Wildlife Mortality - Banff

Rail- and vehicle-caused wildlife mortality and wildlife management destruction data for Banff National Park between the years 2005 and 2017. Each species mortality is recorded by date, location, count, age, gender, and cause.

For more recent records please refer to “Human-wildlife coexistence incidents in selected national parks from 2010 to 2021 - Open Government Portal (canada.ca)”: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/cc5ea139-c628-46dc-ac55-a5b3351b7fdf

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 19:18 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 19:18 (UTC)
contact_email	jesse.whittington@pc.gc.ca
contact_person	{}
criticality_level	["educators", "nongovernmental_organizations", "scientists", "students"]
data_dictionary	[]
geographic_scope	["48"]
open_canada_collection	primary
open_canada_date_published	2017-10-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Parc national Banff", "collisions animaux-véhicules", "mortalité faunique d’origine ferroviaire", "destruction à des fins de gestion de la faune"], "en": ["Banff National Park", "wildlife-vehicle collisions", "wildlife rail mortalities", "wildlife management destructions"]}
open_canada_subject	["nature_and_environment"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Mortalité faunique – Parc national Banff
update_frequency	P1Y