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Parks Canada Agency — federal contaminated sites

Parks Canada Agency is custodian of 488 sites in Canada's Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory — 2.0% of the 24,426 sites nationwide. 193 are active, 279 are closed, and 16 are suspected. Reported federal expenditure on these sites totals $116.7M (1.1% of the national total), an average of $239K per site.

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Status and priority

Status
SitesShare
Active19340%
Suspected163.3%
Closed27957%
Classification (priority for action)
SitesShare
High Priority for Action5611%
Medium Priority for Action19239%
Low Priority for Action5812%
Not a Priority for Action12025%
Insufficient Information102.0%

Reported expenditure by fiscal year

$22.0M$11.0M2005–2006: $2.0M2006–2007: $2.1M2007–2008: $2.5M2008–2009: $1.5M2009–2010: $9.1M2010–2011: $15.6M2011–2012: $1.1M2012–2013: $2.1M2013–2014: $3.3M2014–2015: $3.7M2015–2016: $4.3M2016–2017: $4.6M2017–2018: $6.1M2018–2019: $22.0M2019–2020: $4.3M2020–2021: $3.5M2021–2022: $4.1M2022–2023: $6.2M2023–2024: $6.3M2024–2025: $4.8M2025–2026: $7.4M$22.0M199520002005201020152020
Peak: $22.0M in 2018–2019

Where Parks Canada Agency sites are located

Province / TerritorySitesReported spend
Alberta123$22.1M
Quebec118$25.5M
British Columbia74$21.0M
Ontario40$12.5M
Nova Scotia27$4.6M
Manitoba23$5.0M
Saskatchewan20$2.6M
Newfoundland and Labrador18$4.0M
Yukon15$16.0M
Nunavut10$2.2M

Most common contaminant types

Most affected media

Largest sites by reported expenditure

SiteMunicipalityProvince / TerritoryReported spend
Rogers Pass Maintenance CompoundColumbia-Shuswap ABritish Columbia$9.5M
Cap-des-Rosiers Harbour South JettyGaspéQuebec$7.8M
Stokes PointNorth SlopeYukon$5.6M
Kingston Inner Harbour MarshKingstonOntario$5.5M
Garden River Old DumpImprovement District No. 24 Wood BuffaloAlberta$5.4M
McLean's PointAlberni-Clayoquot ABritish Columbia$5.3M
SS Klondike National Historic SiteWhitehorseYukon$3.6M
Bear Creek CompoundYukon, UnorganizedYukon$3.1M
Forty Mile Creek LandfillImprovement District No. 9 BanffAlberta$3.0M
Cascade LandfillImprovement District No. 9 BanffAlberta$2.7M
Site 13.3MontréalQuebec$2.7M
GarageHaines JunctionYukon$2.5M
Site 14.3MontréalQuebec$2.1M
D26 Little Lake to Rice LakePeterboroughOntario$1.5M
Former Damage Control School of the Department of National DefenseHalifaxNova Scotia$1.5M
Harriet HarbourNorth Coast EBritish Columbia$1.5M
Golf course maintenance yard former USTDivision No. 17, UnorganizedManitoba$1.5M
Lobstick Maintenance YardPrince Albert National ParkSaskatchewan$1.5M
Wasagaming Drive Commercial PropertyDivision No. 17, UnorganizedManitoba$1.3M
G-I-02Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-GruesQuebec$1.3M
A1 Waste Transfer StationJasperAlberta$1.2M
Athabasca Falls Warden StationImprovement District No. 12 Jasper ParkAlberta$1.1M
Ingonish CompoundVictoria, Subd. ANova Scotia$1.1M
Waste Disposal Midden (East and West)Foothills CountyAlberta$1.0M
C2 JNP Tangle Creek CompoundImprovement District No. 12 Jasper ParkAlberta$940K

Municipalities with the most sites

Montréal (88) · Improvement District No. 9 Banff (35) · Improvement District No. 12 Jasper Park (24) · Columbia-Shuswap A (23) · Jasper (18) · Prince Albert National Park (14) · East Kootenay G (12) · Improvement District No. 13 Elk Island (12) · Banff (11) · Improvement District No. 24 Wood Buffalo (11) · Division No. 17, Unorganized (10) · Division No. 23, Unorganized (10) · Qikiqtaaluk, Unorganized (10) · Alberni-Clayoquot A (9) · Southern Gulf Islands (9) · Inverness, Subd. A (8) · North Coast E (8) · Shawinigan (8) · Alma (6) · Smiths Falls (6)

Figures are computed from the official FCSI open-data export published August 3, 2026, under the Open Government Licence – Canada. This is an unofficial site — verify against the official inventory before relying on details.