Backgrounder
Parks Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada will gradually resume some operations at selected national parks, national wildlife areas, national historic sites, historic waterways, and national marine conservation areas.
Partial resumption of operations - June 1
· Starting June 1, 2020, Parks Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada will offer limited visitor access and basic services at some national parks, national wildlife areas, national historic sites, heritage canals, and marine conservation areas across the country. There will also be a gradual resumption of some key field-based ecological and cultural protection activities.
· In provinces and territories that have not opened their parks as a result of continuing concerns about the novel coronavirus, or where Indigenous partners or communities are uncomfortable with the resumption of visitor services, federal protected places will remain closed. This includes some ongoing closures of parks in the territories. Parks Canada will continue to work closely with local tourism-related businesses and associations throughout the gradual resumption of operations.
