Canada
Canada is one of the world’s greatest wilderness destinations, offering immense landscapes, pristine ecosystems, and some of the most spectacular wildlife experiences on the planet. Stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific and deep into the Arctic, the country encompasses vast boreal forests, towering mountain ranges, tundra, wetlands, and rugged coastlines that support an extraordinary diversity of wildlife.
Canada is particularly renowned for its large mammals. The country is one of the best places in the world to observe Grizzly Bears, Polar Bears, Moose, Wolves, Musk Oxen, Woodland Caribou, and American Black Bears. Churchill, on the shores of Hudson Bay, has earned international recognition as one of the world’s premier destinations for viewing Polar Bears in the wild.
The country’s marine wildlife is equally impressive. Along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, visitors can encounter Humpback Whales, Orcas, Belugas, Narwhals, Bowhead Whales, and numerous dolphin species. Few places offer such diversity of marine mammals across such a vast geographic range.
Canada is also a world-class birdwatching destination. Iconic species include the Snowy Owl, Common Loon, Harlequin Duck, Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Whooping Crane, and a wide variety of Arctic and boreal birds. During migration seasons, millions of waterfowl move across the country’s wetlands and coastal regions.
Combining immense wilderness, iconic mammals, remarkable birdlife, and some of the most pristine natural landscapes remaining on Earth, Canada stands among the world’s premier destinations for wildlife travel, nature photography, and true wilderness adventure.
Auyuittuq National Park
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada
+14 birds
Where granite peaks pierce the Arctic sky above Baffin Island, Auyuittuq National Park sprawls across roughly 40,000 square kilometres of one of Canada's most unforgiving landscapes.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBanff National Park
Improvement District No. 9, Canada
+264 birds+33 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies thrust skyward in a cathedral of limestone and ice, Banff National Park preserves a wilderness of astounding vertical drama. Glacier-carved valleys cradle…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBic National Park
Rimouski, Canada
+250 birds+9 mammals
Where the St. Lawrence River meets the Gaspé Peninsula, a rugged coastline of forests, wetlands, and rocky shores unfolds across nearly 95 square kilometres of protected…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCape Breton Highlands National Park
Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Canada
+215 birds+18 mammals
Where the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia rises in weathered cliffs and glacially carved valleys, Cape Breton Highlands National Park spans a landscape where boreal and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKD’Anticosti National Park
Anticosti Island, Canada
+115 birds+3 mammals
Where boreal forest meets the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Anticosti Island rises as one of North America's largest and most pristine wilderness preserves. Spanning roughly 2,266…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKForillon National Park
Gaspé, Canada
+258 birds+16 mammals
Where the Gaspésie Peninsula juts into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, granite cliffs and coastal headlands frame one of eastern Canada's most dramatic marine-terrestrial boundaries. Forillon…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFrontenac National Park
Sainte-Praxède, Canada
+178 birds+11 mammals
Where the Canadian Shield's ancient granite ridges meet coniferous forest and freshwater lakes, Frontenac National Park embraces a landscape carved by millennia of glacial movement. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFundy National Park of Canada
Alma Parish, Canada
+217 birds+24 mammals
Where the Bay of Fundy's tidal rhythms sculpt a landscape of dramatic cliffs, forested valleys, and boulder-strewn shorelines, Fundy National Park rises across approximately 345 square…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier National Park
Glacier, Canada
+162 birds+12 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Columbia River valley, Glacier National Park protects one of the most dramatic mountain wilderness areas in western Canada.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrands-Jardins National Park
Lac-Pikauba, Canada
+166 birds+10 mammals
Where the boreal forest transitions into the subalpine plateaus of Quebec's Laurentian highlands, Grands-Jardins National Park sprawls across nearly 690 square kilometers of wild terrain that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGros Morne National Park
Canada
+180 birds+19 mammals
Where glacier-carved fjords pierce the interior of Newfoundland, Gros Morne National Park unfolds across nearly four thousand square kilometres of some of Canada's most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGulf Islands National Park Reserve
Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, Canada
+268 birds+26 mammals
Scattered across the Salish Sea in British Columbia's southwestern corner, this national park reserve stitches together a fragmented archipelago of forested islands and rocky outcrops where…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
Area E (Moresby Island), Canada
+98 birds+8 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets the Pacific's edge, the islands of southern Haida Gwaii rise as one of North America's most pristine coastal wilderness areas. Spanning approximately…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHautes-Gorges-De-La-Rivière-Malbaie National Park
Mont-Élie, Canada
+140 birds+8 mammals
Where the Rivière-Malbaie carves through the Laurentian highlands, steep-sided gorges rise dramatically above Quebec's coastal hinterland, their ancient bedrock sculpted by millennia of water and ice.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKÎles-De-Boucherville National Park
Boucherville, Canada
+243 birds+8 mammals
Where the Saint Lawrence River braids into a labyrinth of islands and channels, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park sprawls across approximately 18 square kilometres of riverine wilderness just…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJasper National Park
Improvement District No. 12, Canada
+235 birds+34 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies rise in dramatic succession across western Alberta, Jasper National Park spans over 11,000 square kilometres of subalpine and alpine terrain, glaciated valleys,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKluane National Park and Reserve
Canada
+171 birds+17 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust through boreal forest to touch the sky, Kluane National Park and Reserve sprawls across southwestern Yukon as one of North America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKootenay National Park
