Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD)
The Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) is the authoritative source of data on protected and conserved areas in Canada. The database consists of the most up-to-date spatial and attribute data on marine and terrestrial protected areas in all governance categories recognized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as well as Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs, or conserved areas) across the country. Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) are also included if they are recognized as protected or conserved areas. CPCAD adheres to national reporting standards and is freely available to the public.
CPCAD is compiled and managed by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), in collaboration with federal, provincial, territorial, and other reporting authorities that provide the data. The database contains combined data from all these Canadian reporting authorities, who have determined that their areas meet the Canadian criteria as protected or conserved areas.
CPCAD is used by a wide range of organizations, including governments, environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs), academia, land managers, industry, and the general public. CPCAD supports many of the Government of Canada’s priorities including Canada’s national reporting on protected areas, Canada’s international reporting on protected areas as a result of Canada’s commitments under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and Canada’s protected areas program by providing baseline information.
More detailed information on CPCAD is available by downloading the User Manual.
The data is current as of the date of the most recent revision. For prior years, please reach out to scf-geocarto-cws-geomapping@ec.gc.ca.
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Metadata Record Information
- File Identifier
- 6c343726-1e92-451a-876a-76e17d398a1c XML
- Date Stamp
- 2025-04-16T20:04:16.329Z
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy Level
- Series
Data identification
- Title
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Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD)
- Date (Creation)
- 2018-12-31
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-12-31
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-12-31
- Status
- On going
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN , fra; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Boundaries
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Annually
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
Keywords
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Canada
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- Theme
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Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD)
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Protected and Conserved Areas
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Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECM)
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Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI)
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ECCC Information Category EN
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Nature and Biodiversity
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Environmental protection
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Environment
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Conservation areas
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Marine conservation areas
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Boundaries
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Business Functions
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Protect Species Well-Being
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Protect and Restore Species
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Geography
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National (CA)
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external.theme.EC_Branch
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Canadian Wildlife Service
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external.theme.EC_Directorate
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Wildlife Assessment and Information
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Protected Areas
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external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
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1.1.4. Habitat Conservation Partnerships
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external.theme.GC_Security_Level
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Unclassified
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- Use Limitation
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Access Constraints
- License
- Use Constraints
- License
- Begin Date
- 1867-07-01T12:00:00
- End Date
- 2024-12-31T12:00:00
Extent
))
Ref. system Reference Systems
- Reference system identifier
- https://epsg.io / EPSG:3978 / 7.11.2
Distribution
Distribution Formats
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- ZIP ( 1)
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