Table 8.1
Terrestrial and marine protected areas by province and territory, 2011

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Terrestrial and marine protected areas by province and territory, 2011
  Protected areas 1 Area protected Total area of land and freshwater Percentage of land and freshwater protected
Marine 2 Terrestrial
  number square kilometres percent
Canada 5,384 49,265 981,511 9,976,182 9.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 65 230 18,535 406,135 4.6
Prince Edward Island 119 16 156 5,955 2.6
Nova Scotia 73 22 4,598 55,386 8.3
New Brunswick 74 63 2,233 73,024 3.1
Quebec 2,399 5,039 131,035 1,510,840 8.7
Ontario 666 5 106,456 1,077,368 9.9
Manitoba 305 885 63,951 649,741 9.8
Saskatchewan 323 0 50,399 652,429 7.7
Alberta 263 0 82,130 663,242 12.4
British Columbia 1,011 6,345 135,989 947,009 14.4
Yukon 22 78 57,295 483,779 11.8
Northwest Territories 33 3,002 120,415 1,352,234 8.9
Nunavut 29 24,992 208,588 2,099,041 9.9
1.
Includes protected areas administered federally, provincially and territorially, as well as Aboriginal or privately held conservation lands that are recognized by protected area agencies as being part of their network.
2.
Some marine protected areas managed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada are not included in this provincial breakdown, but are included in the Canada total.
Source(s):
Canadian Council on Ecological Areas, 2011, CARTS Reports , www.ccea.org/en_cartsreports.html (accessed May 10, 2011). Statistics Canada, Environmental Accounts and Statistics Division, 2011, special tabulation.
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