygons/Points ratio

100%

Polygons

0%

Points

Number of sources

For International designations 6
For National designations 3
TOTAL 9

Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial

9.69%

coverage

964,202 km2

Land Area Protected

9,955,033 km2

Total Land Area

Area marine

0.87%

coverage

49,681 km2

Marine Area Protected

5,698,083 km2

Total Marine Area

Warning: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory. Learn how we calculate protected area coverage statistics

IUCN Management categories

Management categories Count %
Ia 495 6.48
Ib 269 3.52
II 1726 22.59
III 576 7.54
IV 2983 39.03
V 142 1.86
VI 1185 15.51
Not Reported 168 2.2
Not Applicable 26 0.34
Not Assigned 72 0.94

Governance types

Name Governance type Count %
Federal or national ministry or agency 290 3.79
Not Reported 535 7.0
Collaborative governance 42 0.55
Non-profit organisations 348 4.55
Sub-national ministry or agency 6407 83.84
Indigenous peoples 1 0.01
Individual landowners 19 0.25

National designations

95

Categories Count
Recognized nature reserve 191
Wildlife Habitat Protection 1
Game Preserve 22
Protected Area - Far North 3
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable plant species 31
Provincial Forest 2
Biological refuge 2413
C - Park 14
Wildlife Refuge 30
Cliff inhabited by a colony of birds 6
Wildlife Management Area 79
Rare forest ecosystem 55
Protected Area 104
Saskatchewan Watershed Authority 1
Ecological Reserve / Provincial Park 1
Protected Natural Area 208
National Park of Canada 44
Habitat Protection Area 8
Privately Owned Natural Area (NCC) 2
Natural Area 131
Wilderness Park 5
Protected through Aboriginal land claim agreement 1
Migratory Bird Sanctuary 63
A - Park 627
Territorial Park 4
Representative Area Ecological Reserve 34
National Marine Conservation Area 3
Natural Environment Park 16
Proposed aquatic reserve 9
Protected through Aboriginal land use plan - Land Use Exclusion Zone 1
Quebec's national park 27
Provincial Park 482
B - Park 2
Community Pasture 26
Privately Owned Natural Area (PEIWF) 3
Forest refuge 14
Public Reserve 1
Ecological Reserve / Traditional Use Planning Area 1
Muskrat habitat 123
White-tailed deer yard 52
Recreation Area 2
Valued Natural Habitat 13
Fish and Wildlife Development Fund Land 1
Marine Protected Area 8
Privately Owned Natural Area (INT) 26
National Urban Park of Canada 1
Privately Owned Natural Area 19
Agri-Environment Services Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AESB) Community Pasture 63
Island or peninsula inhabited by a colony of birds 121
Proposed ecological reserve 3
Wildlife Park 1
Wilderness Area 82
Heronry 120
Salt lick 3
Wildland Provincial Park 39
Marine park 1
Private Land 184
Protected through Aboriginal land claim agreement - Heritage Resource 1
Conservancy 156
Recreation Park 11
Provincially Owned Natural Area 61
Biodiversity reserve 5
Territorial Park - Historic Park 2
Quebec's national park reserve 6
Territorial Park - Community Park 2
Wilderness Preserve 1
Old-growth forest 130
National Wildlife Area 46
Conservation Reserve 295
Private Conservation Lands 1
National Historic Site 1
Provincial Wildlife Management Area 16
Wildlife Sanctuary 1
Heritage Rangeland 3
Ecological reserve 72
Ecological Reserve 210
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable wildlife species 2
Valued Ecosystem 3
Privately Owned Natural Area (NCC PEI INC) 4
Provincial Pasture 52
Land reserved for protected area 4
National Park 5
Nature Reserve 70
Wildlife Reserve 3
Water fowl gathering area 644
Proposed biodiversity reserve 80
Special Management Area 6
Park Reserve 7
Historic Park 9
Provincial Recreation Area 16
Traditional Use Planning Area 4
Wilderness Reserve 2
Aquatic reserve 1
Recreation Site 112
Wildlife preserve 8

Regional designations

0

Categories Count

International designations

3

Categories Count
World Heritage Site 10
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 16
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 37