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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is the federal department responsible for promoting and managing Canada’s natural resources. The department’s activities include surveying, mapping and documenting the land, assisting in organizing mining operations, making natural resources available to Canadians, and promoting Canada’s resources abroad. In the 1930s, the Department of the Interior transferred many of its mining responsibilities to the western provinces in order to make them more economically independent of the federal government. In 1936, the natural resources aspects of the Department of the Interior were merged with the Department of Mines to form the Department of Mines and Resources. Mines and Resources’ responsibilities included surveying, mapping, energy, mines, and other natural resources-related functions. In December 1949, the Department was renamed the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. In the Government Act of 1966, the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys was dissolved and the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources was created. This new department had functions relating to water, mines, minerals, energy, and other resources. On June 25, 1993, the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources was merged with the Department of Forestry to form Natural Resources Canada.