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What Areas of Concern are
Areas of concern are areas where the environment has been harmed, resulting in problems that include:
- beach closures
- loss of fish and wildlife habitat
- negative effects on fish and wildlife populations
- restrictions on fish consumption
- effects on drinking water
What Ontario is doing about the Great Lakes’ Areas of Concern
Canada and the United States identified 43 Areas of Concern under the 1987 amendment to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and agreed to develop remedial action plans to deal with the related environmental problems.
Ontario is working with the federal government to implement remedial action plans on the Canadian side. Together with conservation authorities, municipalities, Aboriginal communities, environmental groups, industry and others within the Great Lakes community, we continue to make steady progress to protect and restore each of these areas.
Learn more
Resources
- Canadian Great Lakes, Areas of Concern: Beneficial Use Impairments Status Report
- Wheatley Harbour remediation and delisting
Links to other sources*
- Environment Canada’s remedial action plan site
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- International Joint Commission
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Binational.net – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada Great Lakes’ site
- Remedial action plans for:
*The Ministry of the Environment is not responsible for and does not necessarily endorse the information on web sites that are linked to from this site.