# Provincial Parks in Ontario

Dieser Artikel gibt eine Übersicht über das System der Provincial Parks in der kanadischen Provinz Ontario. Verwaltet werden die Parks von Ontario Parks, einer Abteilung im Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (dt.: Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Parks). Rechtliche Grundlage für die Parks ist der Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act (S.O. 2006, c. 12) von 2006 in der aktuellen Fassung.
Im Jahr 2021 gab es in der Provinz 335 Provincial Parks mit einer Gesamtfläche von 74.218,47 km², was einem Anteil von 6,9 % an der Provinzfläche entspricht. Der erste Park, der Algonquin Provincial Park, wurde 1893 eingerichtet. Ihm folgte im Jahr 1894 als zweiter der Rondeau Provincial Park. Erst 1954 wurden dann fünf weitere Parks eingerichtet und 1960 nochmals 45 neue Parks, bevor dann in den 1980er Jahren die Masse der heutigen Parks eingerichtet wurden.

## Klassifizierung

Nach dem Gesetz werden die Parks einer der nachfolgenden Gruppen zugeordnet („Classification of provincial parks“):
* Wilderness Class Parks Das Ziel dieser Parks besteht darin, große Gebiete zu schützen, in denen sich die Natur frei entfalten kann und Besucher sich nur mit nicht-mechanisierten Mitteln fortbewegen dürfen.
* Nature Reserve Class Parks Das Ziel dieser Parks besteht darin, repräsentative Ökosysteme und provinziell bedeutende Elemente des Naturerbes Ontarios, einschließlich charakteristischer natürlicher Lebensräume und Landschaftsformen, zu schützen.
* Cultural Heritage Class Parks Das Ziel dieser Parks besteht darin, Elemente des unverwechselbaren kulturellen Erbes Ontarios aufgrund ihres intrinsischen Wertes zu schützen.
* Natural Environment Class Parks Das Ziel dieser Parks besteht darin, hervorragender Erholungslandschaften, repräsentativer Ökosysteme und provinziell bedeutender Elemente des Natur- und Kulturerbes Ontarios zu schützen.
* Waterway Class Parks Das Ziel dieser Parks besteht darin, Freizeitwasserwege und repräsentative sowie bedeutende terrestrische und aquatische Ökosysteme zu schützen.
* Recreational Class Parks Das Ziel dieser Parks besteht darin, eine Vielzahl von Outdoor-Freizeitmöglichkeiten in einer attraktiven Naturumgebung bereitzustellen.

## Verwaltung

Die Parks werden in der Regel durch Ontario Parks, eine Behörde der Regierung der Provinz Ontario, welche dort dem Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Parks untersteht, betrieben.

