Territorial parks in Nunavut

This article gives an overview of the Territorial Parks in the Canadian territory of Nunavut . The provincial parks in Nunavut are, unlike most other Canadian provinces, called Territorial Park .

The parks are managed by the Nunavut Department of Environment . The current legal basis for the parks is the Territorial Parks Act (RSNWT (Nu) 1988, c T-4) of 2011.

In addition to the Territorial Parks, Nunavut has:

• four Canadian national parks ,
• several bird sanctuaries as well
• several national wildlife areas ( English National Wildlife Area ) and
• several wildlife sanctuaries ( English Wildlife Refuge )

list

IUCN category (a)	WDPA ID	Surname	Area in km²	Establishment date	Website
V	555516414	Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park	20.77
II	167374	Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve	1461.66
V	555516416	Kekerten Territorial Park	14.05
V	555516417	Kugluk / Bloody Falls Territorial Park	8.3
V	555516413	Mallikjuaq Territorial Park	18.56
k. A.		Northwest Passage Territorial Park
V	555558194	Ovayok Territorial Park	21.78
V	555516415	Qaummaarviit Territorial Park	0.16
V	65856	Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park	44.3

^(a) The database only reproduces the information provided by the national organizations. For some protected areas, the information that a protected area exists is transmitted, but the classification of the protected area is not always transmitted or it has not yet been done. In such cases, a Not Reported is recorded in the WDPA database (translated as n / a in the table ).

Web links

• Territorial Parks on the Nunavut Department of Environment website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} WPDA database of protected areas. In: www.protectedplanet.net. IUCN and UNEP , accessed February 10, 2016 .