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This is a list of protected areas of Alberta. Protected areas are managed by the Government of Canada or the Government of Alberta. The provincial government owns 60% of Alberta's landmass [1] but most of this has not been formally protected. The total protected area throughout Alberta including federal and provincial protected areas is ...
Alberta's provincial parks and protected areas are managed by Alberta Parks and Alberta Government's ministry of Alberta Environment and Parks whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes in Alberta. As of December 2023, the province of Alberta manages 77 provincial parks and 34 wildland provincial parks.
The Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas of Alberta (also commonly called Alberta Environment and Protected Areas) is the Alberta provincial ministry of the Executive Council of Alberta responsible for environmental issues and policy as well as some, but not all, parks and protected areas in Alberta.
Protected areas of Canada consist of approximately 12.1 percent of the nation's landmass and freshwater are considered conservation areas, including 11.4 percent designated as protected areas. [1] Approximately 13.8 percent of Canada's territorial waters are conserved, including 8.9 percent designated as protected areas. [ 1 ]
Chinchaga Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northwestern Alberta, Canada.The park is a 802.7 square kilometres (310 sq mi) environmentally protected tract of land within the 5,000 km 2 (1,900 sq mi) of the greater Chinchaga wilderness area.
Pages in category "Protected areas of Alberta" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The park is home to Alberta's tallest waterfall, the Kakwa Falls, which is 30 metres tall. [3] It adjoins Willmore Wilderness Park and British Columbia's Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area and together with them comprises the first interprovincial park shared between BC and Alberta. [4] [5] It takes the name from Kakwa, the Cree word for ...
As of July 2024, there are 37 national parks and 11 national park reserves, covering an area of approximately 343,377 km 2 (132,579 sq mi), [9] or about 3.3% of the total land area of Canada, and representing 31 of its 39 natural regions.