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Conclusions The results of this study indicate that climate change is relevant and apparent to protected areas managers; however, limited progress has been made on climate change adaptation in Canadian protected areas in the past decade and barriers exist to the implementation of adaptation strategies. Keywords: conservation; climate change; adaptation; protected areas; biodiversity; changements climatiques; zones protégées; biodiversité EN conservation climate change adaptation protected areas biodiversity ES changements climatiques zones protégées biodiversité 152 165 14 06/23/21 20210601 NES 210601 Introduction Protected areas represent one of the most effective ways to conserve biodiversity and have formed the cornerstone of conservation for the past century (UNEP 2010; Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2014; Watson et al. 2014). There are some examples of progress in climate change adaptation across the country, such as the expansion of certain protected areas, creation of new protected areas, and consideration of climate change in planning initiatives, which should be expanded on a larger scale (Lemieux et al. 2010; Canadian Parks Council Climate Change Working Group 2013; Nantel et al. 2014). [Extracted from the article]