Annex II — State of national parks administered by Parks Canada

Ecological integrity indicators
Visitor experience indicators — Visitation
Visitor experience indicators — Visitor information survey
Notes

Ecological integrity indicators

Province/Territory	National park or national urban park	Forest	Freshwater	Wetlands	Grasslands	Shrublands	Tundra	Coastal/Marine	Glaciers
Newfoundland and Labrador	Gros Morne	Fair, Improving	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Improving	Not applicable	Not applicable
Newfoundland and Labrador	Terra Nova	Fair, Declining	Good, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable
Newfoundland and Labrador	Torngat Mountains	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable
Newfoundland and Labrador	Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island	Poor, Stable/No Change	Fair, Declining	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Improving	Not applicable
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton Highlands	Poor, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Nova Scotia	Kejimkujik	Good, Stable/No Change	Fair, Declining	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Fair, Improving	Not applicable
Nova Scotia	Sable Island (Reserve)	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable
New Brunswick	Fundy	Good, Improving	Good, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable		Not applicable
New Brunswick	Kouchibouguac	Good, Stable/No Change	Good, Declining	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable
Quebec	Forillon	Poor, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Improving	Not applicable
Quebec	La Mauricie	Fair, Declining	Fair, Stable/No Change	Poor, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Quebec	Mingan Archipelago (Reserve)	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Fair, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable
Ontario	Bruce Peninsula	Good, Improving	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Fair, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Ontario	Georgian Bay Islands	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Fair, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Fair, Declining	Not applicable
Ontario	Point Pelee	Poor, Declining	Not applicable	Good, Improving	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Fair, Stable/No Change	Not applicable
Ontario	Pukaskwa	Good, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Fair, Declining	Not applicable
Ontario	Rouge	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Ontario	Thousand Islands	Good, Stable/No Change	Fair, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Manitoba	Riding Mountain	Poor, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Poor, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Manitoba	Wapusk	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable
Saskatchewan	Grasslands	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Fair, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Saskatchewan	Prince Albert	Good, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Fair, Improving	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Alberta	Banff	Good, Stable/No Change	Poor, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable
Alberta	Elk Island	Fair, Declining	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Poor, Declining	Not applicable		Not applicable	Not applicable
Alberta	Jasper	Fair, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Poor, Declining	Not applicable	Not applicable
Alberta	Waterton Lakes	Fair, Improving	Poor, Declining	Not applicable	Fair, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
British Columbia	Gulf Islands (Reserve)	Fair, Improving	Fair, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Poor, Declining	Not applicable
British Columbia	Gwaii Haanas (Reserve and Haida Heritage Site)	Good, Improving	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Improving	Not applicable
British Columbia	Kootenay	Good, Stable/No Change	Poor, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable
British Columbia	Mount Revelstoke	Fair, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Poor, Declining	Not applicable	Not applicable
British Columbia	Glacier	Fair, Improving	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Poor, Declining	Not applicable	Not applicable
British Columbia	Pacific Rim (Reserve)	Good, Stable/No Change	Poor, Declining	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Improving	Not applicable
British Columbia	Yoho	Fair, Stable/No Change	Poor, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable
Yukon Territory	Ivvavik	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Poor, Declining	Not applicable	Not applicable
Yukon Territory	Kluane (and Reserve)	Fair, Declining	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable
Yukon Territory	Vuntut	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable
Northwest Territories	Aulavik	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Poor, Declining	Not applicable	Not applicable
Northwest Territories	Nááts'įhch'oh	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Northwest Territories	Nahanni (Reserve)	Fair, Declining	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Improving	Not applicable	Not applicable
Northwest Territories	Thaidene Nene	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Northwest Territories	Tuktut Nogait	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable
Northwest Territories	Wood Buffalo	Fair, Stable/No Change	Poor, Declining	Fair, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Nunavut	Auyuittuq	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Poor, Stable/No Change
Nunavut	Qausuittuq	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Nunavut	Quttinirpaaq	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable	Not applicable
Nunavut	Sirmilik	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Improving	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change
Nunavut	Ukkusiksalik	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Good, Stable/No Change	Good, Stable/No Change	Not applicable

