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Number of Protected areas

7,642

Polygons/Points ratio

100%

Polygons

0%

Points

Number of sources

For International designations 7
For National designations 3
TOTAL 10

Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial

9.69%

coverage

964,191.0 km2

Land Area Protected

9,955,032.9 km2

Total Land Area

Area marine

0.87%

coverage

49,680.0 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 494 6.46
Ib 269 3.52
II 1726 22.59
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 348 4.55
Sub-national ministry or agency 6410 83.88
Indigenous peoples 1 0.01
Individual landowners 16 0.21

National designations

95

Categories Count
Proposed biodiversity reserve 80
Game Preserve 22
Biodiversity reserve 5
C - Park 14
Wildlife Refuge 30
Cliff inhabited by a colony of birds 6
Wildlife Management Area 79
Community Pasture 26
Private Land 184
Protected Natural Area 208
Muskrat habitat 123
Privately Owned Natural Area (NCC) 1
Salt lick 3
Provincial Forest 2
National Park of Canada 44
A - Park 627
National Wildlife Area 46
Private Conservation Lands 1
Habitat Protection Area 8
Protected through Aboriginal land claim agreement 1
Wildlife Park 1
Natural Environment Park 16
Proposed aquatic reserve 9
Quebec's national park 27
Saskatchewan Watershed Authority 1
Provincial Park 482
B - Park 2
Marine Protected Area 8
Wilderness Area 82
Protected Area 104
Historic Park 9
Privately Owned Natural Area (NCC PEI INC) 4
Heritage Rangeland 3
White-tailed deer yard 52
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable plant species 31
Forest refuge 14
Agri-Environment Services Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AESB) Community Pasture 63
Protected Area - Far North 3
Privately Owned Natural Area (INT) 27
Territorial Park - Historic Park 2
Wilderness Park 5
National Urban Park of Canada 1
Island or peninsula inhabited by a colony of birds 121
Proposed ecological reserve 3
Public Reserve 1
Fish and Wildlife Development Fund Land 1
Conservation Reserve 295
Wildland Provincial Park 39
Valued Ecosystem 3
Ecological Reserve / Traditional Use Planning Area 1
Conservancy 156
Privately Owned Natural Area (PEIWF) 3
Protected through Aboriginal land claim agreement - Heritage Resource 1
Wilderness Preserve 1
Provincially Owned Natural Area 64
Ecological Reserve / Provincial Park 1
Territorial Park - Community Park 2
Old-growth forest 130
Marine park 1
Recreation Area 2
Representative Area Ecological Reserve 34
National Historic Site 1
Recognized nature reserve 191
Provincial Recreation Area 16
Provincial Wildlife Management Area 16
Aquatic reserve 1
Traditional Use Planning Area 4
Protected through Aboriginal land use plan - Land Use Exclusion Zone 1
Recreation Site 112
Land reserved for protected area 4
Special Management Area 6
National Marine Conservation Area 3
Ecological reserve 72
Ecological Reserve 210
Biological refuge 2413
Provincial Pasture 52
National Park 5
Nature Reserve 70
Quebec's national park reserve 6
Heronry 120
Water fowl gathering area 644
Wildlife Reserve 3
Wildlife Sanctuary 1
Park Reserve 7
Wildlife Habitat Protection 1
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable wildlife species 2
Privately Owned Natural Area 16
Migratory Bird Sanctuary 63
Rare forest ecosystem 55
Valued Natural Habitat 13
Wilderness Reserve 2
Recreation Park 11
Wildlife preserve 8
Natural Area 131
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