Auyuittuq National Park of Canada

Park Management

Park Management Plan
Film Permits
Business Licensing

Parks Canada is currently in the process of developing the first management plan for Auyuittuq National Park. When it is completed, this plan will replace the Interim Management Guidelines that have been in place since 1982.

Park Management Plan

A management plan is the central document that guides Parks Canada in the protection, management, and operation of a national park. As the key accountability document for the park to the Canadian public, a management plan outlines how Parks Canada's legislated mandate of protection, education and enjoyment of the national parks will be met. The plan also provides the framework for how Parks Canada, Inuit, stakeholders, and the general public manage Auyuittuq National Park for the long term.

The Park Management Plan is being developed by Parks Canada and the Auyuittuq Park Planning Team, with advice from the Joint Inuit/Government Park Planning and Management Committee (JPMC). It is being developed within the framework of the Canada National Parks Act, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, and the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement. The plan will provide long-term direction - looking 15 years into the future - to manage the park's ecological integrity, cultural resources, heritage presentation programs, human use, cooperative management, partnerships, public involvement, and administration and operations.

Public consultations will occur as part of the management planning process.

For more information about the Auyuittuq National Park draft park management plan, contact:

Heather Gosselin
Box 278
Iqaluit, NU
X0A-0H0
Phone: 867-975-4673
Fax: 867-975-4674
e-mail: Nunavut.info@pc.gc.ca

Film Permits

Any commercial film project requires a permit in any national park in Canada. Contact the Nunavut Field Unit office to speak to the Communication Manager for details about a film project in Sirmilik. Permit processes are complex and can take some time – please contact us well in advance about your project.

Communication Manager
Phone: 867-975-4673
Fax: 867-975-4674.

Business Licensing

Any commercial business must have a business licence to operate within Auyuittuq National Park. Contact the Nunavut Field Unit office 867-975-4673 for details, application forms and application guides.