2012-2013 Parks Canada Agency Corporate Plan

Section I – Organizational Overview

Figure 1: The System of National Parks of Canada - Text Version

Parks Canada's long-term goal is to establish at least one national park in each of Canada's terrestrial regions. There are 43 national parks representing 28 of Canada's 39 terrestrial regions, making the system over 70 percent complete and protecting approximately 301,500 square kilometres of Canada's lands.

The purpose of Figure 1 is to identify the 39 terrestrial regions of Canada including whether or not they are presently represented by a national park.

Canada's 39 terrestrial regions are as follows:

In the Western Mountains, there are:

1. Pacific Coast Mountains, represented
2. Strait of Georgia Lowlands, represented
3. Interior Dry Plateau, not represented
4. Columbia Mountains, represented
5. Rocky Mountains, represented
6. Northern Coast Mountains, represented
7. Northern Interior Plateaux and Mountains, not represented
8. Mackenzie Mountains, represented
9. Northern Yukon, represented

In the Interior Plains, there are:

10. Mackenzie Delta, represented
11. Northern Boreal Plains, represented
12. Southern Boreal Plains and Plateaux, represented
13. Prairie Grasslands, represented
14. Manitoba Lowlands, not represented

In the Canadian Shield, there are:

15. Tundra Hills, represented
16. Central Tundra, represented
17. Northwestern Boreal Uplands, not represented
18. Central Boreal Uplands, represented
19. 19a. West Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Precambrian Region, represented
20. 19b. Central Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Precambrian Region, represented
21. 19c. East Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Precambrian Region, not represented

20. Laurentian Boreal Highlands, not represented
21. East Coast Boreal Region, not represented
22. Boreal Lake Plateau, not represented
23. Whale River, not represented
24. Northern Labrador Mountains, represented
25. Ungava Tundra Plateau, not represented
26. Northern Davis Region, represented

In the Hudson Bay Lowlands, there are:

27. Hudson–James Lowlands, represented
28. Southampton Plain, not represented

In the St. Lawrence Lowlands there are:

1. 29a. West St. Lawrence Lowland, represented
2. 29b. Central St. Lawrence Lowland, represented
3. 29c. East St. Lawrence Lowland, represented

In the Appalachian Region, there are:

30. Notre Dame-Megantic Mountains, represented
31. Maritime Acadian Highlands, represented
32. Maritime Plain, represented
33. Atlantic Coast Uplands, represented
34. Western Newfoundland Highlands, represented
35. Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic Region, represented

In the Arctic Lowlands, there are:

36. Western Arctic Lowlands, represented
37. Eastern Arctic Lowlands, represented

In the High Arctic Islands, there are:

38. Western High Arctic, not represented
39. Eastern High Arctic, represented

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