Our North, Our Heritage, Our Future
Canada’s North is part of our heritage, our future and our identity as a country.
The Government has a vision for a new North and is taking action to ensure that vision comes to life for the benefit of all Canadians.
To meet the challenges and opportunities of a changing North, the Government has established a comprehensive Northern Strategy. The Economic Action Plan (EAP) includes specific initiatives that have been developed in support of this strategy and fall under four priority areas:
Northern Development:
Promoting Social and Economic Development
Economic and social development in the North helps ensure that the vast potential of the Arctic region is realized in a sustainable way and that Northerners participate in and benefit from development. Working together with Northerners, the Northern Strategy is helping to build self-sufficient, vibrant, and healthy Northern communities.
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Northern Environmental Heritage:
Protecting our Environmental Heritage
Canada is taking a comprehensive approach to the protection of environmentally sensitive lands and waters in our North, ensuring conservation keeps pace with development and that development decisions are based on sound science and careful assessment.
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Arctic Sovereignty:
Exercising our Arctic Sovereignty
The Government is firmly exercising our sovereignty over our Arctic lands and waters. Canada is demonstrating effective stewardship and leadership internationally, to promote a stable, rules-based Arctic region where the rights of sovereign states are respected in accordance with international law and diplomacy.
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Northern Governance:
Improving and Devolving Northern Governance
The Government shares a common goal with Northerners – that Northerners have greater control over their economic and political destinies.
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The Economic Action Plan is working to ensure the North realizes its true potential as a healthy, prosperous and secure region within a strong and sovereign Canada.
Visit our Economic Action Plan: The North page to view all Northern Strategy Initiatives.
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Accomplishments in the North Infographic
Click on this interactive infographic to follow the development and implementation of some of the major projects currently happening in the North.
Economic Action Plan projects in the North
Click on the projects map to see the latest available information on Economic Action Plan projects in the North