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{{Short description|none}}{{about|the park system administered by the Government of Canada|a list of provincial parks in Quebec (called “national parks” by that province)|National Parks of Quebec#List of national parks in Quebec}}{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2024}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}{{Canada provinces map|width=285px|map=Canadian National Parks.png|prefix=List of protected areas of|the=the|caption=Parks in Canada's provinces and territories}}{{GeoGroup}}Canada's national parks are protected areas under the Canada National Parks Act, owned by the Government of Canada and administered for the benefit, education, and enjoyment of the people of Canada and its future generations.CANLAW,weblink Canada National Parks Act, Canada National Parks Act, Government of Canada, S.C., 2000, 32, Justice Laws Website, National parks are administered by Parks Canada, a Crown agency operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. The goal of the national parks system is to set aside lands representing the country's 39 distinct natural regions described in the National Parks System Plan, primarily to protect the ecological integrity of the land, and secondarily to allow the public to explore, learn about and enjoy Canada's natural spaces.WEB,weblink National Parks of Canada – Introduction, Parks Canada, 23 May 2017, 13 December 2017, 6 April 2017,weblink live, Canada's first national park was created in 1885 through an Order-in-CouncilCANLAW, An act further to amend and to consolidate, as so amended, the several Acts respecting the Public Lands of the Dominion therein mentioned, P.C., 1885-2197, 17, 26, 25 November 1885,weblink Library and Archives Canada, to reserve {{cvt|26|sqkm}} over the Cave and Basin Hot Springs to prevent the land from being sold for private development despite claims being made for it. Modelled after the American experience with Yellowstone National Park, the Rocky Mountains Park Act, adopted in 1887, established the Rocky Mountains Park (now Banff National Park).BOOK, A Brief History of Canada's National Parks, Lothian, W.F.,weblink Environment Canada, 1981, 0-662-15217-4, 24 January 2018, 22 January 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170122232936weblink">weblink live, The idea of a national park was popular and led to numerous proposals for the Ministry of the Interior to consider, including additional sites along the Canadian Pacific Railway (e.g. Yoho and Glacier and an expansion of Banff) and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (e.g. Jasper). In 1911 the Rocky Mountains Park Act was replaced by the Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks Act which created the world's first National Park Service, the Dominion Parks Branch, to administer national parks in Canada.NEWS,weblink Parks Canada celebrates a century of discovery, Irish, Paul, 13 May 2011, Toronto Star, 24 January 2018, 16 May 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110516235956weblink">weblink live, These early national parks, including those established under the leadership of JB Harkin who was the first commissioner of the Dominion Parks Branch, were set aside to reserve lands principally for tourism and conservation but also had an exclusionary policy prohibiting First Nations peoples from using their traditional lands within the new parks.JOURNAL, Theodore, Binnema, Melanie, Niemi, 'Let the line be drawn now': Wilderness, Conservation, and the Exclusion of Aboriginal People from Banff National Park in Canada, Environmental History, 2006, 11, 4, 724–50, 10.1093/envhis/11.4.724, In 1922, Wood Buffalo National Park was the first to allow traditional indigenous activities to continue. In 1972, Parks Canada defined national park reserves as lands administered by the agency intended to become national parks pending settlement of indigenous land rights and agreements for continued traditional use of the lands.WEB,weblink Can First Nations hunt in national parks?, Bob, Joseph, Indigenous Corporate Training, 13 March 2015, 24 January 2018, 25 January 2018,weblink live, WEB,weblink Indigenous fact sheet, Parks Canada, 23 June 2017, 13 December 2017, dead,weblink 11 December 2017, {{As of|2021|July}}, there are 38 national parks, 10 national park reserves, and one national urban park, covering an area of approximately {{cvt|342456|sqkm}},WEB, The system of national parks of Canada, 2021-07-29, Parks Canada,weblink 2022-05-07,weblink 2022-01-21, live, or about 3.3% of the total land area of Canada, and representing 31 of its 39 natural regions. There is at least one park located in every one of the nation's 13 provinces and territories. Parks Canada reported attendance of 15,449,249 at all national parks and reserves in 2016–17, including over four million visits to the busiest park (Banff) and only two persons at the least-visited park (Tuktut Nogait).WEB,weblink Parks Canada Attendance 2016–17, Parks Canada, 11 September 2017, 25 January 2018, 22 December 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171222105449weblink">weblink live, Parks Canada additionally manages three National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs), a single NMCA Reserve, and the country's lone National Landmark. The Canada National Parks Act also allows for recognition of National Historic Sites that commemorate events, landmarks, or objects of national importance, and which may include similar levels of protection and administration as national parks. Feasibility studies are underway to establish further national parks in unrepresented regions.WEB,weblink Creating new national parks, Parks Canada, 13 December 2017, 11 December 2017,weblink live,

National parks and national park reserves

National park reserves are indicated by "(Reserve)" after the park name. The national urban park is indicated by "(Urban)" after the park name.{{Legend|#cfecd2|* UNESCO World Heritage Site|outline=silver}}{{Legend|#cedff2|† UNESCO Biosphere Reserve|outline=silver}}{{legend|#ddcef2|‡ Parks designated in both UNESCO programs|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" width="95%"!scope=col width=12%|Name!scope=col width=1%px class="unsortable"|Photo!scope=col width=8%|Location!scope=col width=8%data-sort-type=isoDate|Established!scope=col width=6%|Area (2017)!scope=col width=8%|Annual visitors (2022–23)WEB, Canada, Parks, Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Open Government Portal,weblink 2024-05-07, open.canada.ca, ! scope="col" width="8%" |Natural regionBOOK, National Parks System Plan, Parks Canada,weblink 1997, Parks Canada, 0-662-25334-5, 18 January 2018, 6 January 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180106222907weblink">weblink live, !scope=col width=28% class="unsortable"|Description! scope=row|{{proper name|Akami-Uapishkᵘ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains}}(Reserve)

Image:Mealy Mountains Labrador 1.jpg>175px	Newfoundland and Labrador{{coord>53	N	22	name={{proper name	region:CA-NL_type:landmark}}	July 31, 2015	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|	Eastern Canadian forests>East coast boreal	Mealy Mountains on Labrador from Lake Melville to Sandwich Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)>Sandwich Bay and includes some sandy beaches along the coast of the Labrador Sea.

