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National Parks System Plan

Canada's National Parks and National Park Reserves

CANADA'S NATIONAL PARKS AND NATIONAL PARKS RESERVES (R)

National Park/
Reserve (R)

Year of
Agree-
ment

Year
Estab-
lished

Park
Area
Sq.Km.

1) Banff, Alberta

2) Yoho, British Columbia

4) Waterton Lakes, Alberta

5) Jasper, Alberta

6) Elk Island

7) Mount Revelstoke, British Columbia

8) St. Lawrence Lowlands, Ontario

9) Point Pelee, Ontario

10) Kootenay, British Columbia

11) Wood Buffalo, Alberta, North West Terr.

12) Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

13) Riding Mountain, Manitoba

14) Georgian Bay Islands, Ontario

15) Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia

16) Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island

17) Fundy, New Brunswick

18) Terra-Nova, Newfoundland

19) Kejimkujik, Nova Scotia

20) Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick

21) ^* Pacific Rim, British Columbia

22) Forillon, Quebec

23) La Mauricie, Quebec

24) Pukaskwa, Ontario

25) Kuane, Yukon Territory (R)

26) Nahanni, Northwest Territories (R)

27) Auyuttuq, Northwest Territories (R)

28) Gros Morne, Newfoundland

29) Grasslands, Saskatchewan

30) Mingan Archipelago, Quebec (R)

31) Ivvavik, Yukon Territory

32) Ellesmere Island, Northwest Terr. (R)

33) Bruce Peninsula, Ontario

34) Gwaii Haanas, British Columbia (R)

35) Aulavik, Northwest Territories

36) Vuntut, Yukon Territory

37) Wapusk, Manitoba

38) Tuktut Nogait, Northwest Territories

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1967
1969
1970/87
1970
1970
1971/78
1972
1972
1972
1970/73/78/83
1975/81/88
-
1984
1986
1987
1987/88
1992
1993
1996
1996

1885
1886
1895
1907
1913
1914
1914
1918
1920
1922
1927
1929
1929
1936
1937
1948
1957
1974
1979
-
1974
1977
-
1976
1976
1976
-
-
1984
1984
1988
-
-
-
1995
-
-

6,641.0
1,313.1
505.0
10,878.0
194.0
259.7
8.7
15.0
1,406.4
44,802.0
3,874.3
2,973.1
25.6
948.0
21.5
205.9
399.9
403.7
239.2
285.8
240.4
536.1
1,877.8
22,013.3
4,765.2
19,707.4
1,805.0
906.4
150.7
10,168.4
37,775.0
154.0
1,495.0
12,200.0
4,345.0
11,475.0
16,340.0

TOTAL 222,700.9

** Land withdrawn for
&nbsp future national parks

Year of
withdrawl

Area
Sq. Km.

East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Terr.

Nothern Baffin Island, Northwest Territories

Tuktut Nogait, N.W.T. (Inuit and Sahtu Sectors)

Wager Bay, Northwest Territories

Northern Bathurst Island, Northwest Territories

1970

1992

1995

1996

1996

7,150.0

22,252.0

11,860.0

23,600.0

8,700.0

TOTAL 73,552.0

TOTALS 269,252.9

"Year of Agreement" refers to year of memorandum of understanding or federal/provincial agreement to establish a national park. "Year established" refers to year park was formally created by Order-In-Council, proclamation, or enactment.
(R)	National Park Reserve: A national park reserve is an area set aside as a national park pending settlement of any outstanding aboriginal land claim. During this interim period, the National Parks Act applies and traditional hunting, fishing and trapping activities by Aboriginal peoples will continue. Other interim measures may also include local Aboriginal people's involvement in park reserve management.
	Park areas reflect park boundary revisions legislated by Bill C-30.
*	Park area measurement includes land component only.
**	Lands related to the Guillaume-Delisle Lake (Que.) and Churn Creek (B.C.) proposed national parks have been protected by provincial jurisdictions, though not specifically to create national parks.

National Parks System Plan, 3 ^rd Edition