Critical Habitat of the Piping Plover melodus subspecies (Charadrius melodus melodus) Order (SOR/2026-183)

Whereas the Piping Plover melodus subspecies (Charadrius melodus melodus) is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a;

• Return to footnote ^aS.C. 2002, c. 29

Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;

Whereas a portion of the critical habitat of that species is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2)Footnote ^b of that Act and, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, that portion must be excluded from the annexed Order;

• Return to footnote ^bS.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60

Whereas, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, the competent minister must consult with every other competent minister and whereas the Minister of the Environment is also the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency;

And whereas the Minister of the Environment is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect land that is under the authority of other federal ministers and, under subsection 58(9) of that Act, has consulted with those Ministers with respect to the Order;

Therefore, the Minister of the Environment makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Piping Plover melodus subspecies (Charadrius melodus melodus) Order under subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a.

Gatineau, August 27, 2026

La ministre de l’Environnement, Julie Dabrusin Minister of the Environment