List of Migratory Bird Sanctuaries of Canada facts for kids

Sign on the limit of Nicolet Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. The first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887.

Provinces

There are no Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the province of Manitoba.

Alberta

There are four Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Alberta.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Red Deer	1924	130 ha (320 acres)
Saskatoon Lake	1948	1,135 ha (2,800 acres)
Richardson Lake	1949	12,705 ha (31,390 acres)
Inglewood	1968	1,600 ha (4,000 acres)

British Columbia

There are seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in British Columbia.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Vaseux Lake	1923	282 ha (700 acres)
Victoria Harbour	1923	1,700 ha (4,200 acres)
Esquimalt Lagoon	1931	129.6 ha (320 acres)
Shoal Harbour	1931	150 ha (370 acres)
Nechako River	1944	180 ha (440 acres)
Christie Islet	1962	0.81 ha (2.0 acres)
George C. Reifel	1967	648 ha (1,600 acres)

New Brunswick

There are three Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in New Brunswick.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Grand Manan	1931	250 ha (620 acres)
Machias Seal Island	1944	9.5 ha (23 acres)
Inkerman	1998	15.1 ha (37 acres)

Newfoundland and Labrador

There are three Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Terra Nova	1967	870 ha (2,100 acres)
Ile aux Canes	1991	150 ha (370 acres)
Shepherd Island	1991	16 ha (40 acres)

Nova Scotia

There are seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Nova Scotia.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Big Glace Bay Lake	1939	240 ha (590 acres)
Kentville	1939	200 ha (490 acres)
Port L'Hebert	1941	350 ha (860 acres)
Port Joli	1941	280 ha (690 acres)
Sable River	1941	260 ha (640 acres)
Amherst Point	1947	429 ha (1,060 acres)
Sable Island	1977	2,350 ha (5,800 acres)
Haley Lake	1980	100 ha (250 acres)

Ontario

There are nine Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Ontario.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Hannah Bay	1939	29,500 ha (73,000 acres)
St. Joseph's Island	1951	940 ha (2,300 acres)
Chantry Island	1957	81 ha (200 acres)
Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary	1957	809.4 ha (2,000 acres)
Moose River	1958	1,457 ha (3,600 acres)
Mississippi Lake	1959	430 ha (1,100 acres)
Upper Canada	1961	2,663 ha (6,580 acres)
Beckett Creek	1969	103 ha (250 acres)
Eleanor Island	1971	0.6 ha (1.5 acres)

Quebec

There are twenty-eight Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Quebec.

Name	Year of Designation	Area	Coordinates
Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock	1919	1,360 ha (3,400 acres)
Rochers-aux-Oiseaux	1919	625 ha (1,540 acres)	47°51′N 61°00′W
Brador Bay	1925	538 ha (1,330 acres)
Baie des Loups	1925	3,550 ha (8,800 acres)	50°10′N 60°18′W
Betchouane	1925	462 ha (1,140 acres)	50°12′N 63°13′W
Île à la Brume	1925	4,320 ha (10,700 acres)	50°10′N 60°30′W
Îles Sainte-Marie	1925	4,100 ha (10,000 acres)	50°18′N 59°40′W
Saint-Augustin	1925	5,570 ha (13,800 acres)	51°08′N 58°28′W
Watshishou	1925	11,320 ha (28,000 acres)
Île aux Basques	1927	933 ha (2,310 acres)
Senneville	1936	569 ha (1,410 acres)
Île aux Hérons	1937	622 ha (1,540 acres)	45°25′N 73°35′W
Ile Carillon	1937	426 ha (1,050 acres)	45°31′N 74°16′W
Corossol Island	1937	413 ha (1,020 acres)	50°05′N 66°25′W
Boatswain Bay	1941	17,900 ha (44,000 acres)
Philipsburg	1955	525 ha (1,300 acres)
Mont Saint-Hilaire	1960	955 ha (2,360 acres)	45°33′N 73°09′W
Cap-Saint-Ignace	1972	133 ha (330 acres)	47°02′30″N 70°28′30″W
Îles de la Paix	1972	1,115 ha (2,760 acres)	45°21′N 73°50′W
Nicolet	1982	2,835 ha (7,010 acres)	46°12′N 72°40′W
Couvée Islands	1986	17 ha (42 acres)	45°29′N 73°31′W
L'Isle-Verte	1986	303 ha (750 acres)	48°01′N 69°21′W
L'Islet	1986	64 ha (160 acres)	47°08′00″N 70°22′30″W
Montmagny	1986	80 ha (200 acres)	46°59′30″N 70°33′30″W
Saint-Omer	1986	64.6 ha (160 acres)	48°06′30″N 66°14′00″W
Saint-Vallier	1986	405 ha (1,000 acres)	46°53′30″N 70°51′00″W
Trois-Saumons	1986	222 ha (550 acres)	47°09′30″N 70°20′00″W
Gros Mécatina	1996	2,310 ha (5,700 acres)

Prince Edward Island

There is one Migratory Bird Sanctuaries on Prince Edward Island.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Black Pond	1936	130 ha (320 acres)

Saskatchewan

There are fifteen Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Saskatchewan.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary	1887	4,736 ha (11,700 acres)
Sutherland	1924	130 ha (320 acres)
Basin and Middle Lakes	1925	8,720 ha (21,500 acres)
Indian Head	1925	32 ha (79 acres)
Lenore Lake	1925	8,830 ha (21,800 acres)
Old Wives Lake	1925	26,060 ha (64,400 acres)
Redberry Lake	1925	6,395 ha (15,800 acres)
Duncairn Reservoir	1948	1,546 ha (3,820 acres)
Murray Lake	1948	1,165 ha (2,880 acres)
Scentgrass Lake	1948	633 ha (1,560 acres)
Upper Rousay Lake	1948	518 ha (1,280 acres)
Val Marie Reservoir	1948	505 ha (1,250 acres)
Neely Lake	1952	809 ha (2,000 acres)
Opuntia Lake	1952	1,395 ha (3,450 acres)
Wascana Lake	1956	104 ha (260 acres)

Territories

There are no Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the territory Yukon.

Northwest Territories

There are five Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Northwest Territories.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Anderson River Delta	1961	118,417 ha (292,610 acres)
Banks Island No. 1	1961	2,019,997 ha (4,991,520 acres)
Banks Island No. 2	1961	14,302 ha (35,340 acres)
Cape Parry	1961	227 ha (560 acres)
Kendall Island	1961	61,241 ha (151,330 acres)

Nunavut

There are eleven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Nunavut.

Name	Year of Designation	Area
Hannah Bay	1939	29,500 ha (73,000 acres)
Akimiski Island	1941	336,700 ha (832,000 acres)
Boatswain Bay	1941	17,900 ha (44,000 acres)
Dewey Soper	1957	793,000 ha (1,960,000 acres)
East Bay	1959	113,800 ha (281,000 acres)
Harry Gibbons	1959	122,400 ha (302,000 acres)
McConnell River	1960	33,400 ha (83,000 acres)
Queen Maud Gulf	1961	6,176,500 ha (15,262,000 acres)
Bylot Island	1965	1,263,500 ha (3,122,000 acres)
Seymour Island	1975	2,800 ha (6,900 acres)
Prince Leopold Island	1992	31,100 ha (77,000 acres)