Canada, North America

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Number of Protected areas

8,161

59 with management effectiveness evaluations

Polygons/Points ratio

100% Polygons

0% Points

Number of sources

For International designations 6
For National designations 2
TOTAL 8

Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial

10.66% coverage

1,060,926 km2 Land Area Protected

9,955,033 km2 Total Land Area

11% 6th National Report Coverage

31.99% with management effectiveness evaluation

339,369.7778 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine

2.91% coverage

165,665 km2 Marine Area Protected

5,698,083 km2 Total Marine Area

8% 6th National Report Coverage

4.73% with management effectiveness evaluation

7,843.339 km2 Area Assessed

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IUCN Management categories

Management categories Count %
Ia 519 6.36
Ib 276 3.38
II 1810 22.18
III 548 6.71
IV 4072 49.9
V 142 1.74
VI 511 6.26
Not Reported 98 1.2
Not Applicable 25 0.31
Not Assigned 160 1.96

Governance types

Name Governance type Count %
Federal or national ministry or agency 258 3.16
Not Reported 293 3.59
Collaborative governance 41 0.5
Non-profit organisations 236 2.89
Sub-national ministry or agency 7310 89.57
Indigenous peoples 3 0.04
Individual landowners 20 0.25

National designations

91

Categories Count
Quebec's national park reserve 6
Fish and Wildlife Development Fund Land 1
Protected Through Aboriginal Land Claim Agreement 1
Salt lick 5
Wildlife Refuge 30
Cliff inhabited by a colony of birds 6
Wildlife Management Area 80
Biological refuge 2757
Special Management Area 4
Natural Environment Park 11
Canadian Landmark 1
Traditional Use Planning Area 4
Proposed biodiversity reserve 85
Territorial Park - Historic Park 2
Protected Natural Area 208
Migratory Bird Sanctuary 92
National Marine Conservation Area 3
Privately Owned Natural Area 66
Natural Area 131
Wilderness Park 5
Ecological Reserve / Traditional Use Planning Area 1
National Marine Park 1
A - Park 628
Territorial Park 10
Wildlife Habitat Protection 1
Land reserved for protected area 4
Crown Pasture 63
Conservancy 156
Provincial Wildlife Management Area 17
Quebec's national park 27
Provincial Park 484
B - Park 2
White-tailed deer yard 52
Valued Natural Habitat 17
Park Reserve 1
Wildland Provincial Park 44
Provincial Forest 2
Protected Through Aboriginal Land Claim Agreement - Heritage Resource 1
Aquatic reserve 1
Provincial Pasture 51
Private Land 184
National Urban Park 1
C - Park 13
Provincial Recreation Area 7
Habitat Protection Area 9
Valued Ecosystem 3
Provincially Owned Natural Area 72
Proposed ecological reserve 3
Wilderness Area 84
Protected Area 108
Forest refuge 18
Private Conservation Lands 1
Recreation Park 11
Marine Protected Area 12
Wildlife Park 1
Wilderness Reserve 2
Proposed aquatic reserve 10
Wildlife preserve 8
Recreation Area 2
National Wildlife Area 80
Game Preserve 22
National Historic Site 1
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable plant species 31
Territorial Park - Community Park 2
Protected Through Aboriginal Land Use Plan - Land Use Exclusion Zone 1
Conservation Park 1
Wildlife Sanctuary 1
Conservation Reserve 295
Ecological reserve 72
Ecological Reserve 214
Biodiversity reserve 5
Historic Park 9
Representative Area Ecological Reserve 34
Rare forest ecosystem 62
National Park 46
Muskrat habitat 129
Water fowl gathering area 694
First Nation Settlement Land 2
Heronry 75
Heritage Rangeland 3
Wildlife Reserve 1
Nature Reserve 84
Recreation Site 111
Recognized nature reserve 226
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable wildlife species 30
Old-growth forest 144
Protected Area - Far North 4
Marine park 1
Saskatchewan Watershed Authority 1
Island or peninsula inhabited by a colony of birds 106
Ecological Reserve / Provincial Park 1

Regional designations

0

Categories Count

International designations

3

Categories Count
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 10
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 16
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 37