! scope=row|Aulavik

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Northwest Territories{{coord>73

N

55

name=Aulavik National Park|region:CA-NT_type:landmark}}

1992

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|34| Western arctic lowlands

Banks Island, the completely treeless polar desert of Aulavik is home to the world's largest concentration of muskoxen, as well as the endangered Peary caribou.HTTPS://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/NT/AULAVIK/INFO/NATCUL1

WEBSITE=PARKS CANADA

ACCESS-DATE=13 DECEMBER 2017

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20171212040000/HTTP://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/NT/AULAVIK/INFO/NATCUL1, live,

! scope=row|Auyuittuq

Nunavut{{coord>67

N

01

name=Auyuittuq National Park|region:CA-NU_type:landmark}}

2001

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|256| Northern Davis region

Arctic Circle, Auyuittuq on Baffin Island preserves a rugged arctic wilderness featuring some of the highest peaks of the Canadian Shield.HTTP://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/NU/AUYUITTUQ/INFO

WEBSITE=PARKS CANADA

ACCESS-DATE=14 DECEMBER 2017

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20171211202931/HTTP://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/NU/AUYUITTUQ/INFO, live,

Banff *

Image:Moraine Lake 17092005.jpg>175px

Alberta{{coord>51

N

0

name=Banff National Park|region:CA-AB_type:landmark}}

November 25, 1885

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|4,130,081

Canadian Rockies>Rocky Mountains

Valley of the Ten Peaks, the Wapta Icefield>Wapta and Waputik Icefields, several ski resorts, and the communities of Lake Louise, Alberta

and Banff, Alberta>Banff. It is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks.

Bruce Peninsula â€

Image:20170626 Bruce Peninsula Park.jpg>175px

Ontario{{coord>45

N

37

name=Bruce Peninsula National Park|region:CA-ON_type:landmark}}

1987

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|460,435

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands>St. Lawrence lowlands

Niagara Escarpment and forms part of the larger UNESCO Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve. The Bruce Trail, one of Canada's longest hiking trails, passes through the park. The locally threatened Massasauga>massasauga rattlesnake is found within the park, as well as Canada's southernmost population of American black bear

s.{{rp>142–143}}

! scope=row|Cape Breton Highlands

Image:First View (205313460).jpg>175px

Nova Scotia{{coord>46

N

40

name=Cape Breton Highlands National Park|region:CA-NS_type:landmark}}

1936

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|277,203| Maritime Acadian highlands

Acadian forest>Acadian and taiga

environments in the Cape Breton Highlands. One-third of the Cabot Trail passes through the central portion of the park. Most of Nova Scotia's population of Canada lynx are found in this park, and the endangered North Atlantic right whale is found in waters off the park's coast.{{rp>42–43}}RIGHT WHALES OFF CAPE BRETON GOING THE WRONG WAY FOR SHIPPING, FISHING >URL=HTTP://THECHRONICLEHERALD.CA/NOVASCOTIA/1312707-RIGHT-WHALES-OFF-CAPE-BRETON-GOING-THE-WRONG-WAY-FOR-SHIPPING-FISHING

LAST=AYERS

THE CHRONICLE HERALD >DATE=22 SEPTEMBER 2015

ARCHIVE-DATE=31 JULY 2017

URL-STATUS=LIVE, Western moose were introduced to this park from Alberta's Elk Island National Park between 1947 and 1948, the native eastern moose having been hunted to near-extinction.MOOSE MANAGEMENT >URL=HTTPS://NOVASCOTIA.CA/ABOR/OFFICE/WHAT-WE-DO/NEGOTIATIONS/MOOSE-MANAGEMENT/

PUBLISHER=GOVERNMENT OF NOVA SCOTIA

>DATE=FEBRUARY 2007

ARCHIVE-DATE=19 MARCH 2018

URL-STATUS=LIVE, Parks Canada started a four-year project with the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources and other partners to begin to restore boreal forest regions within this park in 2014.

Elk Island â€

Image:Bison Elk Island.jpg>175px

Alberta{{coord>53

N

52

name=Elk Island National Park|region:CA-AB_type:landmark}}

1913

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|409,891| Southern boreal plains & plateaux

Dark-sky preserve>Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve, and the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and North America

.ELK ISLAND NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN

PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA

WEBSITE=PARKS CANADA

ACCESS-DATE=18 MARCH 2018

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180319003931/HTTPS://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/NS/CBRETON/DECOUVRIR-DISCOVER/FAUNE-ANIMALS/MAMMIFERES-MAMMALS/ORIGNAL-MOOSE, live,

! scope=row|Forillon

Quebec{{coord>48

N

21

name=Forillon National Park|region:CA-QC_type:landmark}}

June 8, 1970 (federal-provincial agreement)

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|164,130| Notre Dame & Megantic Mountains

Mi'kmaq and Iroquois, and were exploited for their rich supplies of lumber.{{rp>98–99}} Two hundred twenty-five families were controversially expropriated from the park lands prior to creation of the park in 1970. In 2011, the Government of Canada issued a formal apology to these families for their mistreatment.THE FIRST FRENCH-CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS: KOUCHIBOUGUAC AND FORILLON IN HISTORY AND MEMORY >FIRST=RONALD

JOURNAL=JOURNAL OF THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

ISSUE=1

PAGES=161–200

DOI-ACCESS=FREE,

Fundy â€

Image:NB Fundy3 tango7174.jpg>175px

New Brunswick{{coord>45

N

57

name=Fundy National Park|region:CA-NB_type:landmark}}

1948

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|303,575| Maritime Acadian highlands

tides in the world, the Bay of Fundy exposes ocean floor at low tide which is covered by up to {{cvt>16

WEBSITE=NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION >DATE=10 OCTOBER 2017

ARCHIVE-DATE=1 FEBRUARY 2018

URL-STATUS=LIVE, The park forms the core portion of the UNESCO Fundy Biosphere Reserve.

Georgian Bay Islands â€	Image:BeausoleilIslandCedarSprings2004.jpg>175px	Ontario{{coord>44	N	52	name=Georgian Bay Islands National Park|region:CA-ON_type:landmark}}	1930	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|27,482| Great Lakes—St.{{nbsp}}Lawrence precambrian region	Beausoleil Island is the largest of the small islands which make up the park, which originally included Flowerpot Island. The islands form part of the UNESCO Georgian Bay Littoral>Georgian Bay Littoral Biosphere Reserve.