## Liste

| Name | Fläche in ha | IUCN- Kat. | Klassifizierung | betrieben $^x$ |
| Aaron | 117 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Abitibi-De-Troyes | 11068 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Adam Creek | 50 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Agassiz Peatland | 2315 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Albany River | 95100 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Albert Lake Mesa | 130 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Alexander Stewart | 31 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Algoma Headwaters | 42736 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Algonquin | 765345 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Amable du Fond River | 731 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Arrow Lake | 38600 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Arrowhead | 1237 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Arrowhead Peninsula | 815 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Aubinadong-Nushatogaini Rivers | 4928 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Aubinadong River | 2722 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Aubrey Falls | 4860 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Awenda | 2915 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Balsam Lake | 448 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Barron River | 539 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Bass Lake | 65 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Batchawana Bay | 169 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Batchawana River | 2684 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Bayview Escarpment | 439 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Beattie Pinery | 68 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Beekahncheekahmeeng Deebahncheekayweehn Eenahohnahnuhn | 99576 | IV | unklassifiziert | nein |
| Bell Bay | 558 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Big East River | 1050 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Bigwind Lake | 1967 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Biscotasi Lake | 12283 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Bissett Creek | 1676 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Black Creek | 335 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Black Sturgeon River | 23531 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Blind River | 5402 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Blue Jay Creek | 246 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Blue Lake | 2314 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Bon Echo | 6643 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Bonheur River | 800 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Bonnchere | 162 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Bonnchere | 1198 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Boyne Valley | 431 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Brockville Long Swamp Fen | 174 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Brightsand River | 41250 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Bronte Creek | 640 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Burnt Lands | 516 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Butler Lake | 3400 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Cabot Head | 4514 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Caliper Lake | 147 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Carden Alvar | 1917 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Carson Lake | 12 | II | Recreation | nein |
| Castle Creek | 1075 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Cavern Lake | 189 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Cedar Creek | 70 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Centennial Lake | 530 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Chapleau-Nemegosenda River | 8165 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Charleston Lake | 2353 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Chiniguchi Waterway | 9368 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Chutes | 108 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Clear Creek Forest | 402 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Coral Rapids | 12 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Craig's Pit | 530 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Craigleith | 66 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Cranberry Lake | 2800 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Daisy Lake Uplands | 600 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Dana-Jowsey Lakes | 2538 | II | Recreation | nein |
| Darlington | 208 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Devil's Glen | 61 | II | Recreation | nein |
| Devon Road Mesa | 60 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Divide Ridge | 235 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Dividing Lake | 350 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Driftwood | 3 | I | Nature Reserve | ja |
| Duclos Point | 111 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Duncan Escarpment | 161 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| DuPont | 614 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Eagle-Dogtooth | 41128 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Earl Rowe | 312 | II | Recreation | ja |
| East English River | 17513 | II | Waterway | nein |
| East Sister Island | 53 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Edward Island | 600 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Egan Chutes | 322 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Emily | 83 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Englehart River Fine Sand Plain and Waterway | 4041 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Esker Lakes | 3237 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Fairbank | 105 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Fawn River | 12134 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Ferris | 198 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Finlayson Point | 37 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Fish Point | 110 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Fitzroy | 185 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Five Mile Lake | 456 | II | Recreation | nein |
| Forks of the Credit | 282 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Foy Property | 147 | II | Recreation | nein |
| Fraleigh Lake | 825 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Frederick House Lake | 13 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| French River | 73530 | II | Waterway | ja |
| Frontenac | 5214 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Fushimi Lake | 5294 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Gem Lake Maple Bedrock | 90 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Gibson River | 168 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Goose Island | 72 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Goulais River | 5086 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Grant's Creek | 1444 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Grassy River-Mond Lake Lowlands and Ferris Lake Uplands | 2602 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Gravel River | 763 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Greenwater | 5350 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Groundhog River Waterway | 11036 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Grundy Lake | 2554 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Gull River | 7194 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Halfway Lake | 4730 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Hardy Lake | 765 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Hicks-Oke Bog | 5880 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Hockley Valley | 378 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Holland Landing Prairie | 34 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Hope Bay Forest | 353 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Indian Point | 947 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Inverhuron | 288 | II | Historical | ja |
