Conservation Issues

Canada’s national parks, National Wildlife Areas and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries for a federal protected areas network that conserves some of Canada’s most important wild spaces for our wildlife, but the health of these areas is at risk.

Critical habitats are being destroyed. Exotic species are crowding out native vegetation. Pristine waters are being polluted. And wildlife is being poached. At risk is habitat crucial to Canada’s wildlife – forests, wetlands, grasslands and arctic tundra.

Nature Canada works to raise public awareness about the threats facing this country’s natural spaces. And we strive to ensure that governments, conservation groups and individual citizens do their part in protecting these precious areas from further harm.

Choose from the list below to learn more about the greatest threats our protected areas face. Then find out what we are doing, and what you can do to help.