Your report defines protected areas as including “clearly defined geographical spaces, recognized, dedicated, and managed through legal or other effective means, to achieve...long-term protection...established under legislation.”
All of Canada's marine waters are defined geographical spaces, recognized, dedicated and managed through legal or effective means for other objectives, including long-term protection of all this and it's based on federal statutes.
Would it be fair to say that 100% of Canada's marine waters are already protected areas?