Canada, North America
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Number of Protected areas
7,681
59
with management effectiveness evaluationsPolygons/Points ratio
100%
Polygons0%
PointsNumber of sources
For International designations | 6 |
For National designations | 3 |
TOTAL | 9 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
10.0%
coverage958,104 km2
Land Area Protected9,955,033 km2
Total Land Area35.0%
with management effectiveness evaluation339,370.0 km2
Area Assessed
Area marine
3.0%
coverage164,285 km2
Marine Area Protected5,698,083 km2
Total Marine Area5.0%
with management effectiveness evaluation7,843.0 km2
Area AssessedWarning: 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.
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
Ia | 499 | 6.5 |
Ib | 276 | 3.59 |
II | 1715 | 22.33 |
III | 595 | 7.75 |
IV | 3017 | 39.28 |
V | 142 | 1.85 |
VI | 1183 | 15.4 |
Not Reported | 228 | 2.97 |
Not Applicable | 26 | 0.34 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 215 | 2.8 | |
Not Reported | 538 | 7.0 | |
Collaborative governance | 42 | 0.55 | |
Non-profit organisations | 362 | 4.71 | |
Sub-national ministry or agency | 6501 | 84.64 | |
Indigenous peoples | 3 | 0.04 | |
Individual landowners | 20 | 0.26 |
National designations
90
Regional designations
0
Categories | Count |
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International designations
3