To ensure our visitors enjoy their visit to Algonquin, Park Wardens are on patrol:

• to provide information
• to ensure the safety of Park visitors
• to protect Algonquin Park and its resources
• to enforce Park rules and regulations

Within a Provincial Park, a Park Warden has all the power and authority of an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer.

Park Wardens enforce the following legislation:

• Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006
• Highway Traffic Act
• Liquor Licence Act
• Trespass to Property Act
• Off-road Vehicles Act
• Forest Fire Prevention Act
• Motorized Snow Vehicles Act
• Ontario Fishing Regulations
• Criminal Code of Canada