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Fisheries Act
The Fisheries Act is one of Canada’s oldest and most important environment laws. This included prohibition against the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat. This provision became widely regarded as one of Canada’s most powerful environmental legal protections, ensuring healthy habitat for fish and aquatic species across the country. -
Banff National Park
Banff is Canada's first and best known national park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site that covers 20,000 km of some of the most ecologically significant areas in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Its popularity, its ecological and cultural importance, its contribution to the economy, and its services to visitors all serve to create a park that is quite unlike any other protected area in Canada. It aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels. -
Algonquin Provincial Park
Algonquin Park is a Natural Environment Park and has been planned, zoned, and managed in accordance with the policies for this class of park. Algonquin Provincial Park has been classified as a Natural Environment Park in recognition of its outstanding recreational environment and abundance of natural and cultural resources. It has tremendous scientific value, containing significant earth and life science features as well as historical and archaeological sites. -
Boundary Waters Treaty Signed
The Boundary Waters Treaty’s purpose was to prevent and resolve disputes over the use of the waters shared by Canada and the United States. The treaty established the International Joint Commission to help the two countries issues. On the Niagara River, it was increasingly clear that the two countries needed a plan that could balance the demand for hydroelectric power, while safeguarding Niagara Falls. A meeting was held in 1912, that resolved over 100 matters from the two federal governments. -
National Parks Service
The National Park Service Organic Act has the mandate to conserve the scenery, natural and cultural resources, and other values of parks in a way that will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment , education, and inspiration of future generations. This service describes goals and objectives to guide actions under four integrated components - science, adaptation, mitigation, and communication. -
Migratory Bird Convention Act Signed
The Migratory Birds Convention Act is a Canadian law. It was significantly updated in June 1994, which contains regulations to protect migratory birds, their eggs, and their nests from destruction by wood harvesting, hunting, trafficking and commercialization. -
Canada National Parks Act
The Canada National Parks Act is a Canadian federal law that regulates protection of natural areas of national significance. As of March 2019, the Canada National Parks Act extended federal protection to 47 national parks and park reserves across the country covering more the 300,000 km of habitat. -
Canadian Wildlife Federation
The Canadian Wildlife Federation is an organization responsible for the conservation of migratory birds, the recovery of species at risk, and the protection of nationally important habitats for wildlife. They are committed to renewed Crown-Indigenous relations, reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, and integrating Indigenous knowledge in our decision-making. -
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a global network of independent campaigning organizations, that’s goal is to ensure the ability of Earth and to nurture life in all its diversity. It stands for positive change through action and promote peace. They investigate, expose environmental abuse by governments and corporations around the world and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. -
Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
The Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act regulates the deposit of domestic and industrial waste in Arctic waters and land. It deposits waste by ships in Arctic water. -
Canada-US Air Quality Agreement
The Canada-US Air Quality Agreement signed by Canada and the United States, was made to address transboundary air pollution leading to acid rain. Both countries agreed to reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, and to work together on acid rain related scientific and technical cooperation. -
Clayquot Sound Blockade
Clayoquot Sound is the largest area of ancient temperate rainforest left on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. Pacific fish and wildlife thrive in this region of forests. Its environmental groups call for an end to the logging company MacMillan Bloedel's. Which plans to log Meares Island, in Clayoquot Sound. There were many protests calling for the protection of Clayoquot Sound’s, making the area very popular. -
Ontario Environmental Bill of Rights
The Environmental Bill of Rights gives the right to sue someone who has contravened an environmentally significant act, regulation, and causing harm to a public resource.It aims to achieve better outcomes for the environment, like seeking to protect, conserve and restore the integrity of the environment and to protect Ontario residents' right to a healthful environment. -
Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It does this by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit. As well as reducing greenhouse gases emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets. -
Canadian Environmental Protection Act
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act provides the legislative basis for a range of federal environmental and health protection programs. It protects the environment and the living species inhabiting it. The Act spreads awareness for the issues related to the protection of human health and safety, the realities of the territories and the communities living in them. -
Species at Risk Act
The Species at Risk Act is a key federal government commitment to prevent wildlife species from becoming extinct, extirpated, or endangered. It provides for the legal protection of wildlife species and the conservation of their biological diversity. -
Ontario Clean Water Act
The Water Resources Act regulates sewage disposal and prohibits the discharge of polluting materials that may affect water quality. The Act makes sure communities protect their municipal drinking water supplies through prevention, by developing collaborative, safe protection plans based on science. -
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act is the legal basis for the federal environmental assessment process. This Act sets out the responsibilities and procedures for carrying out the environmental assessments of projects which involve federal government decision making. -
Paris Climate Change Agreement
The Paris Agreement aims is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise, well below 2 degrees Celsius. As well as above pre-industrial levels and to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. It also sims to strengthen countries ability to deal with the impacts of climate change. -
Great Bear Rainforest Agreement
The Great Bear Rainforest are home to First Nations people who have been linked to the rainforest since time immemorial. The Great Bear Rainforest Act will conserve 85% of the forest and 70% of old growth over time, achieving a high level of ecological integrity. It represents one of the most comprehensive conservation and forest management achievements on earth and will be looked at as a model for future conservation efforts.