Wildlife Habitat Areas - Proposed

Wildlife habitat areas (WHAs) are mapped areas that are necessary to meet the habitat requirements of an Identified Wildlife element. WHAs designate critical habitats in which activities are managed to limit their impact on the Identified Wildlife element for which the area was established. The purpose of WHAs is to conserve those habitats considered most limiting to a given Identified Wildlife element. This dataset contains proposed WHAs for the entire province except for the Omenica Region as there are none in the consultation phase at this time

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 20:58 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 20:58 (UTC)
contact_email Volker.Michelfelder@gov.bc.ca
contact_person {"en": "Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Terrestrial Species Recovery", "fr": "Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Terrestrial Species Recovery"}
criticality_level []
data_dictionary EPSG:3005,EPSG,unknown
geographic_scope []
open_canada_collection fgp
open_canada_date_published 2011-10-12 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["WHA", "specified area", "wildlife habitat area", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["QUOI", "zone spécifiée", "zone d'habitat faunique", "Information gouvernementale"]}
open_canada_subject ["nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency as_needed