Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada. there are ninety-two Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Canada and the first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887.

Provinces

Alberta there are four Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Alberta. Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Inglewood 1929 Red Deer 1924 Richardson Lake 1949 Saskatoon Lake 1948

British Columbia there are seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in British Columbia.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Christie Islet 1962 Esquimalt Lagoon 1939 George C. Reifel 1967 Nechako River 1944 Shoal Harbour 1931 Vaseux Lake 1923 Victoria Harbour

Manitoba Currently there are no Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the province of Manitoba.

New Brunswick there are three Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in New Brunswick.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Grand Manan 1931 Inkerman 1998 Machias Seal Island 1944

Newfoundland and Labrador there are three Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Ile aux Canes 1991 Shepherd Island Terra Nova 1967

Nova Scotia there are eight Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Nova Scotia.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Amherst Point 1947 Big Glace Bay Lake 1939 Haley Lake 1980 Kentville 1939 Port Joli 1941 Port Hebert Sable Island 1977 Sable River 1941

Ontario there are nine Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Ontario.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Beckett Creek 1969 Chantry Island 1957 Eleanor Island 1971 Hannah Bay 1939 Mississippi Lake 1959 Moose River 1958 Rideau River 1957 St. Joseph's Island 1951 Upper Canada 1961

Prince Edward Island there is one Migratory Bird Sanctuary on Prince Edward Island.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Black Pond 1936

Quebec there are twenty-eight Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Quebec.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre 1925 Bird Rocks 1919 Boatswain Bay 1941 Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock 1919 1986 Carillon Island 1931 Gros-Mécatina 1996 1925 1927 1937 1986 1972 1986 Mont Saint-Hilaire 1960 1986 Nicolet 1982 1955 1925 1986 1925 1936 1986 Watshishou 1925

Saskatchewan there are fifteen Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Saskatchewan.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Basin and Middle Lakes 1925 Duncairn Reservoir 1948 Indian Head 1924 Last Mountain Lake 1921 Lenore Lake 1925 Murray Lake 1948 Neely Lake 1952 Old Wives Lake 1925 Opuntia Lake 1952 Redberry Lake 1925 Scent Grass Lake 1948 Sutherland 1924 Upper Rousay Lake 1948 Val Marie Reservoir Wascana Lake 1956

Territories

Northwest Territories there are five Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Northwest Territories. Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Anderson River Delta 1961 Banks Island No. 1 Banks Island No. 2 Cape Parry Kendall Island

Nunavut there are nine Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Nunavut.

Name Yearestablished Area ha acre Ahiak (Queen Maud Gulf) 1961 Akimiski Island 1941 Akpaqarvik (Prince Leopold Island) 1992 Bylot Island 1965 Ikkattuaq (Harry Gibbons) 1959 Isulijarniq (Dewey Soper) 1957 Kuugaarjuk (McConnell River) 1960 Naujavaat (Seymour Island) 1975 Qaqsauqtuuq (East Bay) 1959

Yukon There are no Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Yukon Territory.

See also List of National Wildlife Areas in Canada List of Canadian protected areas

References

External links Environment and Climate Change Canada - Migratory Bird Sanctuaries Department of Justice: Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1036)