Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service.[1] The first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887.
There are four Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Alberta.[2]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Red Deer | 1924 | 130ha | |
Saskatoon Lake | 1948 | 1135ha | |
Richardson Lake | 1949 | 12705ha | |
Inglewood | 1968 | 1600ha |
See also: List of protected areas of Alberta.
There are seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in British Columbia.[3]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Vaseux Lake | 1923 | 282ha | |
Victoria Harbour | 1923 | 1700ha | |
Esquimalt Lagoon | 1931 | 129.6ha | |
Shoal Harbour | 1931 | 150ha | |
Nechako River | 1944 | 180ha | |
Christie Islet | 1962 | 0.81ha | |
George C. Reifel | 1967 | 648ha |
See also: List of protected areas of British Columbia.
Currently there are no Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the province of Manitoba.[4]
See also: List of protected areas of Manitoba.
There are three Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in New Brunswick.[5]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Manan | 1931 | 250ha | |
Machias Seal Island | 1944 | 9.5ha | |
Inkerman | 1998 | 15.1ha |
See also: List of protected areas of New Brunswick.
There are three Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Newfoundland and Labrador.[6]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Terra Nova | 1967 | 870ha | |
Ile aux Canes | 1991 | 150ha | |
Shepherd Island | 1991 | 16ha |
See also: List of protected areas of Newfoundland and Labrador.
There are seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Nova Scotia.[7]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Big Glace Bay Lake | 1939 | 240ha | |
Kentville | 1939 | 200ha | |
Port L'Hebert | 1941 | 350ha | |
Port Joli | 1941 | 280ha | |
Sable River | 1941 | 260ha | |
Amherst Point | 1947 | 429ha | |
Sable Island | 1977 | 2350ha | |
Haley Lake | 1980 | 100ha |
See also: List of protected areas of Nova Scotia.
There are nine Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Ontario.[8]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Hannah Bay | 1939 | 29500ha | |
St. Joseph's Island | 1951 | 940ha | |
Chantry Island | 1957 | 81ha | |
Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary | 1957 | 809.4ha | |
Moose River | 1958 | 1457ha | |
Mississippi Lake | 1959 | 430ha | |
Upper Canada | 1961 | 2663ha | |
Beckett Creek | 1969 | 103ha | |
Eleanor Island | 1971 | 0.6ha |
See also: List of protected areas of Ontario.
There are twenty-eight Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Quebec.[9]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | Coordinates | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock | 1919 | 1360ha | ||
Rochers aux Oiseaux | 1919 | 625ha | 47.85°N -61°W | |
1925 | 538ha | |||
1925 | 3550ha | 50.1667°N -78°W | ||
1925 | 462ha | 50.2°N -76°W | ||
1925 | 4320ha | 50.1667°N -90°W | ||
1925 | 4100ha | 50.3°N -99°W | ||
1925 | 5570ha | 51.1333°N -86°W | ||
Watshishou | 1925 | 11320ha | ||
1927 | 933ha | |||
1936 | 569ha | |||
1937 | 622ha | 45.4167°N -108°W | ||
Ile Carillon | 1937 | 426ha | 45.5167°N -90°W | |
1937 | 413ha | 50.0833°N -91°W | ||
Boatswain Bay | 1941 | 17900ha | ||
1955 | 525ha | |||
Mont Saint-Hilaire | 1960 | 955ha | 45.55°N -82°W | |
1972 | 133ha | 47.0417°N -70.475°W | ||
1972 | 1115ha | 45.35°N -123°W | ||
1982 | 2835ha | 46.2°N -112°W | ||
1986 | 17ha | 45.4833°N -104°W | ||
1986 | 303ha | 48.0167°N -90°W | ||
1986 | 64ha | 47.1333°N -70.375°W | ||
1986 | 80ha | 46.9917°N -70.5583°W | ||
1986 | 64.6ha | 48.1083°N -66.2333°W | ||
1986 | 405ha | 46.8917°N -70.85°W | ||
1986 | 222ha | 47.1583°N -70.3333°W | ||
Gros Mécatina | 1996 | 2310ha |
See also: List of protected areas of Quebec.
There is one Migratory Bird Sanctuaries on Prince Edward Island.[10]
See also: List of protected areas of Prince Edward Island.
There are fifteen Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Saskatchewan.[11]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary | 1887 | 4736ha | |
Sutherland | 1924 | 130ha | |
Basin and Middle Lakes | 1925 | 8720ha | |
Indian Head | 1925 | 32ha | |
Lenore Lake | 1925 | 8830ha | |
Old Wives Lake | 1925 | 26060ha | |
Redberry Lake | 1925 | 6395ha | |
Duncairn Reservoir | 1948 | 1546ha | |
Murray Lake | 1948 | 1165ha | |
Scentgrass Lake | 1948 | 633ha | |
Upper Rousay Lake | 1948 | 518ha | |
Val Marie Reservoir | 1948 | 505ha | |
Neely Lake | 1952 | 809ha | |
Opuntia Lake | 1952 | 1395ha | |
Wascana Lake | 1956 | 104ha |
See also: List of protected areas of Saskatchewan.
There are five Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Northwest Territories.[12]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Anderson River Delta | 1961 | 118417ha | |
Banks Island No. 1 | 1961 | 2019997ha | |
Banks Island No. 2 | 1961 | 14302ha | |
Cape Parry | 1961 | 227ha | |
Kendall Island | 1961 | 61241ha |
See also: List of protected areas of the Northwest Territories.
There are eleven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Nunavut Territory.[13]
Name | Year of Designation | Area | |
---|---|---|---|
Hannah Bay | 1939 | 29500ha | |
Akimiski Island | 1941 | 336700ha | |
Boatswain Bay | 1941 | 17900ha | |
Dewey Soper | 1957 | 793000ha | |
East Bay | 1959 | 113800ha | |
Harry Gibbons | 1959 | 122400ha | |
McConnell River | 1960 | 33400ha | |
Queen Maud Gulf | 1961 | 6176500ha | |
Bylot Island | 1965 | 1263500ha | |
Seymour Island | 1975 | 2800ha | |
Prince Leopold Island | 1992 | 31100ha |
See also: List of protected areas of Nunavut.
There are no Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Yukon Territory.[14]
See also: List of protected areas of Yukon.