Canada Federal Water Policies

(direct and indirect)

Law/Policy	Dates	Water Quality or Quantity	Surface or Groundwater
Canadian Navigable Waters Act (external link, opens in new window)	Original Version: 1882 Last Amended: 2019	Both	Surface
Dominion Water Power Act	1927	Quantity	Both
Canada Water Act (external link, opens in new window)	1970	Both	Both
Fisheries Act	Original Version: 1970 Last Amended: 2019	Both	Surface
Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act	1970	Quality	Surface
Department of the Environment Act (external link, opens in new window)	1971	Quality	Both
(PDF file) Federal Water Policy (external link, opens in new window)	1987	Both	Both
The Canada Water Act: annual report	1999- 2020	Both	Both
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (external link, opens in new window)	1999	Quality	Both
Canada Shipping Act (external link, opens in new window)	2001	Quantity	Surface
Water Quality of Surface Water (dataset) (external link, opens in new window)	2017	Quality	Surface
Water Quality in Canadian Rivers (dataset) (external link, opens in new window)	2019	Quality	Surface
Canada Water Act (external link, opens in new window)	2024	Quality	Surface