| Ira Lake | 30 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Ivanhoe Lake | 7705 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| J. Albert Bauer | 163 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| James N. Allan | 117 | II | Recreation | nein |
| Jocko Rivers | 11299 | II | Waterway | nein |
| John E. Pearce | 68 | I | Nature Reserve | ja |
| Johnston Harbour-Pine Tree Point | 929 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Kabitotikwia River | 1965 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Kahnahmaykoosayseekahk | 4815 | IV | unklassifiziert | nein |
| Kaiashk | 780 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Kakabeka Falls | 500 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Kama Hills | 1 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Kap-Kig-Iwan | 428 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Kashabowie | 2055 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Kawartha Highlands | 37587 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Kenny Forest | 2200 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Kesagami | 55977 | II | Wilderness | nein |
| Kettle Lakes | 1261 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Killarney | 49325 | I | Wilderness | ja |
| Killarney Lakelands and Headwaters | 15346 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Killbear | 1756 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Komoka | 198 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Kopka River | 16200 | II | Waterway | nein |
| La Cloche | 7456 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater | 72400 | I | Wilderness | ja |
| Lake Abitibi Islands | 2721 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Lake on the Mountain | 104 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Lake Nipigon | 1357 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Lake of the Woods | 11800 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Lake St. Peter | 478 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Lake Superior | 155646 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| La Motte Lake | 575 | II | Recreation | nein |
| La Verendrye | 18280 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Larder River | 2500 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Lighthouse Point | 96 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Limestone Islands | 450 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Lion’s Head | 526 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Little Abitibi | 20000 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Little Cove | 16 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Little Current River | 9930 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Little Greenwater Lake | 244 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Little White River | 12782 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Livingstone Point | 1800 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Lola Lake | 6572 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Long Point | 150 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Lower Madawaska River | 1200 | II | Waterway | nein |
| MacGregor Point | 1204 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Mac Leod | 74 | II | Recreation | ja |
| MacMurchy Township End Moraine | 239 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Magnetawan River | 3615 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Makobe-Grays River | 1427 | II | Waterway | ja |
| Manitou Islands | 1925 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Mara | 40 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Mark S. Burnham | 43 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Marten River | 400 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Mashkinonje | 2040 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Massasauga | 13105 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Matawatchan | 65 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Matawin River | 2615 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Matinenda | 28758 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Mattagami River Beach and Aeolian Deposit | 164 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Mattawa River | 3257 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Maynard Lake | 30 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| McRae Point | 138 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Menzel Centennial | 627 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Michipicoten | 289 | III | Cultural Heritage | nein |
| Michipicoten Island | 36740 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Mikisew | 138 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Minnitaki Kames | 4422 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Misery Bay | 760 | I | Nature Reserve | ja |
| Missinaibi | 99090 | II | Waterway | ja |
| Mississagi | 8328 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Mississagi Delta | 2395 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Mississagi River | 91247 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Mono Cliffs | 732 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Montreal River | 43 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Morris Tract | 59 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Murphys Point | 1239 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Nagagami Lake | 1650 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Nagagamisis | 8131 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Nakina Moraine | 5319 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Neys | 3445 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Nimoosh | 3550 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Noganosh Lake | 3040 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Noisy River | 378 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| North Beach | 89 | II | Recreation | ja |
| North Channel Inshore | 3762 | II | Waterway | nein |
| North Driftwood River | 3 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Nottawasaga Lookout | 130 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Oastler Lake | 32 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Obabika River | 20520 | II | Waterway | ja |
| Obatanga | 9409 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Obonga-Ottertooth | 21157 | II | Waterway | nein |
| O’Donnell Point | 875 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Ogoki River | 23250 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Ojibway | 2630 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Ojibway Prairie | 90 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Opasquia | 473000 | I | Wilderness | nein |
| Opeongo River | 955 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Otoskwin/Attawapiskat River | 82529 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Ottawa River | 125 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Ouimet Canyon | 777 | I | Nature Reserve | ja |
| Oxtongue River-Ragged Falls | 507 | II | Waterway | ja |
| Pahngwahshahshk Ohweemushkeeg | 57761 | IV | unklassifiziert | nein |
