Periodic Report on the Application of the World Heritage Convention

SECTION I OF THE PERIODIC REPORT
ON THE APPLICATION OF THE
WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION

APPLICATION OF THE
WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION
BY CANADA

3.0 World Heritage Sites in North America

There are 31 North American sites on the World Heritage List, as summarized in Table 1.

Since the ratification of the Convention by the two States Parties and the first inscriptions of sites on the World Heritage List, two North American sites have been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, as summarized in Table 2.

In addition, twelve World Heritage Sites in North America have been the subject of reactive monitoring reports at either the World Heritage Committee or the World Heritage Bureau (Table 3).

Details about the World Heritage Sites in North America are included in the Section II reports¹ prepared as part of the periodic reporting exercise. As per the World Heritage Committee’s approved Format for periodic reporting, each report includes up-to-date information about:

• the site’s outstanding universal values and criteria for inscription;
• the site’s authenticity and/or integrity;
• site management;
• factors affecting the property; and
• monitoring of the site’s heritage values

Copies of the Section II reports for North American World Heritage Sites have been submitted to the World Heritage Centre. The reports for the Canadian sites can be found at http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/pm-wh/rspm-whsr/default.asp and the reports for the American sites can be found at http://www.nps.gov/oia/topics/periodic.htm
 

¹Canada did not prepare a report for Miguasha, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999