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====Canada==== Much of [[Canada]] is [[Crown land]] administered by the [[Canadian province|provinces]] and [[Canadian Territories|territories]]. Some is leased for commercial activity, such as forestry or mining, but on much of it there is free access for recreational activities like hiking, cycling, canoeing, cross-country skiing, horse back riding, and licensed hunting and fishing, etc. At the same time access can be restricted or limited for various reasons (e.g., to protect public safety or resources, including the protection of wild plants and animals).<ref>[https://www.ontario.ca/rural-and-north/crown-land] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731063333/https://www.ontario.ca/rural-and-north/crown-land|date=2015-07-31}}; [https://novascotia.ca βΊ DNR βΊ Crown Land]</ref> [[Canadian National Parks]] have been created from Crown land and are administered by the [[Canadian federal Government|Canadian Federal Government]]. There are also [[provincial park]]s and [[nature reserve]]s that have been similarly created. The [[Indigenous peoples in Canada]] may have specific rights on Crown land established under treaties signed when Canada was a British colony, and have claimed ownership of some Crown land.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ontario.ca/aboriginal/algonquin-land-claim |title=The Algonquin Land Claim |access-date=2017-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802100409/https://www.ontario.ca/aboriginal/algonquin-land-claim |archive-date=2015-08-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Ontario, Canadian citizens and people who have lived in Canada for at least 7 months of the preceding 12-month period are allowed to camp for free up to 21 days on any one site in a calendar year, on crown land/conservation reserves.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ontario.ca/page/camping-crown-land |title=Camping on Crown land |website=ontario.ca |language=en |access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref>
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