Visitor experience indicators — Visitation

Province/Territory	National park or national urban park	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
Newfoundland and Labrador	Gros Morne	244,292	238,540	233,198	238,071	88,233
Newfoundland and Labrador	Terra Nova	39,732	46,668	43,851	44,403	12,710
Newfoundland and Labrador	Torngat Mountains	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected
Newfoundland and Labrador	Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected
Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island	530,247	695,025	746,521	756,243	415,113
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton Highlands	302,827	333,746	295,456	300,906	112,217
Nova Scotia	Kejimkujik	36,090	60,649	78,806	70,756	26,533
Nova Scotia	Sable Island (Reserve)	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	394	72
New Brunswick	Fundy	327,500	368,965	291,658	296,947	184,620
New Brunswick	Kouchibouguac	169,262	188,185	243,284	238,957	160,945
Quebec	Forillon	155,027	173,880	164,945	169,825	146,496
Quebec	La Mauricie	217,252	338,530	161,576	219,824	194,398
Quebec	Mingan Archipelago (Reserve)	34,307	39,039	38,743	41,381	41,829
Ontario	Bruce Peninsula	412,623	428,988	362,313	490,388	371,552
Ontario	Georgian Bay Islands	42,511	44,010	41,521	35,780	17,495
Ontario	Point Pelee	333,285	522,199	342,305	396,168	383,360
Ontario	Pukaskwa	9,593	14,114	9,243	9,107	12,869
Ontario	Rouge	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected
Ontario	Thousand Islands	90,961	88,520	87,136	72,625	69,735
Manitoba	Riding Mountain	355,523	423,146	355,972	352,218	286,288
Manitoba	Wapusk	106	162	405	74	0
Saskatchewan	Grasslands	13,452	18,296	15,784	17,477	12,278
Saskatchewan	Prince Albert	249,310	299,168	270,233	283,873	255,936
Alberta	Banff	4,059,503	4,181,854	4,089,309	4,121,062	3,003,824
Alberta	Elk Island	360,678	528,647	371,757	391,977	464,218
Alberta	Jasper	2,345,130	2,425,878	2,445,991	2,463,419	1,691,042
Alberta	Waterton Lakes	536,865	568,807	412,860	457,356	450,505
British Columbia	Gulf Islands (Reserve)	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	24,788	18,607
British Columbia	Gwaii Haanas (Reserve and Haida Heritage Site)	2,819	3,316	2,653	2,629	0
British Columbia	Kootenay	521,286	531,009	515,787	529,666	359,301
British Columbia	Mount Revelstoke	795,749	787,968	776,919	801,513	644,630
British Columbia	Glacier
British Columbia	Pacific Rim (Reserve)	1,056,801	1,131,418	1,149,889	1,113,780	915,744
British Columbia	Yoho	688,157	712,046	694,842	700,902	435,874
Yukon Territory	Ivvavik	137	119	124	98	0
Yukon Territory	Kluane (and Reserve)	27,606	29,743	32,066	29,055	6,485
Yukon Territory	Vuntut	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected
Northwest Territories	Aulavik	8	24	18	15	0
Northwest Territories	Nááts'įhch'oh	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected
Northwest Territories	Nahanni (Reserve)	1,082	1,302	899	770	231
Northwest Territories	Thaidene Nene	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected
Northwest Territories	Tuktut Nogait	2	4	0	14	0
Northwest Territories	Wood Buffalo	3,340	4,162	3,904	3,941	4,481
Nunavut	Auyuittuq	200	709	853	356	3
Nunavut	Qausuittuq	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected
Nunavut	Quttinirpaaq	21	33	32	18	0
Nunavut	Sirmilik	84	494	508	298	0
Nunavut	Ukkusiksalik	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected

