Annex 1: Representation of Terrestrial and Marine Regions
Status of National Park Establishment in Unrepresented Regions
The national parks system currently consists of 42 operational parks representing 28 of the 39 natural terrestrial regions represented in the system, and covers a total of 276,240 square kilometres. A region may be represented by a national park or national park reserve. A region is considered to be represented when one or more national parks or park reserves are operational as a consequence of: signing a park establishment agreement (federal-provincial and/or Aboriginal agreements); the lands have been transferred to Canada (from the province); and/or the park/reserve is in a schedule of the Canada National Parks Act.
Since the 2007 State of Protected Heritage Areas Report, Parks Canada advanced projects to establish national parks in the following unrepresented regions-Interior Dry Plateau (South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen Proposal); Northwestern Boreal Uplands (East Arm of Great Slave Lake Proposal) and East Coast Boreal Region (Mealy Mountains Proposal).
The 2007 State of Protected Heritage Areas Report indicated that Parks Canada was preparing for negotiations toward the establishment of a national park in the Manitoba Lowlands region. Since then, the Agency has returned to feasibility considerations to better engage First Nations.
For further information on the progress made to establish national parks in unrepresented terrestrial regions, please consult the Parks Canada Agency Performance Reports for the periods ending March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009 on the Treasury Board of Canada Website at: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/estimE.asp.
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Status of National Marine Conservation Area Establishment in Unrepresented Regions
As of March 31, 2009, three of 29 marine regions were represented. A marine region is considered to be represented when one or more national marine conservation areas or reserves are operational as a consequence of: signing an establishment agreement (federal-provincial and/or Aboriginal agreements); seabed and any lands have been transferred to Canada (from province); and/or the national marine conservation area/reserve is in a schedule of the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act.
In October 2007, a final agreement for the establishment of Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area was signed, thus representing the Lake Superior marine region. The Agency also advanced projects to establish national marine conservation areas in the following unrepresented regions-Hecate Strait / Queen Charlotte Shelf (Gwaii Haanas Proposal) and Strait of Georgia (Southern Strait of Georgia Proposal).
For more details on the progress of projects to establish national marine conservation areas in unrepresented marine regions, please consult the Parks Canada Agency Performance Reports for the periods ending March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009 on the Treasury Board of Canada Website at: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/estimE.asp.
To view the current systems of National Parks and National Marine Conservation Areas, please consult the Parks Canada Agency Corporate Plan 2010/2011 — 2014/2015 at: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/pc/plans/plan2010-2011/2010.aspx
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