The Canada National Parks Act is a Canadian federal law that regulates protection of natural areas of national significance. As of March 2019, the "Canada National Parks Act" extended federal protection to 47 national parks and park reserves across the country covering more the 300,000 km2 of habitat. The current "Canada National Parks Act" received royal assent on October 20, 2000 and has been amended since. The first national parks act in Canada was created in 1887 shortly following the creation of the world's first national park, Yellowstone National Park, in the United States. In 1911, under a renewed national parks act, Canada became the first country in the world to establish their own national parks service.