APA Style (7th ed.)
According to the American Psychological Association ([APA], 2020), full official names (not abbreviations) should be used in the references (p. 288). Also, "use the most specific agency as the author in the reference" (e.g., Canadian Wildlife Service instead of Ministry of Environment and Climate Change), and when it is necessary to include both the specific agency and parent body, "the parent body precedes the subdivision" (APA, 2020, p. 288). Remember that the form used for the name of the organization in the reference should be the same as how the author is cited in-text. That is, if the author in the reference is noted as the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Canadian Wildlife Service, the in-text citation would appear as (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Canadian Wildlife Service, year, p. X). If you are considering abbreviating the name of the author, please consider whether or not the abbreviation will actually help your reader, versus just saving you the effort of writing out the full name every time. Please see Can I Use Abbreviations in My Text? for more information.
Reference
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-0000