! scope=row|Glacier

	British Columbia{{coord>51	N	31	name=Glacier National Park|region:CA-BC_type:landmark}}	October 10, 1886	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|775,190official Parks Canada figures combine the visitor numbers of Glacier National Park and Mount Revelstoke National Park| Columbia Mountains	Illecillewaet Glacier, Rogers Pass (British Columbia)>Rogers Pass, Nakimu Caves, Mount Sir Donald, and Mount Dawson (Canada)	.STATE OF THE PARKS REPORT – MOUNT REVELSTOKE AND GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS	PARKS CANADA >YEAR=2008,

! scope=row|Grasslands

Image:Saskatchewan - Grasslands National Park 02.JPG>175px

Saskatchewan{{coord>49

N

43

name=Grasslands National Park|region:CA-SK_type:landmark}}

1981

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}({{convert

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abbr=on}} proposed) |19,656| Prairie grasslands

Montana, the park features an undisturbed Grassland>mixed-grass prairie ecosystem and badlands where fossils from both the Frenchman Formation

and Bearpaw Formations were discovered including those of a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus.GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK RESERVE OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN

PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA, 978-1-100-15723-8,

Gros Morne *

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Newfoundland and Labrador{{coord>49

N

44

name=Gros Morne National Park|region:CA-NL_type:landmark}}

October 1, 2005 (national park)August 1973 (national park reserve)

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}| -| Western Newfoundland highlands

Mantle (geology)>mantle and Crust (geology)

as an example of plate tectonics, the park also includes Western Brook Pond, Lobster Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador>Lobster Cove, and Gros Morne, Newfoundland

in the Long Range Mountains chain.GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN

PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA, 978-0-662-44613-2,

! scope=row|Gulf Islands(Reserve)

British Columbia{{coord>48

N

27

name=Gulf Islands National Park Reserve|region:CA-BC_type:landmark}}

May 9, 2003

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}} |28,434

Georgia Depression>Strait of Georgia lowlands

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (MAGAZINE)>NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

DATE=6 JULY 2011

ARCHIVE-DATE=6 JANUARY 2018

URL-STATUS=DEAD,

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site

*{{efn>South Moresby National Park Reserve was created 12 July 1988, with the signing of the South Moresby Agreement; renamed Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site on 28 February 1996. Includes SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island) World Heritage Site.HTTP://WWW.THECANADIANENCYCLOPEDIA.COM/INDEX.CFM?PGNM=TCE&PARAMS=A1ARTA0010322>TITLE=GWAII HAANAS NATIONAL PARK RESERVE AND HAIDA HERITAGE SITE

ACCESS-DATE=7 APRIL 2008

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20060828205002/HTTP://WWW.THECANADIANENCYCLOPEDIA.COM/INDEX.CFM?PGNM=TCE&PARAMS=A1ARTA0010322, dead, }}(Reserve)

British Columbia{{coord>52

N

28

name=Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve|region:CA-BC_type:landmark}}

1988

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|2,651official Parks Canada figures combine the numbers for Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site

Insular Mountains>Pacific coast mountains

Haida Gwaii>Haida Gwaii archipelago, the park is on the far western end of Canada and includes 138 islands, inclusive of Ninstints World Heritage Site, Hotspring Island, and the southern tip of Moresby Island.

! scope=row|Ivvavik{{efn|Established as Northern Yukon National Park in 1984, renamed Ivvavik National Park in 1992.ENCYCLOPEDIA,weblink Ivvavik National Park, The Canadian Encyclopedia, 7 April 2008, 11 January 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180111102337weblink">weblink live, }}

175px)	Yukon{{coord>69	N	31	name=Ivvavik National Park|region:CA-YK_type:landmark}}	1984	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|179| Northern Yukon	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the park has arctic tundra that was not glaciated during the last ice age and consequently contains the oldest river in Canada, the Firth River. Ivvavik is the first national park created as a result of an aboriginal land claim agreement, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region>Inuvialuit Final Agreement.IVVAVIK NATIONAL PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN >YEAR=2017, Parks Canada,

Jasper *

Image:Fryatt Valley top.jpg>175px

Alberta{{coord>52

N

54

name=Jasper National Park|region:CA-AB_type:landmark}}

September 14, 1907

{{convert

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abbr=on}}}}|2,415,463

Canadian Rockies>Rocky Mountains

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to the Banff National Parks, as well as Mount Robson Provincial Park>Mount Robson and Hamber Provincial Parks in British Columbia, this park includes the community of Jasper, Alberta

, Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Falls, Sunwapta Falls, Maligne Lake, and Maligne Canyon>canyon, and the Snow Dome, a hydrological apex of North America, at its boundary with the Banff National Park.

Kejimkujik â€	Image:Autumnal Magic (10148865034).jpg>175px	Nova Scotia{{coord>44	N	13	name=Kejimkujik National Park|region:CA-NS_type:landmark}}	1967	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|75,284| Atlantic coast plain	Kejimikujik Lake was acquired by the federal government for park purposes in 1967 and added a 22 km2 seaside component in 1985. The inland portion was designated a National Historic Site in 1995 recognizing its Mi'kmaq>Mi'kmaw cultural landscape and is adjacent to the Tobeatic Wilderness Area. The park is part of the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve and a dark-sky preserve.KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK AND NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN >YEAR=2010	ISBN= 978-1-100-13549-6,

Kluane National Park and Reserve

*(Park and Reserve){{efn>Kluane National Park Reserve was set aside in 1976, following the Kluane Game Reserve of the early 1940s. Subsequently, an eastern portion of the Reserve became Kluane National Park in 1993.}}

Image:Quill Creek, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada.jpg>175px

Yukon{{coord>60

N

20

name=Kluane National Park and Reserve|region:CA-YK_type:landmark}}

May 29, 1993 (Park)1972 (Reserve)

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}} (Park){{convert

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abbr=on|sortable=on}} (Reserve)}}|47,098| Northern coast mountains

Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek>World Heritage Site and adjacent to the U.S. Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve

and British Columbian Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, Kluane features the Mountain peaks of Canada>highest mountain peaks in Canada, including Mount Logan, and the largest non-polar ice field in the world.HTTP://WWW.GUINNESSWORLDRECORDS.COM/WORLD-RECORDS/LARGEST-NON-POLAR-ICE-FIELD/ >TITLE=LARGEST NON-POLAR ICE FIELD

YEAR=2011

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS >ARCHIVE-DATE=7 JANUARY 2018

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

Kootenay *	Image:Perfection near Stanley Glacier, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia.tiff>175px	British Columbia{{coord>50	N	03	name=Kootenay National Park|region:CA-BC_type:landmark}}	April 21, 1920	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|574,126	Canadian Rockies>Rocky Mountains	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to the Banff and Yoho National Parks, as well as the Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, the park is representative of the Rocky Mountains natural region and includes the Radium Hot Springs (British Columbia)>Radium Hot Springs pools, an outcrop of the Burgess Shale fossil deposit, Numa Falls, and Floe Lake.

