Manitoba Protected Areas Audit, Spring 1999 to Spring 2003 - Summary Statistics
Total Protected Areas (All Designations Types) as of 1989:
4
350,000 Ha
Total Protected Areas (All Designations Types) as of Spring 1999:
1, 2, 3, 4
5,241,500 Ha
Total Protected Areas (All Designations Types) as of June 2000:
1, 2, 3, 4
5,579,883 Ha
New Protected Area (Parks & Park Reserves) since September 1999:
(Birch Island Park Reserve, Fisher Bay Park Reserve, Goose Island Park Reserve, Grand Island Park Reserve, Kinwow Bay Park Reserve, Pelican Islands Park Reserve, Pembina Valley Park, Pemmican Island Park Reserve, Sturgeon Bay Park Reserve, Walter Cook Uplands Park Reserve) [10]
4,5
134,673 Ha
New Wildlife Management Areas Protected from September 1999 to 2003: [10 Whole, 14 Partial]
4,5
60,284 Ha
New Protected Areas Decisions (All Designations) from September 1999 to March 2003:
4,5
194,957 Ha
Sources:
1) Statistics Canada

2) Federal Provincial Parks Council

3) WWF Canada

4) Manitoba Conservation Parks Branch

5) CNF

Statistics as of June 13, 2003
Renewed*** Protected Area (Parks & Park Reserves) since September 1999:
(Amisk Park Reserve, Chitek Lake Park Reserve, Poplar River Park Reserve, East Paint Lake Park Reserve, Trappist Monastery Heritage Park, Caribou River Wilderness Park*) [6]
4,5
1,823,957 Ha
Total Protected Wildlife Management Areas as of March 2003:
2,3,4,5
122,634 Ha
Protected Areas - protection expired since September 1999 (Hudwin, Long Point Park Reserves):
4,5
260,700 Ha
Total Manitoba Protected Areas (Parks & Park Reserves, other Designations) as of July 2002:
4
5,365,511.5 Ha**
*Caribou River Wilderness Park became permanently protected May 2002 (764,000 Ha)
**68,900 Ha ecological reserves and protected forests in the statistics
***Renewed protected areas are designations that were established prior to September 1999
The Action Plan for Manitoba's Network of Protected Areas indicates that a protected area is an area that is "closed by legal
means to logging, mining, hydroelectric development, or any other activity that significantly and adversely affects habitat."
In spring 2003, the Action Plan for Manitoba's Network of Protected Areas (January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2003) was
extended until December 31, 2003.
Criddle/Vane Homestead Park Reserve was established in January 2003. It does not yet have protection from mining.