Federal Government

Environment Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service

The Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada handles wildlife matters that are the responsibility of the federal government. These include protection and management of migratory birds as well as nationally significant wildlife habitat.

Environment Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service. Hinterland Who's Who

This is where you’ll find in-depth descriptions of wildlife, discussions on issues, actions that you can take to help wildlife, and educational materials that teachers and group leaders can use.

Environment Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service. Law Enforcement. Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994

This Act and its complementary Regulations ensure the conservation of migratory bird populations by regulating potentially harmful human activities.

Environment Canada. Freshwater Web Site

This web site gives access to the nature of water, water policy and legislation, the management of water, water and culture, and informational resources and services.

Environment Canada. Freshwater Website. Municipal Water Use Database

The Municipal Water Use and Pricing Survey has been conducted by Environment Canada every two or three years since the early 1980s. The survey has included all municipalities in Canada with populations greater than 1000 (over 1300 municipalities on the latest survey). Questions on the survey relate to wastewater and water – use, treatment and pricing. This is a voluntary survey, but traditionally the response rate has been high, over 80%. Data collected from the 1999 survey is available on the web.

Environment Canada. International Relations. Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar Convention, 1971

Ramsar seeks to ensure the sustainable, wise use of wetland resources including designation of wetland sites of international importance and to ensure that all wetland resources are conserved, now and in the future.

Environment Canada. Quebec Region. The St. Lawrence Centre

The St. Lawrence Centre studies the ecosystems of the St. Lawrence River and conduct research programs with the aim of better understanding how these ecosystems function, and maintaining knowledge of the St. Lawrence River up to date.

Environment Canada. The National Water Research Institute

The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) is Canada's largest freshwater research establishment. NWRI conducts a comprehensive program of research and development in the aquatic sciences, in partnership with the Canadian and international science communities.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS)

The CHS is responsible for charting Canada's 243,792 kilometres of coastline (the longest of any country in the world) and 6.55 million square kilometres of continental shelf and territorial waters (the second largest in the world) and an extensive system of inland waterways.

Natural Resources Canada. Centre for Topographic Information. Geographical Names of Canada

The Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) contains some 500 000 records, over two-thirds of which are currently official names, as approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN). It is the fundamental national data base to provide official names of mapping and charting, gazetteer production, and World Wide Web reference, and other geo-referenced digital systems.

Other

University of Guelph. Canada's Aquatic Environments

This site, at the University of Guelph, gives information on lakes, rivers, wetland regions and aquatic animals and plants.

Inter-agency

International Joint Commission

The International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. Its purpose is to help prevent and resolve disputes relating to the use and quality of boundary waters and to advise Canada and the United States on related questions.