Species at Risk

Priority Sites

The Parks Canada Agency administers 145 national historic sites, 39 national parks and park reserves and 3 national marine conservation areas. At several designated priority sites, Parks Canada is developing and implementing site-specific action plans to achieve the goal of addressing the conservation needs of several species. Two approaches are being implemented: an ecosystem-based, multi-species approach and a single-species approach designed to address the needs of individual species. The following sites and parks are currently designated as priority sites:

• the Garry Oak Ecosystems at Fort Rodd Hill / Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites of Canada, in British Columbia;
• Grasslands National Park of Canada, in Saskatchewan;
• Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, in Nova Scotia
• Point Pelee National Park of Canada, in Ontario

Parks Canada staff also collaborates with other federal, provincial and territorial agencies, as well as with universities and not-for-profit organisations as an active member of many recovery teams.

© Parks Canada / T. Grant, 1978 / 06.62.03.23 (41)

© Parks Canada / A. Cornellier, 1988 / 08.81.03.05 (29)