! scope=row|Kouchibouguac

Image:Kouchibouguac National Park (37124711561).jpg>175px

New Brunswick{{coord>46

N

58

name=Kouchibouguac National Park|region:CA-NB_type:landmark}}

1969

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|243,489

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands>Maritime plain

Kouchibouguac River enters the Northumberland Strait, across from the north end of Prince Edward Island, the park illustrates Beach evolution>coastal dynamics, including tidal rivers, Dune

, salt marshes, bogs, and barrier islands.KOUCHIBOUGUAC NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN

PARKS CANADA >YEAR=2010, 978-1-100-13556-4,

! scope=row|La Mauricie

Image:Wapizagonke Lake in the Mauricie National Park, Quebec, Canada.jpg>175px	Quebec{{coord>46	N	58	name=La Mauricie National Park|region:CA-QC_type:landmark}}	August 22, 1970	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|278,923| Great Lakes—St.{{nbsp}}Lawrence precambrian region	Shawinigan, and between Saint-Maurice River, Matawin River (Quebec)>Matawin River, and Mastigouche Wildlife Reserve, the park features a canoe camping circuit and habitat for the wood turtle.LA MAURICIE NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN >PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA	ISBN= 978-1-100-14153-4,

! scope=row|Mingan Archipelago(Reserve)

Image:Monolithes de L'Archipel de Mingan.jpg>175px	Quebec{{coord>50	N	10	name=Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve|region:CA-QC_type:landmark}}	1984	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|44,017	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands>St. Lawrence lowlands| Located along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the park consists of the Mingan Archipelago with its limestone outcrops and Atlantic puffin habitat.

! scope=row|Mount Revelstoke

Image:Mount Revelstoke National Park 1.jpg>175px	British Columbia{{coord>51	N	04	name=Mount Revelstoke National Park|region:CA-BC_type:landmark}}	1914	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|775,190| Columbia Mountains	Revelstoke, British Columbia>City of Revelstoke, the park is representative of the Columbia Mountains natural region.

! scope=row|Nááts'ihch'oh(Reserve)

175px)	Northwest Territories{{coord>62	N	58	name=Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve|region:CA-NT_type:landmark}}	December 18, 2014	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|109| Mackenzie Mountains	South Nahanni River watershed to Mount Nááts'įhch'oh and the Moose Ponds.NááTS'įHCH'OH NATIONAL PARK RESERVE OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN	PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA, 978-0-660-09423-6,

Nahanni *(Reserve)

Image:Nahanni - VirginiaFalls.jpg>175px

Northwest Territories{{coord>61

N

35

name=Nahanni National Park Reserve|region:CA-NT_type:landmark}}

1974

{{convert

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29000

0

33766

0

2017

WORK=CTV NEWS

ACCESS-DATE=7 APRIL 2008

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20121017212948/HTTP://WWW.CTVNEWS.CA/TORIES-EXPANSION-OF-NAHANNI-PARK-PRAISED-1.251820, live, }} |1,104| Mackenzie Mountains

List of World Heritage Sites in Canada>World Heritage Site in Canada, the park includes the South Nahanni River, Virginia Falls (Northwest Territories)

, the Cirque of the Unclimbables, and a limestone cave system.NAHANNI NATIONAL PARK RESERVE OF CANADA NAHʔą DEHé MANAGEMENT PLAN

PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA, 978-1-100-15495-4,

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

{{efn>Only the northwestern end of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is located within Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve.}}(Reserve)

British Columbia{{coord>48

N

46

name=Pacific Rim National Park Reserve|region:CA-BC_type:landmark}}

1970

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|1,163,362

Insular Mountains>Pacific coast mountains

Long Beach (British Columbia)>Long Beach, the Broken Group islands, and the West Coast Trail.STATE OF THE PARKS REPORT – PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK RESERVE>PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA

ISBN=978-0-662-48932-0,

! scope=row|Point Pelee

Image:Boardwalk in Pelee.JPG>175px

Ontario{{coord>41

N

31

name=Point Pelee National Park|region:CA-ON_type:landmark}}

May 29, 1918

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|492,122

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands>St. Lawrence lowlands

Middle Island (Lake Erie)>Middle Island. The marshy wetland environment is a known stop for migratory birds and monarch butterflies,MONARCH BUTTERFLIES BY THE THOUSANDS AT POINT PELEE >URL=HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/WINDSOR/MONARCH-BUTTERFLIES-BY-THE-THOUSANDS-AT-POINT-PELEE-1.2769252

DATE=17 SEPTEMBER 2014

ARCHIVE-DATE=23 SEPTEMBER 2017

URL-STATUS=LIVE, and since 1987 is a Ramsar Convention Wetland of International Importance.HTTPS://RSIS.RAMSAR.ORG/RIS/368 >TITLE=POINT PELEE

ACCESS-DATE=10 JANUARY 2018

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180111165302/HTTPS://RSIS.RAMSAR.ORG/RIS/368, live,

! scope=row|Prince Albert

Image:Prince Albert National Park.jpg>175px

Saskatchewan{{coord>53

N

22

name=Prince Albert National Park|region:CA-SK_type:landmark}}

March 24, 1927

{{convert

km2

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Outdoor recreation>recreation focus, the park includes a small community on the east end of Waskesiu Lake and features Festuca

grasslands with plains bison, Boreal forest of Canada>boreal forest, and Ajawaan Lake

, Lavallée Lake, and other lakes.PRINCE ALBERT NATIONAL PARK RESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN

PARKS CANADA >YEAR=2017,

! scope=row|Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island{{coord>46

N

05

name=Prince Edward Island National Park|region:CA-PE_type:landmark}}

1937

{{convert

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abbr=on}}}}| -

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands>Maritime plain

piping plover and are designated an Important Bird Area. An extension added in 1998 protects Dune#Parabolic>parabolic sand dunes and an area with archaeological evidence of Paleo-Indian occupation up to 10,000 years ago.A STORY WRITTEN IN SAND >URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=_Z-UQTVBFYAC&Q=PEI+GREENWICH+ARCHAEOLOGY&PG=PA23

LAST=SCHELLER

VOLUME=19

DATE=DECEMBER 1999

PAGES=23–24, The park also encompasses Green Gables (Prince Edward Island)

, the inspiration for the popular Anne of Green Gables novels.{{rp>62–63}}

! scope=row|Pukaskwa

Image:Pukaskwa National Park southern headland trail.JPG>175px

Ontario{{coord>48

N

53

name=Pukaskwa National Park|region:CA-ON_type:landmark}}

1971

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|17,285| Central boreal uplands

Voyageur Hiking Trail and the longest stretch of undeveloped shoreline in the Great Lakes,HTTPS://WWW.THESTAR.COM/LIFE/TRAVEL/2018/01/04/TREKKING-THE-WILD-SHORES-OF-LAKE-SUPERIOR-IN-PUKASKWA-NATIONAL-PARK.HTML

FIRST=DANIEL

NEWSPAPER=TORONTO STAR

ACCESS-DATE=18 JANUARY 2018

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180119060655/HTTPS://WWW.THESTAR.COM/LIFE/TRAVEL/2018/01/04/TREKKING-THE-WILD-SHORES-OF-LAKE-SUPERIOR-IN-PUKASKWA-NATIONAL-PARK.HTML, live, Pukaskwa protects an area of boreal forest largely untouched by logging and mining industries, owing to the terrain's remarkable ruggedness. A large cluster of the Pukaskwa Pits are located within the park.

