| National Park/Reserve (R) | Year of Agreement | Year Established | Park Area Sq Km |
1) Banff, Alberta | - | 1885 | 6,641.0 |
2) Glacier, British Columbia | - | 1886 | 1,349.3 |
3) Yoho, British Columbia | - | 1886 | 1,313.1 |
4) Waterton Lakes, Alberta | - | 1895 | 505.0 |
5) Jasper, Alberta | - | 1907 | 10,878.0 |
6) Elk Island, Alberta | - | 1913 | 194.0 |
7) Mount Revelstoke, B.C. | - | 1914 | 259.7 |
8) St. Lawrence Islands, Ontario | - | 1914 | 8.7 |
9) Point Pelee, Ontario | - | 1918 | 15.0 |
10) Kootenay, British Columbia | - | 1920 | 1,406.4 |
11) Wood Buffalo, Alta., N.W.T. | - | 1922 | 44,802.0 |
12) Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | - | 1927 | 3,874.3 |
13) Riding Mountain, Manitoba | - | 1929 | 2,973.1 |
14) Georgian Bay Islands, Ontario | - | 1929 | 25.6 |
15) Cape Breton Highlands, N.W. | - | 1936 | 948.0 |
16) Prince Edward Island, P.E.I. | - | 1937 | 21.5 |
17) Fundy, New Brunswick | - | 1948 | 205.9 |
18) Terra-Nova, Newfoundland | - | 1957 | 399.9 |
19) Kejimkujik, Nova Scotia | 1967 | 1974 | 403.7 |
20) Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick | 1969 | 1979 | 239.2 |
21) *Pacific Rim, British Columbia (R) 1970/87 | - | - | 285.8 |
22) Forillon, Quebec | 1970 | 1974 | 240.4 |
23) La Mauricie, Quebec | 1970 | 1977 | 536.1 |
24) Pukaskwa, Ontario | 1971/78 | - | 1,877.8 |
25) Kluane, Yukon (R) | 1972 | 1976 | 22,013.3 |
26) Nahanni, N.W.T. (R) | 1972 | 1976 | 4,765.2 |
27) **Auyuittuq, N.W.T. (R) | 1972 | 1976 | 21,469.4 |
28) Gros Morne, Newfoundland | 1970/73/78/83 | - | 1,805.0 |
29) Grasslands, Saskatchewan | 1975/81/88 | - | 906.4 |
30) Mingan Archipelago, Quebec (R) | - | 1984 | 150.7 |
31) Ivvavik (Northern Yukon), Yukon | 1984 | 1984 | 10,168.4 |
32) Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. (R) | 1986 | 1988 | 37,775.0 |
33) Bruce Peninsula, Ontario | 1987 | - | 154.0 |
34) Gwaii Haanas, (South Moresby), B.-C. (R) | 1987/88 | - | 1,495.0 |
35) Aulavik, N.W.T. | 1992 | - | 12,200.0 |
36) Vuntut, Yukon | 1993 | 1995 | 4,345.0 |
TOTAL | - | - | 196,650.9 |
| ***Land set aside specifically for future national parks | Year of Withdrawal | Area Sq Km |
Proposed National Parks: | - | - |
East Arm of Great Slave Lake, N.W.T. | 1970 | 7,150.0 |
Northern Baffin Island, N.W.T. | 1992 | 22,252.0 |
Wapusk, Man. | 1993 | 11,475.0 |
Tuktut Nogait, N.W.T. | 1995 | 28,190.0 |
TOTAL | - | 69,067.0 |
TOTALS | - | 265,717.9 |
"Year of Agreement" refers to year of memorandum of understanding, federal/provincial agreement or land withdrawal.
"Year established" refers to year park was formally created by Order-In-Council, proclamation, or enactment.
(R) National Park Reserve: A park reserve is an area set aside for the purpose of a national park, to which the National Parks Act applies, but the lands, fish and wildlife are subject to the future settlement of native land claims.
Park areas reflect park boundary revisions legislated by Bill C-30.
* Park area measurement includes land component only.
** Auyuittuq's size will be about 1,765 km2 less than
what is listed here once pending land claims legislation is promulgated.
*** 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.