Dolphin-Union caribou

Canada supports caribou conservation in Nunavut

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Partnerships and collaboration are essential to monitor and conserve the caribou herds across Nunavut's vast and varied landscapes and seascapes.

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  • Partnerships and collaboration are essential to monitor and conserve the caribou herds across Nunavut's vast and varied landscapes and seascapes.
  • The investment also supports ongoing engagement activities in communities throughout Nunavut in partnership with regional wildlife and hunting organizations.
  • Peary Caribou are the smallest of all caribou subspecies and are found farther north than other subspecies of caribou in Canada in the Arctic.
  • Dolphin and Union Caribou are found only in Canada and migrate twice annually between the mainland and Victoria Island.

The Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories partner on Boreal Caribou Conservation

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Together with the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Conference of Management Authorities and Indigenous governments, organizations and communities, we are making progress toward the recovery and protection of boreal caribou.

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  • Together with the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Conference of Management Authorities and Indigenous governments, organizations and communities, we are making progress toward the recovery and protection of boreal caribou.
  • The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, CatherineMcKenna, and the Northwest Territories Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Robert C. McLeod, today announced an agreement to strengthen conservation of boreal caribou and further collaboration on wildlife and the environment.
  • Through this agreement, the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories are working with Indigenous governments, organizations and communities, wildlife management boards and other stakeholders.
  • There are an estimated 6,000-7,000 boreal caribou in the Northwest Territories, with a small number of boreal caribou ranging in the Yukon Territory.