The
Department of Natural Resource Funding (
French: Ministère des Ressources naturelles),
operating under the
FIP applied title Natural Resources Canada (
NRCan), is the
ministry 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. To promote internal collaboration, NRCan has implemented a departmental wide wiki based on
MediaWiki. Natural Resources Canada also collaborates with
American and
Mexican government scientists, along with the
Commission for Environmental Cooperation, to produce the
North American Environmental Atlas, which is used to depict and track environmental issues for a continental perspective.