Canada

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1976 - 1978
• 1985 - 1991
• 1995 - 2001
• 2005 - 2009

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Áísínai’pi (2004)
• Atikaki / Woodland Caribou / Accord First Nations (Pimachiowin Aki) (2004)
• Grand-Pré (2004)
• Gwaii Haanas (2004)
• Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk) (2004)
• The Klondike (2004)
• Mistaken Point (2004)
• Quttinirpaaq (2004)
• Red Bay (2004)

News

• Nahanni National Park Reserve is expanded Jun 9, 2009
• Canadian fossil park, an Icelandic volcanic island and archipelago in Yemen among sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List Jul 7, 2008
• 32nd Session of World Heritage Committee opens in Quebec Jul 3, 2008
• UNESCO Director-General expresses regret over destruction by fire of historical Québec landmark Apr 7, 2008
• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007
• Results of the election to the World Heritage Committee Oct 10, 2005
• Nova Scotia Provincial Government buys 17 waterfront properties in the Town of Lunenburg, Canada Sep 23, 2005

Events

• International Expert meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic Nov 30, 2007 - Dec 1, 2007
• Second session of the conference-workshop Journalism and World Heritage Nov 10, 2007 - Nov 17, 2007

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. M. André Bachand
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Canada to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.canada-unesco.gc.ca
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Canadian Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.ca
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)