! scope=row|Qausuittuq

Image:Peary caribou - looking west towards Evan's Bay.jpg>175px	Nunavut{{coord>76	N	00	name=Qausuittuq National Park|region:CA-NU_type:landmark}}	September 1, 2015	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|| Western high Arctic	Bathurst Island (Nunavut)>Bathurst Island, the park is adjacent to the Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area and protects Peary caribou and muskox habitat.

! scope=row|Quttinirpaaq{{efn|Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve was established in 1988, renamed Quttinirpaaq in 1999, and became a national park in 2000.ENCYCLOPEDIA,weblink Quttinirpaaq National Park, The Canadian Encyclopedia, 7 April 2008, 14 March 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150314201200weblink">weblink live, }}

Image:Tanquary Fiord 16 1997-08-05.jpg>175px	Nunavut{{coord>82	N	13	name=Quttinirpaaq National Park|region:CA-NU_type:landmark}}	1988	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|7| Eastern high Arctic| Located on the polar desert of Ellesmere Island at the northern tip of Canada, the park includes Tanquary Fiord, Barbeau Peak, Lake Hazen, and Fort Conger.

Riding Mountain â€

Manitoba{{coord>50

N

02

name=Riding Mountain National Park|region:CA-MB_type:landmark}}

May 30, 1933

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|336,560| Southern boreal plains & plateaux

Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve,HTTP://WWW.UNESCO.ORG/MABDB/BR/BRDIR/DIRECTORY/BIORES.ASP?CODE=CAN+04&MODE=ALL

WEBSITE=UNESCO

ARCHIVE-DATE=23 JULY 2012

URL-STATUS=LIVE, the park features both boreal and aspen forests among the larger grassland prairie landscape, interspersed with Pothole (landform)

and marshes. The park has an outdoor recreation focus and includes the community of Wasagaming, Manitoba>Wasagaming, the Riding Mountain Park East Gate Registration Complex

National Historic Site, and formerly the Whitewater (POW camp)>Whitewater prisoners-of-war camp.RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA AND RIDING MOUNTAIN PARK EAST GATE REGISTRATION COMPLEX NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN >PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA

ISBN= 978-0-662-43469-6,

! scope=row|Rouge(Urban)

175px|)	Ontario{{coord>43	N	14	name=Rouge National Urban Park|region:CA-ON_type:landmark}}	May 15, 2015	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}} |	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands>St. Lawrence lowlands	Greater Toronto Area beginning at the mouth of the Rouge River (Ontario)>Rouge River and through the east end of Toronto and Markham, Ontario	, the park includes riparian corridors and wetlands with habitat for the Blanding's turtle, as well as Bead Hill>Bead Hill National Historic Site.

! scope=row|Sable Island(Reserve)

Image:Stallion and harem on Sable Island.jpg>175px	Nova Scotia{{coord>43	N	55	name=Sable Island National Park Reserve|region:CA-NS_type:landmark}}	June 20, 2013	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|806| Atlantic coast plain	Sable Island at the edge of the continental shelf off the coast of Nova Scotia, the island of sand is home to the Sable Island horse and provides habitat for grey seals and Ammophila (plant)>beach grass.

! scope=row|Sirmilik

Nunavut{{coord>72

N

8

name=Sirmilik National Park|region:CA-NU_type:landmark}}

2001

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|6

PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA

URL=HTTPS://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/NU/SIRMILIK/INFO/~/MEDIA/684CCA108D3443A09C18B54FA9B44C67.ASHX

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20171212231120/HTTP://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/NU/SIRMILIK/INFO/~/MEDIA/684CCA108D3443A09C18B54FA9B44C67.ASHX, live, | Located on the eastern end of Nunavut, Sirmilik consists of the Byam Martin Mountains of Bylot Island and Baffin Island's Borden Peninsula and Oliver Sound.

! scope=row|Terra Nova

Image:NLC TerraNova3 tango7174.jpg>175px

Newfoundland and Labrador{{coord>48

N

56

name=Terra Nova National Park|region:CA-NL_type:landmark}}

1957

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|45,191| Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic region

Newfoundland (island)>Newfoundland along the Trans-Canada Highway. The park is characteristic of the Newfoundland landscape of low relief and rounded hills, and a rocky coastline of Arm (geography)

, Sound (geography)>sounds, coves, inlets, Natural arch

, and caves, as well as habitat for the Newfoundland pine marten.TERRA NOVA NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN

PARKS CANADA >YEAR=2009, 978-1-100-10393-8,

! scope=row|Thaidene Nëné(Reserve)

175px)

Northwest Territories{{Coord>62

N

00

name=Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve|region:CA-NT_type:landmark}}

August 21, 2019

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}HTTP://NATURECANADA.CA/NEWS/PRESS-RELEASES/NATURE-CANADA-APPLAUDS-FEDERAL-GOVERNMENTS-RENEWED-COMMITMENT-TO-NATIONAL-PARK-SYSTEM/>TITLE=NATURE CANADA APPLAUDS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RENEWED COMMITMENT TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

DATE=16 OCTOBER 2006

ARCHIVE-DATE=19 AUGUST 2014

URL-STATUS=LIVE, |

Northern Canadian Shield taiga>Northwestern boreal uplandsHTTPS://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/CNPN-CNNP/THAIDENE-NENE/~/MEDIA/6EF042568A3049999C1C374A2F6B46F5.ASHX >TITLE=THAIDENE NëNé PROPOSED NATIONAL PARK RESERVE ECOLOGICAL VALUES SUMMARY

ACCESS-DATE=18 JANUARY 2018

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20171212233255/HTTP://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/CNPN-CNNP/THAIDENE-NENE/~/MEDIA/6EF042568A3049999C1C374A2F6B46F5.ASHX, live,

6.5

km2}} at the transition between boreal forest and tundra. It includes the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, the deepest freshwater source in North America, and provides habitat for red fox, black bear, wolf packs, grizzly bear, lynx, wolverine, marten, Arctic fox, moose, beaver, muskoxen, and critical wintry weather for the last herds of barren-ground caribou.

Thousand Islands â€

175px)

Ontario{{coord>44

N

57

name=Thousand Islands National Park|region:CA-ON_type:landmark}}

1904

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|109,284

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands>St. Lawrence lowlands

Canadian Prairies>Prairies, it is scattered over all or portions of 26 islands and 80 islets and shoals in the St. Lawrence River, as well as several mainland properties in United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

, east of Kingston, Ontario>Kingston, and within the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve.

