About us
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is a national non-profit membership-based conservation group that works to protect Canada's wild ecosystems in parks, wilderness and similar natural areas, preserving the full diversity of habitats and their species. Founded in 1963, CPAWS has 20,000 members across the country, thirteen chapters, as well as a national office in Ottawa.
Since the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society was founded in 1963, it has helped to protect over 40 million hectares of Canada's most treasured wild places. We work in the field where things get done, and we work cooperatively with other stake-holders in our communities and wilderness areas. We work closely and respectfully with First Nations, government, industry, environmental groups and other non-governmental organizations.
Wilderness areas and the wildlife populations they support need to be conserved and protected. We must ensure that wilderness areas and the links between them are adequate to maintain breeding populations of all the living things that are dependent on them. We need to ensure that Canada's wilderness and wildlife remain forever so that we can respect and experience our natural ecosystems for generations to come and so that we have a healthy ecosphere to leave to our children and grandchildren.
In November 2003, CPAWS Newfoundland and Labrador officially became a chapter in the CPAWS family!