Area G (Forster Creek/Mount Assiniboine), Canada
+181 birds+23 mammals
Where the spine of the Canadian Rockies rises above 3,000 metres, the high alpine realm around Forster Creek and Mount Assiniboine reveals one of the continent's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKouchibouguac National Park of Canada
Carleton Parish, Canada
+207 birds+14 mammals
Where the Maritime provinces meet the Atlantic, 591 square kilometres of coastal forest and wetland unfold across New Brunswick's eastern shoulder, a mosaic of boreal woodland,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKL’Île-Bonaventure-Et-Du-Rocher-Percé National Park
Le Rocher-Percé, Canada
+214 birds+3 mammals
A dramatic thrust of russet sandstone pierces the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, its weathered arch framing a seascape where cool Atlantic currents sweep past cliffs alive…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLac-Témiscouata National Park
Témiscouata, Canada
+176 birds+4 mammals
Where the boreal forests of eastern Quebec embrace a sprawling freshwater lake, Lac-Témiscouata National Park unfolds across 509 square kilometres of pristine landscape that bridges two…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMauricie National Park
Shawinigan, Canada
+184 birds+12 mammals
Where the Canadian Shield meets boreal forest, Mauricie National Park unfolds across a landscape of granite ridges, crystalline lakes, and dense coniferous woodland that defines the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMont-Mégantic National Park
La Patrie, Canada
+136 birds+8 mammals
Granite peaks and boreal forest define the rugged terrain of this 115-square-kilometre national park in Quebec's Eastern Townships, where the landscape rises sharply above the surrounding…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMont-Saint-Bruno National Park
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada
+200 birds+13 mammals
Hardwood forests rise steeply from the suburbs of Montreal to crown a distinctive peak in the Monterégian Hills, their ancient geology pushing through mixed deciduous woodland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMont-Tremblant National Park
Lac-des-Dix-Milles, Canada
+200 birds+12 mammals
Where the Laurentian plateau rises in central Quebec, a landscape of boreal forest and glacially carved lakes unfolds across nearly 3,100 square kilometres of protected wilderness.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMonts-Valin National Park
Mont-Valin, Canada
+133 birds+6 mammals
Where the boreal forest meets the Canadian Shield, Monts-Valin National Park sprawls across 405 square kilometers of Québec's rugged interior, its landscape carved by glaciation into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Revelstoke National Park
Area B (Shelter Bay/Mica Creek), Canada
+155 birds+8 mammals
Where the Columbia River carves through the western ranges of British Columbia, Shelter Bay and Mica Creek mark the entrance to a wilderness where subalpine meadows…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNááts’Įhch’Oh National Park Reserve
Sahtu Region, Canada
+51 birds+3 mammals
Across the boreal forests and tundra margins of the Sahtu Region, where the Mackenzie River drainage shapes the northern landscape, lies a wilderness of profound ecological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNahanni National Park
Dehcho Region, Canada
+151 birds+11 mammals
Where the South Nahanni River carves through the Mackenzie Mountains, a landscape of extraordinary wildness unfolds across more than 61,000 square kilometres of boreal forest, alpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPoint Pelee National Park
Leamington, Canada
+296 birds+14 mammals
Where Lake Erie's shallow waters meet the Ontario shoreline, a slender sandy peninsula juts into the Great Lakes like a natural funnel for migrating wildlife. This…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPointe-Taillon National Park
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Canada
+157 birds+10 mammals
Where boreal forest meets the shores of Lac-Saint-Jean, Pointe-Taillon National Park unfolds across a landscape shaped by glacial legacy and water. Sandy peninsulas and islands rise…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKQuttinirpaaq National Park
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada
+19 birds+4 mammals
Across the high Arctic archipelago of northern Nunavut, where bedrock emerges from permafrost and ice fields dominate the landscape, Quttinirpaaq National Park sprawls across more than…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSirmilik National Park
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada
+58 birds+4 mammals
Where the Canadian Arctic archipelago fractures into a labyrinth of islands, Sirmilik National Park protects one of the High North's most pristine marine and terrestrial ecosystems.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTombstone Territorial Park
Dawson City, Canada
+150 birds+17 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Yukon sky and tundra stretches endlessly toward the Arctic horizon, the Tombstone Range commands attention with uncompromising beauty. This subarctic wilderness…
VIEW NATURE RESERVETuktut Nogait National Park
Inuvik Region, Canada
+38 birds+3 mammals
Arctic tundra stretches across the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories in an endless tapestry of low-lying vegetation, exposed permafrost, and wind-carved terrain where the boreal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWapusk National Park
Unorganized Division No. 23, Canada
+140 birds+6 mammals
Across the subarctic lowlands of northern Manitoba, where permafrost underlies a mosaic of stunted boreal forest, open muskeg, and coastal tundra, Wapusk National Park sprawls across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWaterton Lakes National Park
Improvement District No. 04, Canada
+252 birds+31 mammals
Where the Continental Divide plunges toward the prairies of Alberta, glacier-carved valleys and emerald lakes pierce a landscape where montane forest meets alpine tundra. Waterton Lakes…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWood Buffalo National Park
Improvement District No. 24, Canada
+187 birds+10 mammals
Across nearly 75,000 square kilometres of boreal forest, wetland and grassland in northern Alberta, the landscape unfolds in a mosaic of spruce and pine woodland interspersed…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYoho National Park
Area A (Kicking Horse/Kinbasket Lake), Canada
+207 birds+19 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies meet the Columbia River watershed, a vast wilderness of 2,211 square kilometres unfolds across Yoho National Park in British Columbia. The landscape…
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