! scope=row|Torngat Mountains

Image:Nachvak Fjord Labrador 2008.JPG>175px	Newfoundland and Labrador{{coord>59	N	52	name=Torngat Mountains National Park|region:CA-NL_type:landmark}}	July 10, 2008	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|| Northern Labrador mountains	Labrador, adjacent to Quebec's Kuururjuaq National Park>Kuururjuaq Park, and established as part of Inuit Land Claims Agreements, the park includes the Torngat Mountains, Labrador Sea coastline, and Pre-Dorset, Dorset culture	, and Thule people>Thule archaeological finds.TORNGAT MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK CANADA: MANAGEMENT PLAN >PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA	ISBN= 978-1-100-13554-0,

! scope=row|Tuktut Nogait

upright|175px)	Northwest Territories{{coord>68	N	45	name=Tuktut Nogait National Park|region:CA-NT_type:landmark}}	1998	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|12| Tundra hills	Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the park was created to protect the Bluenose-West caribou herd and harvesting rights for the Inuvialuit>Inuvialuit people. It was expanded in 2005 to include a portion of the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement	.TUKTUT NOGAIT NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA: MANAGEMENT PLAN	YEAR=2007, 978-0-662-42988-3,

! scope=row|Ukkusiksalik

Image:Eisbär 1996-07-23.jpg>175px

Nunavut{{coord>65

N

18

name=Ukkusiksalik National Park|region:CA-NU_type:landmark}}

August 23, 2003

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|

PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA

ACCESS-DATE=25 JANUARY 2018

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180126070724/HTTP://PCACDN.AZUREEDGE.NET/-/MEDIA/PN-NP/NU/UKKUSIKSALIK/WET4/INFO/UKKUSIKSALIK-NATIONAL-PARK-MANAGEMENT-PLAN_DRAFT__2017_EN_FINAL-WEB.PDF?LA=EN&MODIFIED=20170914191636&HASH=FC54C200B74DDFB88E2E30D799D48A2D2A9CF9DC, dead,

Inuvialuktun>Inuit word for soapstone, the park surrounds Wager Bay which is maternity denning areas for polar bears and includes cultural relics of the Dorset culture

and Thule people>Thule and Aivilingmiut people.

! scope=row|Vuntut

Image:Vontut National Park.jpg>175px	Yukon{{coord>68	N	51	name=Vuntut National Park|region:CA-YK_type:landmark}}	1993	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|| Northern Yukon	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the park area was not glaciated during the last ice age and now hosts Pleistocene fossil sites. Remote and inaccessible by road, the park was established, and is operated, in collaboration with the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation as part of that nation's Final Agreement with Canada.VUNTUT NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN	YEAR=2010,

! scope=row|Wapusk

	Manitoba{{coord>57	N	22	name=Wapusk National Park|region:CA-MB_type:landmark}}	1996	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|82	Southern Hudson Bay taiga>Hudson—James lowlands	maternity denning areas for polar bears.WAPUSK NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA MANAGEMENT PLAN	YEAR=2007, 978-0-662-47407-4,

Waterton Lakes National Park

‡{{efn>Waterton Lakes National Park is part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, a World Heritage Site which includes the adjoining Glacier National Park in Montana, United States.}}

Image:Upper Waterton Lake.JPG>175px

Alberta{{coord>49

N

55

name=Waterton Lakes National Park|region:CA-AB_type:landmark}}

May 30, 1895

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}|475,842

Canadian Rockies>Rocky Mountains

Glacier National Park (U.S.)>Glacier National Park in Montana, the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is both a World Heritage Site and the oldest transboundary protected area in the world. Anchored by Waterton Lake, home of the historic Prince of Wales Hotel, the park is famous for hiking attractions such as the Crypt Lake Trail.

Wood Buffalo *	Image:Wood-Buffalo-NP Gros Beak Lake 2 98-07-02.jpg>175px	Alberta / Northwest Territories{{coord>59	N	59	name=Wood Buffalo National Park|region:CA-AB_type:landmark}}	1922	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|2,399| Northern boreal plains|The largest park in Canada, the park protects the habitat of the wood bison and the breeding grounds of the whooping crane and much of the Peace–Athabasca Delta. It is also a World Heritage Site and the world's largest dark-sky preserve.

Yoho *	Image:Takakkaw Falls from the icezlinez trail (7897936732).jpg>175px	British Columbia{{coord>51	N	29	name=Yoho National Park|region:CA-BC_type:landmark}}	October 10, 1886	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|663,878	Canadian Rockies>Rocky Mountains	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to the Banff and Kootenay National Parks, Yoho includes the community of Field, British Columbia>Field, Burgess Shale fossil deposit, Emerald Lake, Takakkaw Falls, and Kicking Horse River.

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By province/territory{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Province/Territory !! Number !! Parks

British Columbia >		Glacier National Park (Canada)>Glacier, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve	, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site>Gwaii Haanas, Kootenay National Park	, Mount Revelstoke National Park>Mount Revelstoke, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	, Yoho National Park>Yoho

Northwest Territories >		Aulavik National Park>Aulavik, Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve	, Nahanni National Park Reserve>Nahanni, Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve	, Tuktut Nogait National Park>Tuktut Nogait, Wood Buffalo

Ontario >		Bruce Peninsula National Park>Bruce Peninsula, Georgian Bay Islands National Park	, Point Pelee National Park>Point Pelee, Pukaskwa National Park	, Rouge National Urban Park>Rouge, Thousand Islands

Alberta >		Banff National Park>Banff, Elk Island National Park	, Jasper National Park>Jasper, Waterton Lakes National Park	, Wood Buffalo National Park>Wood BuffaloWood Buffalo National Park is split between Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Nunavut >		Auyuittuq National Park>Auyuittuq, Qausuittuq National Park	, Quttinirpaaq National Park>Quttinirpaaq, Sirmilik National Park	, Ukkusiksalik National Park>Ukkusiksalik

Newfoundland and Labrador >		Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve>{{proper name	, Gros Morne National Park>Gros Morne, Terra Nova National Park	, Torngat Mountains National Park>Torngat Mountains

Nova Scotia >		Cape Breton Highlands National Park>Cape Breton Highlands, Kejimkujik National Park	, Sable Island National Park Reserve>Sable Island

Quebec >		Forillon National Park>Forillon, La Mauricie National Park	, Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve>Mingan Archipelago

Yukon >		Ivvavik National Park>Ivvavik, Kluane National Park and Reserve	, Vuntut National Park>Vuntut

