Department responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping and remote sensing
Jurisdiction
Government of Canada
Employees
4,325 (2020–2021)[1]
Annual budget
CA$1.4 billion (2020–21)
Minister responsible
Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Department executive
Mollie Johnson, Interim Deputy Minister
Child agencies
Canadian Forest Service
Geological Survey of Canada
Electricity Resources Branch
Energy Technology and Programs Sector
Innovation and Energy Technology Sector
Mineral and Metals Sector
Website
www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Natural ResourcesCanada (NRCan; French: Ressources naturelles Canada; RNCan)[NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping, and remote sensing. It was formed in 1994 by amalgamating the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources with the Department of Forestry.
Under the Constitution Act, 1867, primary responsibility for natural resources falls to provincial governments, however, the federal government has jurisdiction over off-shore resources, trade and commerce in natural resources, statistics, international relations, and boundaries. The department administers federal legislation relating to natural resources, including energy, forests, minerals and metals. The department also collaborates with American and Mexican government scientists, along with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, to produce the North American Environmental Atlas, which is used to depict and track environmental issues for a continental perspective.
The current minister of natural resources is Jonathan Wilkinson. The department is governed by the Resources and Technical Surveys Act and the Department of Natural Resources Act.
NaturalResourcesCanada (NRCan; French: Ressources naturelles Canada; RNCan) is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for natural resources...
CanadianNaturalResources Limited, or CNRL or CanadianNatural is a senior Canadian oil and natural gas company that operates primarily in the Western...
responsible for NaturalResourcesCanada (NRCan). In addition to NRCan, the minister oversees the federal government's naturalresources portfolio, which...
southeast) where lowlands host much of Canada's population. The National Topographic System is used by NaturalResourcesCanada for providing general purpose topographic...
chiefly upon its abundant naturalresources and well-developed international trade networks. Recognized as a middle power, Canada's strong support for multilateralism...
Retrieved 8 October 2023. "Toronto". Geographical Names Data Base. NaturalResourcesCanada. "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Profile table - Toronto...
Naturalresources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as...
Profile". 2016 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Poirier, Jean. "Island of Montréal". NaturalResourcesCanada. Archived from the original on...
Shell Canada and ConocoPhillips Canada, two private subsidiaries that produced almost 500,000 barrels per day in 2006. CanadianNaturalResources Limited...
Ministry of NaturalResources may refer to: Minister of NaturalResources (Canada) Ministry of NaturalResources (China) Ministry of NaturalResources (Ontario)...
Guillet 1969, p. 49. NaturalResourcesCanada. "The real story of how Toronto got its name". geonnames.nrcan.gc.ca. NaturalResourcesCanada (2005). Archived...
Government of Canada, NaturalResourcesCanada (2016-09-12). "NaturalResourcesCanada. The Atlas of Canada. Physiographic Regions of Canada". atlas.gc.ca...
quantity of naturalresources, including diamonds, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum, natural gas and cocoa...
The naturalresources acts were a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of Canada and the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan...
boundary. As confirmed by the Canadian Department of NaturalResources, Zavikon Island is entirely located in Canadian territory and is part of the township...
designated traditional (or standard) abbreviations for the provinces. NaturalResourcesCanada, however, maintains a list of such abbreviations which are recommended...
Geographical Names Data Base. NaturalResourcesCanada. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022....
The Canadian Forest Service (CFS; French: Service canadien des forêts) is a sector of the Canadian government department of NaturalResourcesCanada. Part...
as well as forestry are managed by The Department of NaturalResourcesCanada and the Canadian Forest Service, in cooperation with several organizations...
of NaturalResources. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014. "Ontario – Canada.ca". canada.ca. Government of Canada. August...
natural environment and renewable resources. It is also colloquially known by its former name, Environment Canada (EC; French: Environnement Canada)...
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