Annex 2: Designations of Places, Persons and Events
Status of designation by type
| | 2007—2008 |
| Total new designations | New designations in under-represented themes | Total designations
as of March 31 2008 |
|---|
| Places |
12 |
5 |
935 |
|---|
| Persons |
15 |
10 |
612 |
|---|
| Events |
18 |
12 |
395 |
|---|
| Total |
45 |
27 |
1,942 |
|---|
| | 2008—2009 |
| Total new designations | New designations in under-represented themes | Total designations
as of March 31 2009 |
|---|
| Places |
13 |
5 |
949 |
|---|
| Persons |
21 |
17 |
633 |
|---|
| Events |
10 |
6 |
407 |
|---|
| Total |
44 |
28 |
1,989 |
|---|
Source: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Secretariat database and Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. In addition to new designations, adjustments to the total number of designations may result from reassessment of the status of a listed site, the destruction of a listed asset, or the discovery of double-counted or uncounted previous designations.
Status of representation of under-represented themes in the National Historic Sites system
Under-represented themes
as a % of new designations | 2007—2008 | 2008—2009 |
|---|
| Women |
18% |
18% |
|---|
| Aboriginal |
9% |
5% |
|---|
| Ethnocultural communities |
24% |
25% |
|---|
| Ethnocultural and women |
9% |
11% |
|---|
| Aboriginal and women |
- |
5% |
|---|
| Total |
60% |
63% |
|---|
The development of the National Historic Sites of Canada System Plan in 2000 revealed that Aboriginal and women's history and the history of ethnocultural communities was insufficiently represented. Since that time, Parks Canada has been working with community groups to increase the number of nominations in these under-represented themes. In the period covered by this report, almost two thirds of new designations made by the Minister of the Environment were in under-represented themes in Canada's history.
For further information, 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 list of National Historic Sites administered by Parks Canada, 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.