Manitoba >		Riding Mountain National Park>Riding Mountain, Wapusk

New Brunswick >		Fundy National Park>Fundy, Kouchibouguac

Saskatchewan >		Grasslands National Park>Grasslands, Prince Albert

Prince Edward Island >		Prince Edward Island National Park>Prince Edward Island

Proposed National Park Reserves

The following are areas which Parks Canada is in the process of evaluating as potential parks. While they may be reserved from alienation or have federal-provincial/territorial agreements, they have not been formally established through legislation as parks.{| class="wikitable sortable" width=85%! width=25%|Name! width=10%|Location! width=10%|Area! width=15%|Natural region

FIRST=LAURA

WEBSITE=CBC NEWS

ACCESS-DATE=25 JANUARY 2018

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180110234548/HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/MANITOBA/MANITOBA-LOWLANDS-BUDGET-1.4037241, live,

Manitoba{{Coord>53

N

4

region:CA-MB_type:landmark|name=Limestone Bay}}

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}HTTP://MANITOBAWILDLANDS.ORG/PA_NTL_PRKS.HTM >TITLE=MANITOBA NATIONAL PARKS

DATE=30 MAY 2014

ARCHIVE-DATE=12 AUGUST 2003

URL-STATUS=LIVE, | Manitoba lowlands

Hog Island (Prince Edward Island)>PitaweikekCANADA>FIRST=PARKS

TITLE=GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND PEI MI'KMAQ FIRST NATIONS WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE HOG ISLAND SANDHILLS

ACCESS-DATE=2020-10-28

ARCHIVE-DATE=14 AUGUST 2021

URL-STATUS=LIVE, PARKS CANADA AGENCY>FIRST=GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

TITLE=MAP OF COMPLETING CANADA'S NATIONAL PARKS SYSTEM - NATIONAL PARKS

ACCESS-DATE=2020-10-28

ARCHIVE-DATE=2 JANUARY 2018

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

Prince Edward Island{{coord>46

50

63

42

region:CA-PE_type:landmark|name=Hog Island}}| TBD| Maritime plain

South Okanagan—Similkameen National Park Reserve>South Okanagan—SimilkameenHTTPS://GLOBALNEWS.CA/NEWS/3829040/EFFORTS-HEAT-UP-TO-CREATE-A-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-THE-SOUTH-OKANAGAN/ >TITLE=EFFORTS HEAT UP TO CREATE A NATIONAL PARK RESERVE IN THE SOUTH OKANAGAN

LAST=GAFFNEY

DATE=27 OCTOBER 2017

ARCHIVE-DATE=27 OCTOBER 2017

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

British Columbia{{Coord>49

N

41

region:CA-BC_type:landmark|name=South Okanagan—Similkameen National Park Reserve}}

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}HTTPS://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/PN-NP/CNPN-CNNP/OKANAGAN>TITLE=PROPOSED NATIONAL PARK RESERVE IN THE SOUTH OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN

DATE=18 JANUARY 2018

ARCHIVE-DATE=19 JANUARY 2018

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

Columbia Plateau (ecoregion)>Interior dry plateau

There remain six Natural Regions unrepresented by either current or proposed parks.WEB,weblink Archived copy, 22 March 2019, 21 July 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170721042821weblink">weblink live, As Parks Canada has a long-term goal of preserving representative areas of all Natural Regions, future parks will likely be established in these areas.WEB,weblink National Parks System Plan - National Parks, August 2019, 22 March 2019, 21 March 2019,weblink live, These regions are:

• the "Boreal Lake Plateau" region of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec
• the "Laurentian Boreal Highlands" region of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec
• the "Northern Interior Plateaux and Mountains" region of British Columbia and Yukon
• the "Southampton Plain" region of Nunavut
• the "Ungava Tundra Plateau" region of Quebec and Nunavut
• the "Whale River" region of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, and Quebec

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Abolished national parks{| class"wikitable sortable"

!Name!width="25%"|Location!width=12.5%|Established!width=12.5%|Abolished

Whiteshell Provincial Park>Brereton Lake Dominion ParkE. J. >LAST=HART	PUBLISHER=UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS	YEAR=2010	URL-ACCESS=REGISTRATION	340>ISBN=9780888645128, | Manitoba	1922}}	1930}}

| Buffalo National Park| Alberta

1908	7|format=mdy}}	1947	17|format=mdy}}

| Menissawok National Park| Saskatchewan

1922	31|format=mdy}}	1930	30|format=mdy}}

Nemiskam National ParkFEDERATION OF ALBERTA NATURALISTS, FISH AND WILDLIFE HISTORICAL SOCIETY	PAGE =100	PUBLISHER=NATURE BOOKS OF ALBERTA, 0-9696134-7-4, | Alberta	1914}}	1947	17|format=mdy}}

Katepwa Point Provincial Park>Vidal Point Dominion ParkHTTP://PARKSCANADAHISTORY.COM/PUBLICATIONS/HISTORY/LOTHIAN/ENG/INDEX.HTM >CHAPTER-URL=HTTP://PARKSCANADAHISTORY.COM/PUBLICATIONS/HISTORY/LOTHIAN/ENG/VOL2/CHAP4.HTM	CHAPTER=CHAPTER 4: NATIONAL PARKS ADMINISTRATION (1885 TO 1973)	FIRST=W. F.	PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA	PAGES=15–17	ARCHIVE-DATE=5 AUGUST 2019	URL-STATUS=LIVE, | Saskatchewan	1921	31|format=mdy}}	1930	30|format=mdy}}

Wawaskesy National ParkHTTP://WWW.BIOLOGY.UALBERTA.CA/BSC/NEWS17_2/GRASSLANDS.HTM	LAST=FINNAMORE	JOURNAL=NEWSLETTER OF THE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA (TERRESTRIAL ARTHROPODS)	NUMBER=2	PUBLISHER=UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA	ARCHIVE-DATE=12 MAY 2008	URL-STATUS=LIVE, | Alberta	1922	31|format=mdy}}	1938	24|format=mdy}}

• Brereton and Vidal were transferred to provincial jurisdiction, both continuing as (renamed) provincial parks.
• Buffalo, Menissawok, Nemiskam and Wawaskesy were created expressly to protect and regenerate dangerously low populations of bison and pronghorn, and were delisted when those populations improved.

