Departments of the Government of Canada
Natural Resources
Ressources Naturelles
Minister	Lisa Raitt
Established	1842
Responsibilities	Canadian Forest Service Geological Survey of Canada Electricity Resources Branch Energy Technology and Programs Sector Innovation and Energy Technology Sector Mineral and Metals Sector
Employees	...
Department Website

The Department of Natural Resources (French: Ministère des Ressources naturelles), operating under the FIP applied title Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), is the department of the government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping and remote sensing. It was created in 1995 by amalgamating the now-defunct Departments of Energy, Mines and Resources and Forestry. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) works to ensure the responsible development of Canada's natural resources, including energy, forests, minerals and metals. NRCan also uses its expertise in earth sciences to build and maintain an up-to-date knowledge base of our landmass and resources."^[1] To promote internal collaboration, NRCan has implemented a departmental wide wiki based on MediaWiki.^[2]

Under the Canadian constitution, responsibility for natural resources belongs to the provinces, not the federal government. However, the federal government has jurisdiction over off-shore resources, trade and commerce in natural resources, statistics, international relations, and boundaries. The current Minister of Natural Resources is Lisa Raitt as of October 30, 2008. ^[3]

The department is governed by the Resources and Technical Surveys Act, R.S.C., c.R-7 and the Department of Natural Resources Act, S.C. 1994, c. 41.

[edit] Sectors

Natural Resources Canada is "structured along business lines according to types of natural resources and areas of interest."^[4] The department currently has these sectors:

• Canadian Forest Service
• Corporate Management and Services Sector
• Earth Sciences Sector
• Energy Sector
• Minerals and Metals Sector
• Strategic Policy Sector
• Shared Services Office
• Geographical Names Board of Canada

[edit] See also

• EnerGuide for Houses
• GeoBase (geospatial data)
• Canada Green Building Council
• List of Canadian Ministers of Natural Resources
• R-2000 program

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Natural Resources Canada Website

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