Arctic SDI catalogue
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 available to the public.
The 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.
The 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 uses 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.
Simple
- Date ( RI_366 )
- 2018-12-31
- Date ( RI_367 )
- 2022-12-31
- Status
- onGoing; enContinue RI_596
- Maintenance and update frequency
- annually; annuel RI_539
- Keywords ( RI_525 )
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- Canada
- Keywords ( RI_528 )
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- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD)
- Protected and Conserved Areas
- Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECM)
- Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI)
- ECCC Information Category EN ECCC Information Category FR ( Theme )
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- Nature and Biodiversity
- Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( Theme )
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- Environmental protection
- Environment
- Conservation areas
- Marine conservation areas
- Boundaries
- Business Functions Fonctions de l'entreprise ( Theme )
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- Protect Species Well-Being
- Protect and Restore Species
- Geography Portée Géographique ( Place )
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- National (CA)
- external.theme.EC_Branch local.theme.external.theme.EC_Branch ( RI_528 )
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- Canadian Wildlife Service
- external.theme.EC_Directorate local.theme.external.theme.EC_Directorate ( RI_528 )
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- Wildlife Assessment and Information
- Protected Areas
- external.theme.EC_Program_PAA local.theme.external.theme.EC_Program_PAA ( RI_528 )
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- 1.1.4. Habitat Conservation Partnerships
- external.theme.GC_Security_Level local.theme.external.theme.GC_Security_Level ( RI_528 )
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- Unclassified
- Use limitation
- Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Access constraints
- license; licence RI_606
- Use constraints
- license; licence RI_606
- Spatial representation type
- vector; vecteur RI_635
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN , fra; CAN
- Character set
- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 1867-07-01
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- Reference system identifier
- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 / 7.11.2
- Distribution format
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Distributor
- Fees
- None
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area
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ESRI REST: Map Service
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Web Service;ESRI REST;eng
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area
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ESRI REST: Map Service
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Web Service;ESRI REST;fra
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area
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HTTPS
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Web Service;ESRI REST;eng
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area
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HTTPS
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Web Service;ESRI REST;fra
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area
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OGC:WMS
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Web Service;WMS;eng
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area
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OGC:WMS
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Web Service;WMS;fra
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area
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HTTPS
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Web Service;WMS;eng
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area
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HTTPS
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Web Service;WMS;fra
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area database
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HTTPS
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Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area database
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HTTPS
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Dataset;FGDB/GDB;fra
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Protected and conserved area user manual
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;PDF;eng
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Protected and conserved area user manual
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;PDF;fra
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Protected and conserved area data dictionary
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;XLSX;eng
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Protected and conserved area data dictionary
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;XLSX;fra
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area statistics
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;PDF;eng
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area statistics
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;PDF;fra
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area statistics
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;CSV;eng
- OnLine resource
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Protected and conserved area statistics
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;CSV;fra
- File identifier
- 6c343726-1e92-451a-876a-76e17d398a1c XML
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Character set
- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Hierarchy level
- series; série RI_623
- Date stamp
- 2023-03-16T20:05:50
- Metadata standard name
- North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- Enviroment Canada - Version 1
Overviews
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