Table 3.14
Protected and conserved area, by marine ecoregion and depth class, 2020


Table 3.14
Protected and conserved area, by marine ecoregion and depth class, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Protected and conserved area. The information is grouped by Marine ecoregion and depth class (appearing as row headers), Total area, Protected and conserved area, Share of marine ecoregion protected or conserved by depth class and Share of protected and conserved area, calculated using km and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Marine ecoregion and depth class Total area Protected and conserved area Share of marine ecoregion protected or conserved by depth class Share of protected and conserved area
km2 percentage
Total exclusive economic zone 5,746,894 794,594 13.8 100.0
Strait of Georgia 8,970 458 5.1 0.1
Coastal 3,273 392 12.1 0.0
Epipelagic 3,173 62 1.9 0.0
Mesopelagic 2,522 3 0.1 0.0
Bathypelagic 2 0 0.0 0.0
Southern Shelf 28,158 786 2.8 0.1
Coastal 4,132 642 16.0 0.1
Epipelagic 11,176 141 1.3 0.0
Mesopelagic 4,583 3 0.1 0.0
Bathypelagic 8,267 0 0.0 0.0
Offshore Pacific 315,724 92,977 29.4 11.7
Coastal 3 3 100.0 0.0
Epipelagic 15 15 100.0 0.0
Mesopelagic 211 205 97.2 0.0
Bathypelagic 315,495 92,754 29.4 11.7
Northern Shelf 101,328 16,668 16.4 2.1
Coastal 23,423 3,993 17.1 0.5
Epipelagic 39,737 7,644 19.2 1.0
Mesopelagic 25,109 3,427 13.6 0.4
Bathypelagic 13,060 1,603 12.3 0.2
Arctic Basin 752,053 284,091 37.8 35.8
Coastal 142 101 72.0 0.0
Epipelagic 13,117 9,853 75.1 1.2
Mesopelagic 224,802 115,044 51.2 14.5
Bathypelagic 513,992 159,094 31.0 20.0
Western Arctic 539,793 12,085 2.2 1.5
Coastal 177,824 10,877 6.1 1.4
Epipelagic 189,473 1,148 0.6 0.1
Mesopelagic 172,497 60 0.0 0.0
Arctic Archipelago 268,797 38,923 14.5 4.9
Coastal 43,739 7,347 16.8 0.9
Epipelagic 91,959 15,723 17.1 2.0
Mesopelagic 133,099 15,853 11.9 2.0
Eastern Arctic 782,639 174,061 22.2 21.9
Coastal 77,149 12,112 15.8 1.5
Epipelagic 154,899 25,731 16.6 3.2
Mesopelagic 362,773 119,538 32.9 15.0
Bathypelagic 187,819 16,680 8.9 2.1
Hudson Bay Complex 1,244,644 8,684 0.7 1.1
Coastal 343,386 8,507 2.5 1.1
Epipelagic 759,653 177 0.0 0.0
Mesopelagic 141,606 0 0.0 0.0
Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves 1,041,656 118,425 11.4 14.9
Coastal 49,994 364 0.8 0.0
Epipelagic 350,532 1,783 0.5 0.2
Mesopelagic 287,743 39,662 13.8 5.0
Bathypelagic 344,977 76,616 22.2 9.6
Abyssalpelagic 8,410 0 0.0 0.0
Scotian Shelf 416,485 25,736 6.2 3.2
Coastal 25,964 741 2.9 0.1
Epipelagic 145,984 13,368 9.2 1.7
Mesopelagic 28,277 1,763 6.2 0.2
Bathypelagic 102,137 6,301 6.2 0.8
Abyssalpelagic 114,123 3,563 3.1 0.4
Gulf of St. Lawrence 246,646 21,700 8.8 2.7
Coastal 63,504 11,373 18.5 1.4
Epipelagic 107,183 3,633 3.4 0.5
Mesopelagic 75,959 6,695 8.8 0.8
Notes: This table includes only the marine portion of protected and conserved areas with both terrestrial and marine regions. Any overlap between areas has been removed to avoid double counting. Areas classed as coastal have a maximum depth of 50 m, the epipelagic class has depths from 50 m to 200 m, the mesopelagic class has depths from 200 m to 1,000 m, the bathypelagic class has depths of 1 km to 4 km and the abyssalpelagic class includes all areas with depths of more than 4 km. These data may differ from other published tabulations. Only public data were used in this compilation.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2020, Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, December 2020, https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-wildlife-areas/protected-conserved-areas-database.html (accessed September 22, 2021).
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