Parks Canada

Parks Canada’s National Program for Ecological Corridors was initiated to strengthen the network of protected areas across Canada through the creation of ecological corridors. To achieve this goal, Parks Canada sought out to develop tools for a common approach on corridor creation and management....

Briefing package prepared for Mr. Ron Hallman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Parks Canada for the appearance before the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on March 21, 2024

Strategic environmental assessments (SEA) provide a comprehensive and systematic approach to incorporating broad-scale environmental considerations from multiple sources into strategic-level planning and policy documents. Parks Canada conducts SEAs on all national park, national marine...

Canada faced its most unprecedented fire season on record in 2023, challenging wildland fire management agencies from across the country. The Parks Canada National Fire Management Program 2023 Annual Report gives a brief snapshot of the important work of the program and the people who are behind...

This report on the forest ecosystems of 31 predominantly forested national parks is the first in the Carbon Atlas series. Parks Canada has undertaken the development of a series of Carbon Atlases as part of an effort to create a more comprehensive picture of the amount and density of carbon...

Dataset in support of Bayesian removal models to estimate the change in efficiency of various hunting methods with deer density based on a power function. Hunting methods assessed included bait station hunting, boat hunting, aerial hunting and dog-based ground hunting and were adaptively combined...

Briefing package prepared for Mr. Ron Hallman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Parks Canada for the appearance before the Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on May 9, 2024, regarding Bill C-248.

Briefing package prepared for Mr. Ron Hallman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Parks Canada for the appearance before the Standing Committee on Natural Resources on February 8, 2024, regarding Bill C-49.

Terra Nova National Park censuses tern nests on 23 small islands in Newman Sound, to monitor species productivity and population dynamics.

Aquatic invasive species sampling data for Prince Albert National Park.

This point layer shows the locations of places of interest to Parks Canada, visitors, employees, or local residents. These are points that are not already mapped as Parks Canada facilities or components of facilties. Data is not necessarily complete - updates will occur weekly.

Point layer that shows the locations of gates and other barriers (to roads and trails) that are managed by Parks Canada. Data is not necessarily complete - updates will occur weekly.

This line layer shows the locations of docks and quays on Parks Canada sites, docks or quays owned by Parks Canada, or docks and quays of interest to Parks Canada. Data is not necessarily complete - updates will occur weekly.

To show the locations of dams on Parks Canada sites or dams managed by Parks Canada, and other dams of interest to Parks Canada. Data is not necessarily complete - updates will occur weekly.

To outline the locations of buildings on Parks Canada sites, buildings that Parks Canada manages, and other buildings of interest to Parks Canada. Polygon file to map building footprints of buildings on Parks Canada sites. Footprints may be derived by tracing the roof outline (for example from...

To show the locations of campsites on Parks Canada sites, campsites administered by Parks Canada, or other campsites of interest to Parks Canada. Data is not necessarily complete - updates will occur weekly.

This point layer shows the locations of named places that fall within Parks Canada areas of interest. Data is not necessarily complete - updates will occur weekly.

Point layer showing the locations of facilities. A "facility" is an area that contains one or more components. For example, a visitor centre facility might include two parking lots a playground, a separate building for washrooms, a kiosk for renting canoes, picnic tables and barbeques Data is...

This point-layer shows the locations of components that make up facilities (Facilities are stored in another layer). Examples of facility components are barbeques, picnic tables, benches, or kiosks. See the Comp domain for a complete list. NOTE: Although some of the items in the domain appear...

The purpose of this feature class is to show areas that are National Parks (NPs), National Park Reserves (NPRs) and National Marine Conservation Area (NMCAs). Parks Canada manages more than 43 NPs. (See: https://parks.canada.ca/voyage-travel/recherche-tous-parks-all) for a list of PCA...