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Parks Canada Agency

Strategic Outcome: Canadians have a strong sense of connection, through meaningful experiences, to their national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas and these protected places are enjoyed in ways that leave them unimpaired for present and future generations.
Expected Result:	Performance Indicator:	Target and Date:
Same as strategic outcome	The overall state of ecological integrity in national parks	Maintain or improve the overall ecological integrity in all national parks from March 2008 to March 2013
	The overall state of commemorative integrity of national historic sites administered by Parks Canada	Improve the overall average commemorative integrity rating from 6.0/10 in March 2008 to 6.6/10 in March 2013
	Sustainable use of national marine conservation areas	To be determined*
	Canadians report a personal connection to Parks Canada administered places	Establish a baseline by March 2009 for the percentage of Canadians that report a personal connection to Parks Canada administered places

Program Activity		Planned Spending**					Alignment to Government of Canada Outcomes
Program Activity		2008-09 ($000s)	2009-10 ($000s)	2010-11 ($000s)	2011-12 ($000s)	2012-13 ($000s)	Alignment to Government of Canada Outcomes
1:	Heritage Places Establishment	24,897	24,919	24,845	24,401	23,266	Vibrant Canadian Culture and Heritage/ Clean and Healthy Environment/ Strong Economic Growth
2:	Heritage Resources Conservation	212,566	217,648	217,178	217,125	213,378	Vibrant Canadian Culture and Heritage/ Clean and Healthy Environment/ Strong Economic Growth
3:	Public Appreciation and Understanding	26,482	27,658	27,658	27,658	27,658	Vibrant Canadian Culture and Heritage/ Clean and Healthy Environment
4:	Visitor Experience	271,718	276,709	276,709	276,709	276,709	Vibrant Canadian Culture and Heritage/ Clean and Healthy Environment
5:	Townsite and Throughway Infrastructure	74,881	68,320	63,320	63,320	63,320	Safe and Secure Communities/ Strong Economic Growth/ Clean and Healthy Environment
	Total	610,544	615,255	609,711	609,214	604,332
* National marine conservation areas are in their early development stages and their performance framework is still to be developed. ** Due to rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown.