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Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the location and/or extent of National Parks, Provincial Parks, National Reserves and Preserves, Provincial Reserves and Preserves, as well as bird sanctuaries which are denoted as being federally maintained or maintained by other parties (usually private or municipal), circa 1958. The National and Provincial Parks are areas retained in their natural state for public use. Within them, extractive industries are generally prohibited and hunting and fishing are either prohibited or closely regulated. National and Provincial Reserves and Preserves are set aside for the protection of game.

The National Parks and National Park Reserves of Canada Legislative Boundaries web service includes the following lands: 1) National Parks of Canada as defined in Schedule 1 of the Canada National Parks Act, 2) National Park Reserves of Canada as defined in Schedule 2 of the Canada National Parks Act, 3) Rouge National Urban Park as defined in the Rouge National Urban Park Act and 4) Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park as defined in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act. The Data available for download is the former National Framework Canada Lands Administrative Boundaries Level 1 product. There are some attribute differences between the data available for download and the web service; however both contain the same underlying data.

Caribou are a culturally important species to the Dene people, and traditional harvest is permitted in the national park reserve. The park monitors sustainability of the caribou populations by carrying out aerial surveys.

The map browser is a web based mapping tool that permits users to investigate cadastral data from the Surveyor General Branch. All cadastral data are updated nightly while the background map is static. Cadastral data are available for indian reserves, national parks, northern communities and subdivisions, quad sheets for the north and Cree-Naskapi areas for Quebec.

Shellfish monitoring has been accepted by the Pacific Bioregion of Parks Canada as a measure of ecosystem health in soft substrates in the intertidal zone. Surveys are used to capture the status of selected bivalves within the national park reserve to determine long-term population numbers and trends in response to natural and/or human disturbance. Shellfish surveys are completed annually in May at selected sites in the Broken Group Islands Unit of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Clam and oyster datasets are presented separately, as surveys follow different field protocols, but both use variations of a method of randomly selected quadrat sampling along a transect.

Crown Reservations placed by Alberta Parks, Government of Alberta. A crown reservation placed by Alberta Parks is a registered interest under the Public Lands Act in crown land. Conditions on industrial activity may apply to these lands.

Moose are the primary large ungulate in Kluane National Park and Reserve. They are important prey for large carnivores and are a species of special cultural interest to First Nations. Parks Canada has performed aerial survey counts of total moose (all adults and calves) in two subpopulations since 1981. Surveys are done by helicopter every 1-3 years during the month of November

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2010, is a bilingual map of Canada. It reflects many changes in populated place and physical feature names including the new name of the Yukon and Newfoundland and Labrador. As well, three new National Parks have been added: Gulf Islands near Vancouver, Ukkusiksalik in Nunavut and Torngat Mountains in Northern Labrador. The provinces and territories are emphasized with colour and all provincial, territorial and international boundaries are shown including the Northern sector and Canada's 200-mile offshore Exclusive Economic Zone.

Information collected through the reservation system for the general public to reserve camping sites in the Nova Scotia Provincial Parks for 2013

Information collected through the reservation system for the general public to reserve camping sites in the Nova Scotia Provincial Parks for 2012