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
| Sites | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Active | 193 | 40% |
| Suspected | 16 | 3.3% |
| Closed | 279 | 57% |
| Sites | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| High Priority for Action | 56 | 11% |
| Medium Priority for Action | 192 | 39% |
| Low Priority for Action | 58 | 12% |
| Not a Priority for Action | 120 | 25% |
| Insufficient Information | 10 | 2.0% |
Reported expenditure by fiscal year
Where Parks Canada Agency sites are located
| Province / Territory | Sites | Reported spend |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 123 | $22.1M |
| Quebec | 118 | $25.5M |
| British Columbia | 74 | $21.0M |
| Ontario | 40 | $12.5M |
| Nova Scotia | 27 | $4.6M |
| Manitoba | 23 | $5.0M |
| Saskatchewan | 20 | $2.6M |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 18 | $4.0M |
| Yukon | 15 | $16.0M |
| Nunavut | 10 | $2.2M |
Most common contaminant types
Most affected media
Largest sites by reported expenditure
| Site | Municipality | Province / Territory | Reported spend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Pass Maintenance Compound | Columbia-Shuswap A | British Columbia | $9.5M |
| Cap-des-Rosiers Harbour South Jetty | Gaspé | Quebec | $7.8M |
| Stokes Point | North Slope | Yukon | $5.6M |
| Kingston Inner Harbour Marsh | Kingston | Ontario | $5.5M |
| Garden River Old Dump | Improvement District No. 24 Wood Buffalo | Alberta | $5.4M |
| McLean's Point | Alberni-Clayoquot A | British Columbia | $5.3M |
| SS Klondike National Historic Site | Whitehorse | Yukon | $3.6M |
| Bear Creek Compound | Yukon, Unorganized | Yukon | $3.1M |
| Forty Mile Creek Landfill | Improvement District No. 9 Banff | Alberta | $3.0M |
| Cascade Landfill | Improvement District No. 9 Banff | Alberta | $2.7M |
| Site 13.3 | Montréal | Quebec | $2.7M |
| Garage | Haines Junction | Yukon | $2.5M |
| Site 14.3 | Montréal | Quebec | $2.1M |
| D26 Little Lake to Rice Lake | Peterborough | Ontario | $1.5M |
| Former Damage Control School of the Department of National Defense | Halifax | Nova Scotia | $1.5M |
| Harriet Harbour | North Coast E | British Columbia | $1.5M |
| Golf course maintenance yard former UST | Division No. 17, Unorganized | Manitoba | $1.5M |
| Lobstick Maintenance Yard | Prince Albert National Park | Saskatchewan | $1.5M |
| Wasagaming Drive Commercial Property | Division No. 17, Unorganized | Manitoba | $1.3M |
| G-I-02 | Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues | Quebec | $1.3M |
| A1 Waste Transfer Station | Jasper | Alberta | $1.2M |
| Athabasca Falls Warden Station | Improvement District No. 12 Jasper Park | Alberta | $1.1M |
| Ingonish Compound | Victoria, Subd. A | Nova Scotia | $1.1M |
| Waste Disposal Midden (East and West) | Foothills County | Alberta | $1.0M |
| C2 JNP Tangle Creek Compound | Improvement District No. 12 Jasper Park | Alberta | $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.