
Community and Stakeholder Engagement Varies By Canadian Province. Read more below.
Provincial Community Engagement Factsheets

Provincial Community Engagement Factsheets
Alberta's consultation process is formalized through the Aboriginal Consultation Office (ACO), which provides directives for industrial proponents. Lynx allows users to manage submissions, correspondence, and evidence of accommodation, ensuring compliance with ACO processes.
B.C. mandates engagement consistent with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), prioritizing shared decision-making. Lynx facilitates transparent record-keeping, task tracking, and reporting to ensure alignment with DRIPA and reconciliation principles.
Manitoba emphasizes community engagement in both permitting and project approvals, especially in hydro and energy projects. Lynx supports this by centralizing engagement records and automating follow-ups to demonstrate responsiveness and transparency.
Newfoundland and Labrador mandates consultation through its Environmental Assessment process, especially in resource projects on un-ceded lands. Lynx tracks the full consultation lifecycle, including meeting records, concerns raised, and mitigation actions taken.
Ontario requires early and ongoing consultation with Indigenous communities, especially under the Environmental Assessment Act and the Mining Act, with increasing scrutiny on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC). Lynx helps by logging all consultation events, tracking commitments, and generating audit-ready reports for regulatory and investor use.
Quebec’s courts require Indigenous consultation before claim staking and exploration, reshaping historical free-entry mining practices. Lynx enables users to document all interactions, map sensitive areas, and align engagement with emerging co-management frameworks.