National Marine Conservation Areas

National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs) is a program established in 2002 with the goal of preserving marine ecosystems representing the 29 marine regions of Canada.WEB,weblink Completing the National Marine Conservation Areas System, Parks Canada, 30 March 2017, 25 January 2017, 21 July 2017,weblink live, They are designed for sustainable use, although they usually also contain areas designed to protect ecological integrity. National Marine Conservation Area Reserves are protected areas proposed to be added to the NMCA system pending settlement of indigenous land and water rights. In the interim, they are administered under park rules.WEB,weblink National Marine Conservation Area System, Parks Canada, 20 July 2017, 15 December 2017, 15 December 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171215214659weblink">weblink live, {{As of|2020}}, established NMCAs and NMCA Reserves protect {{cvt|14,846|sqkm}} of waters, wetlands, and coastlines, representing five of the 29 identified marine regions with studies underway for protected areas in three additional regions.{{Legend|#cedff2|† UNESCO Biosphere Reserve|outline=silver}}{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"!scope=col width=12%|Name!scope=col width=1%px class="unsortable"|Photo!scope=col width=8%|Location!scope=col width=8%|Established!scope=col width=8%|Area (2017)!Annual visitors (2022–23)! scope="col" width="8%" |Marine region!scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"|Description

Fathom Five â€		Ontario{{coord>45	N	38	name=Fathom Five National Marine Park|region:CA-ON_type:landmark}}	July 20, 1987	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|227,828| Georgian Bay	William Shakespeare>Shakespeare's The Tempest. The first marine unit in the national parks system preserves a unique aquatic environment and several small islands including Flowerpot Island. The unusually clear waters and numerous shipwrecks on the shoals of Georgian Bay make the park a popular destination for scuba diving	.{{rp>189}}

! scope=row| Gwaii Haanas(Reserve)

175px)

British Columbia{{coord>52

N

12

name=Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve|region:CA-BC_type:landmark}}

June 11, 2010

{{convert

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abbr=on}}}}HTTPS://WWW.HAIDAGWAIIOBSERVER.COM/NEWS/MINISTER-VISITS-CELEBRATES-MARINE-PARKS-CREATION/ >TITLE=MINISTER VISITS, CELEBRATES MARINE PARK'S CREATION

DATE=14 JUNE 2010

ARCHIVE-DATE=15 DECEMBER 2017

URL-STATUS=LIVE, |2,651

Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada)>Queen Charlotte Shelf

Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Basin to the mountains of the Haida Gwaii. The marine reserve preserves the Haida people's traditional use of the waters while protecting the area from oil exploration and commercial fishing.{{rp>299}}

! scope=row| Lake Superior

175px|)	Ontario{{coord>48	N	13	name=Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area|region:CA-ON_type:landmark}}	September 1, 2015	{{convert	km2	abbr=on}}}}|| Lake Superior	Isle Royale National Park and several List of Ontario provincial parks>Ontario provincial parks, Lake Superior NMCA forms part of the world's largest freshwater reserve.HTTP://AFP.GOOGLE.COM/ARTICLE/ALEQM5JV5WUUKH_NXHNSDROOZULH8C872A >TITLE=CANADA CREATES WORLD'S BIGGEST WATER RESERVE	AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE >DATE=25 OCTOBER 2007	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20080105022946/HTTP://AFP.GOOGLE.COM/ARTICLE/ALEQM5JV5WUUKH_NXHNSDROOZULH8C872A, 5 January 2008,

Saguenay–St. Lawrence â€

Image:Parc marin du Saguenay–Saint-Laurent (31).JPG>175px

Quebec{{coord>48

N

40

name=Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park|region:CA-QC_type:landmark}}

June 8, 1998

{{convert

km2

abbr=on}}}}HTTP://PARCMARIN.QC.CA/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2016/08/CARTEPMSSL2016_WEBANG.PDF >TITLE=SAGUENAY-ST. LAWRENCE MARINE PARK

FORMAT=PDF

ARCHIVE-DATE=18 FEBRUARY 2018

URL-STATUS=LIVE, |1,070,634

Estuary of Saint Lawrence>St. Lawrence Estuary

confluence of the Saguenay River>Saguenay and St. Lawrence River

rivers and adjacent to Quebec's Saguenay Fjord National Park, Saguenay–St. Lawrence protects a portion of the Estuary of Saint Lawrence>St.{{nbsp}}Lawrence estuary, a common feeding ground for marine mammals such as the endangered St.{{nbsp}}Lawrence beluga whale.

Proposed National Marine Conservation Areas

{| class="wikitable sortable"! width=20%|Study area! width=16%|Location! width=16%|Area! width=16%|Marine region

URL=HTTP://WWW.MDDELCC.GOUV.QC.CA/COMMUNIQUES_EN/2012/C20120509-ILESDELAMADELEINE.HTM

PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA & GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC

DATE=9 MAY 2012

ARCHIVE-DATE=16 DECEMBER 2017

URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTPS://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/DOCS/PC/RPTS/RMR-DPR/03312014/INDEX >TITLE=DEPARTMENTAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2013-14

PUBLISHER=PARKS CANADA

ACCESS-DATE=18 JANUARY 2018

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20171211223942/HTTP://WWW.PC.GC.CA/EN/DOCS/PC/RPTS/RMR-DPR/03312014/INDEX, live,

Quebec{{coord>47

N

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National Landmarks

The National Landmarks program was established in 1978 to protect specific natural features considered "outstanding, exceptional, unique, or rare to this country. These natural features would typically be isolated entities and of scientific interest."WEB,weblink Pingo Canadian Landmark – Park Management, Parks Canada, 15 June 2017, 15 December 2017, 20 July 2017,weblink live, The enabling legislation expired 10 years later, and was not renewed. Pingo National Landmark was the only such unit established in that time.{| class="wikitable"!scope=col width=12%|Name!scope=col width=1%px class="unsortable"|Photo!scope=col width=8%|Location!scope=col width=8%|Established!scope=col width=8%|Area (2017)!scope=col width=26%|Description

Pingo Canadian Landmark>Pingo		Northwest Territories{{coord>69	N	05	name=Aulavik National Park|region:CA-NT_type:landmark}}| July 25, 1984	16	0|abbr=on}}| Located on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, Canada's only National Landmark preserves eight ice-cored mounds known as pingos including Canada's largest, Ibyuk Pingo, along with other land and ice formations unique to the permafrost environment.

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Provincial parks categorized as national parks

Provincial and territorial parks are administered and funded by their respective governments. However, Quebec has named its provincial parks “national parks”, though none are in the national park system.Some sub-national parks are categorized by the IUCN under the umbrella term national parks (Category II) in its global Protected Area Management Categories. As of 2011, there were more than 1500 Category II-listed areas across the country, including nearly 700 in B.C., and at least 500 in Ontario. Only Quebec uses the term “national park” for such provincial areas, using the IUCN's category name as justification.In addition to the national park system, several federal agencies manage natural, scientific, and recreational areas. In the National Capital Region, a number of parklands come under the jurisdiction of the National Capital Commission, including Gatineau Park in Quebec. None of these are part of the national park system.

See also

• List of Canadian protected areas
• List of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada
• List of national historic sites of Canada
• List of World Heritage Sites in Canada

Notes

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References

External links

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• National Parks of Canada
• National Marine Conservation Areas of Canada
• World Heritage Sites in Canada
• The Canada Guide

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