Polar Knowledge Canada

{{Short description|Department of the government of Canada}}

{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Polar Knowledge Canada

| type = Departmental corporation

| seal =

| nativename = {{lang|fr|Savoir polaire Canada}}

| logo = Polar Knowledge Canada Logo.png

| jurisdiction = Canada

| employees = ~90{{cite web |title=Population of the federal public service by department |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/innovation/human-resources-statistics/population-federal-public-service-department.html |website=Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=1 November 2023 |date=12 July 2012}}

| headquarters = Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada

| budget =

| minister1_name = Hon. Dan Vandal

| minister1_pfo = Minister of Northern Affairs

| chief1_name = Jennifer C. Hubbard

| chief1_position = President and CEO

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| parent_department = Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

| formed = June 1, 2015
September 9, 1991 (historic)

| dissolved =

| website = {{URL|https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge.html}}

}}

Polar Knowledge Canada is a departmental corporation of the Government of Canada under the Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) portfolio.

It is responsible for monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions (both Arctic and Antarctic), contributing to public awareness of the importance of polar science to Canada, enhancing Canada's international profile as a circumpolar nation, and recommending polar science policy direction to government.

File:Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS).jpg

The organization was established when the former Canadian Polar Commission, formed in 1991, and the Arctic Science and Technology Directorate within CIRNAC that is responsible for Canadian High Arctic Research Station was merged into one unit under the Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act on June 1, 2015.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-05-20 |title=About Polar Knowledge Canada |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/behindthescenes.html |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Polar Knowledge Canada}} Its main office is at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, which opened in August 2019.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-12-06 |title=Official opening of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) campus |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/opening-ceremonies-of-the-chars-campus/official-opening-of-the-chars-campus.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Polar Knowledge Canada}}