| Pakwash | 3993 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Pan Lake Fen | 496 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Pancake Bay | 1723 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Pantagruel Creek | 2685 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Petawawa Terrace | 200 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Peter’s Woods | 33 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Petroglyphs | 1643 | II | Historical | ja |
| Pichogen River Mixed Forest | 3043 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Pigeon River | 949 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Pinery | 2532 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Pipestone River | 97375 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Point Farms | 307 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Pokei Lake/White River Wetlands | 1768 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Polar Bear | 2355200 | I | Wilderness | nein |
| Porphyry Island | 107 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Port Bruce | 5 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Port Burwell | 231 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Potholes | 347 | I | Nature Reserve | ja |
| Prairie River Mouth | 380 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Presqu’ile | 937 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Pretty River Valley | 1032 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Puff Island | 9 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Pukaskwa River | 1465 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Pushkin Hills | 5 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Quackenbush | 40 | II | Historical | nein |
| Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands | 35505 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Mnidoo Mnissing | 6530 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Quetico | 475782 | I | Wilderness | ja |
| Rainbow Falls | 575 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Red Sucker Point | 360 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| René Brunelle | 3015 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Restoule | 2800 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Rideau River | 187 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Rock Point | 187 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Rondeau | 3254 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Round Lake | 2585 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Ruby Lake | 2734 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Rushing River | 340 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Sable Islands | 2078 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Sahkeesuhkuh Weesuhkaheegahn | 8873 | IV | unklassifiziert | nein |
| Samuel de Champlain | 2550 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Sandbanks | 1509 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Sandbar Lake | 8053 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Sandpoint Island | 914 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Sandy Islands | 2553 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Sauble Falls | 20 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Schreiber Channel | 32 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Sedgman Lake | 5710 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Selkirk | 73 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Serpent Mounds | 135 | III | Cultural Heritage | nein |
| Severn River | 82960 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Sextant Rapids | 4 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Shallow River | 2 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Sharbot Lake | 69 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Shesheeb Bay | 275 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| The Shoals | 10644 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Short Hills | 660 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Sibbald Point | 225 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Silent Lake | 1450 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Silver Falls | 3260 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Silver Lake | 43 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Sioux Narrows | 130 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Six Mile Lake | 94 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Slate Islands | 6570 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Sleeping Giant | 24400 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Smokey Head-White Bluff | 347 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Solace | 5943 | II | Waterway | ja |
| South Bay | 1525 | II | Recreation | nein |
| Spanish River/Biscotasi Lake | 35386 | II | Waterway | ja |
| Springwater | 193 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Spruce Islands | 970 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| St. Raphael | 90521 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Steel River | 11240 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Stoco Fen | 350 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Strawberry Island | 1145 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Sturgeon Bay | 14 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Sturgeon River | 3350 | II | Waterway | ja |
| Temagami River | 3394 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Thackeray | 116 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Thompson Island | 145 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Tide Lake | 54 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Tidewater | 980 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| Timber Island | 44 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Trillium Woods | 10 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Trout Lake | 7150 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Turkey Point | 316 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Turtle River-White Otter Lake | 40052 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Upper Madawaska River | 1085 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Voyageur | 1464 | II | Recreation | ja |
| W. J. B. Greenwood | 465 | II | Recreation | nein |
| Wabakimi | 892061 | I | Wilderness | ja |
| Wabakimi Lake | 8806 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Wanapitei | 3413 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Wasaga Beach | 1844 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Waubaushene Beaches | 34 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Weeskayjahk Ohtahzhoganeeng | 178456 | IV | unklassifiziert | nein |
| Wenebegon River | 16383 | II | Waterway | nein |
| West Bay | 1120 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| West English River | 22922 | II | Waterway | nein |
| West Sandy Island | 266 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| West Montreal River | 7259 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Westmeath | 610 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Wheatley | 241 | II | Recreation | ja |
| White Lake | 1726 | II | Natural Environment | ja |
| White Lake Peatlands | 992 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Whitesand | 11337 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Widdifield Forest | 2170 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Wildgoose Outwash Deposit | 1198 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Williams Island | 8 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Windigo Bay | 8378 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Windigo Point | 513 | I | Nature Reserve | nein |
| Windy Lake | 118 | II | Recreation | ja |
| Winisk River | 141100 | II | Waterway | nein |
| Winnange Lake | 4745 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Wolf Island | 222 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Woman River Forest | 6305 | II | Natural Environment | nein |
| Woodland Caribou | 450000 | I | Wilderness | ja |