Visitor experience indicators — Visitor information survey

Province/Territory	National park or national urban park	Visitor satisfaction	Visitor learning	Visitor enjoyment
Newfoundland and Labrador	Gros Morne	97% Data from previous reporting period	91% Data from previous reporting period	91% Data from previous reporting period
Newfoundland and Labrador	Terra Nova	91%	61%	92%
Newfoundland and Labrador	Torngat Mountains	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Newfoundland and Labrador	Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island	95%	57%	97%
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton Highlands	96%	78%	96%
Nova Scotia	Kejimkujik	97%	65%	98%
Nova Scotia	Sable Island (Reserve)	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
New Brunswick	Fundy	98%	60%	99%
New Brunswick	Kouchibouguac	94%	64%	95%
Quebec	Forillon	98%	77%	98%
Quebec	La Mauricie	97%	43%	96%
Quebec	Mingan Archipelago (Reserve)	98% Data from previous reporting period	94% Data from previous reporting period	98% Data from previous reporting period
Ontario	Bruce Peninsula	93%	70%	97%
Ontario	Georgian Bay Islands	93%	66%	94%
Ontario	Point Pelee	97%	76%	97%
Ontario	Pukaskwa	96% Data from previous reporting period	70% Data from previous reporting period	95% Data from previous reporting period
Ontario	Rouge	Not available	Not available	Not available
Ontario	Thousand Islands	91%	47%	96%
Manitoba	Riding Mountain	96%	62%	96%
Manitoba	Wapusk	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Saskatchewan	Grasslands	96% Data from previous reporting period	89% Data from previous reporting period	96% Data from previous reporting period
Saskatchewan	Prince Albert	94% Data from previous reporting period	64% Data from previous reporting period	96% Data from previous reporting period
Alberta	Banff	96%	74%	97%
Alberta	Elk Island	96%	72%	95%
Alberta	Jasper	96%	N/A	97%
Alberta	Waterton Lakes	95% Data from previous reporting period	82% Data from previous reporting period	97% Data from previous reporting period
British Columbia	Gulf Islands (Reserve)	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
British Columbia	Gwaii Haanas (Reserve and Haida Heritage Site)	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
British Columbia	Kootenay	93%	61%	95%
British Columbia	Mount Revelstoke	98%	78%	98%
British Columbia	Glacier
British Columbia	Pacific Rim (Reserve)	91% Data from previous reporting period	73% Data from previous reporting period	96% Data from previous reporting period
British Columbia	Yoho	95%	70%	95%
Yukon Territory	Ivvavik	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Yukon Territory	Kluane (and Reserve)	92% Data from previous reporting period	Not assessed	Not assessed
Yukon Territory	Vuntut	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Northwest Territories	Aulavik	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Northwest Territories	Nááts'įhch'oh	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Northwest Territories	Nahanni (Reserve)	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Northwest Territories	Thaidene Nene	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Northwest Territories	Tuktut Nogait	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Northwest Territories	Wood Buffalo	96% Data from previous reporting period	92% Data from previous reporting period	94% Data from previous reporting period
Nunavut	Auyuittuq	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Nunavut	Qausuittuq	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Nunavut	Quttinirpaaq	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Nunavut	Sirmilik	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Nunavut	Ukkusiksalik	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed

Notes

Note regarding ecological integrity indicators

Ecological integrity means, with respect to a park, a condition that is determined to be characteristic of its natural region and likely to persist, including abiotic components and the composition and abundance of native species and biological communities, rates of change and supporting processes (intégrité écologique) (Canada National Parks Act 2.1). National park ecosystems are managed to improve or maintain ecological integrity. Major park ecosystems are monitored to determine their condition (good, fair, or poor) and trend (improving, stable, or declining over five years).

In 2020, ecological integrity has been reported for major ecosystems in 43 of Canada's 47 national parks and national park reserves and one national urban park. Data are not yet available for Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve, Nááts'įhch'oh National Park Reserve, Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve, Qausuittuq National Park, or Rouge National Urban Park.

Note regarding visitation

Visitation is measured in person-visits, which is defined as “each time a person enters the land or marine part of a reporting unit for recreational, educational or cultural purposes during business hours”. Through, local, and commercial traffic are excluded. Same day re-entries and re-entries by visitors staying overnight in the reporting unit do not constitute new person-visits. In 2017-18, admission was free as part of the Government of Canada’s national celebration of the 150th anniversary of Confederation. In 2020-21, in support of Canada’s efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and flatten the curve of the pandemic, visitor access and services at all national parks and national historic sites were suspended from March 19 to June 1, 2020.