Stovin Island Centre Dock (Parks Canada)

There are currently 5 national marine conservation areas (NMCAs) in Canada. They represent 6 of the 29 marine regions identified in the NMCA system plan, and protect approximately 123,490 square kilometers of Canada’s marine and freshwater ecosystems in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans and the Great Lakes. In 2021 Parks Canada committed to establishing 10 new marine and four new freshwater NMCAs by 2030, working with Indigenous communities on co-management agreements for these NMCAs.