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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

964,193.75 km2

Land Area Protected

9,955,032.9 km2

Total Land Area

Area marine

0.87%

coverage

49,680.58 km2

Marine Area Protected

5,698,082.7 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 1725 22.57
III 575 7.52
IV 2983 39.03
V 142 1.86
VI 1187 15.53
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 349 4.57
Sub-national ministry or agency 6409 83.87
Indigenous peoples 1 0.01
Individual landowners 16 0.21

National designations

95

Categories Count
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable wildlife species 2
Recognized nature reserve 191
Private Conservation Lands 1
National Wildlife Area 46
Protected Area - Far North 3
Wildland Provincial Park 39
Wildlife Refuge 30
Wildlife Management Area 79
Privately Owned Natural Area (NCC PEI INC) 4
Old-growth forest 130
Representative Area Ecological Reserve 34
Wilderness Preserve 1
Provincially Owned Natural Area 63
Aquatic reserve 1
National Park of Canada 44
A - Park 627
Natural Area 131
Saskatchewan Watershed Authority 1
Game Preserve 22
Ecological Reserve / Traditional Use Planning Area 1
Wildlife Park 1
Provincial Wildlife Management Area 16
Protected through Aboriginal land claim agreement - Heritage Resource 1
Marine Protected Area 8
Protected through Aboriginal land claim agreement 1
Valued Ecosystem 3
Provincial Park 482
Biological refuge 2413
B - Park 2
Wilderness Area 82
Protected Area 104
National Historic Site 1
Recreation Site 112
Territorial Park - Historic Park 2
Park Reserve 7
National Marine Conservation Area 3
Fish and Wildlife Development Fund Land 1
National Urban Park of Canada 1
White-tailed deer yard 52
Heritage Rangeland 3
Land reserved for protected area 4
Ecological Reserve / Provincial Park 1
Natural Environment Park 16
C - Park 14
Provincial Forest 2
Wilderness Park 5
Privately Owned Natural Area (INT) 28
Provincial Pasture 52
Privately Owned Natural Area (PEIWF) 3
Recreation Area 2
Provincial Recreation Area 16
Cliff inhabited by a colony of birds 6
Wildlife Habitat Protection 1
Rare forest ecosystem 55
Privately Owned Natural Area 16
Proposed biodiversity reserve 80
Biodiversity reserve 5
Water fowl gathering area 644
Island or peninsula inhabited by a colony of birds 121
Proposed aquatic reserve 9
Conservancy 156
Community Pasture 26
Salt lick 3
Heronry 120
Forest refuge 14
Special Management Area 6
Territorial Park - Community Park 2
Historic Park 9
Agri-Environment Services Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AESB) Community Pasture 63
Conservation Reserve 295
Wilderness Reserve 2
Ecological reserve 72
Ecological Reserve 210
Traditional Use Planning Area 4
National Park 5
Nature Reserve 70
Muskrat habitat 123
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable plant species 31
Quebec's national park 27
Public Reserve 1
Wildlife Reserve 3
Proposed ecological reserve 3
Quebec's national park reserve 6
Wildlife Sanctuary 1
Valued Natural Habitat 13
Habitat Protection Area 8
Migratory Bird Sanctuary 63
Marine park 1
Wildlife preserve 8
Protected through Aboriginal land use plan - Land Use Exclusion Zone 1
Private Land 184
Recreation Park 11
Privately Owned Natural Area (NCC) 1
Protected Natural Area 208
Territorial Park 4

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