Miguasha National Park
A cliff-side location with many well-preserved fossils from the period when species moved from sea to land.
Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
A huge trans-national site, significant in terms of geological processes, ecological zones, biodiversity and beauty.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
A site used for 6,000 years by Plains people to hunt buffalo by driving them over a cliff.
Old Town Lunenburg
A charming 18th-19th-century British colonial fishing settlement with colorful wooden buildings.
Mistaken Point
A site containing fossils of the earliest complex organisms, marking an important turning point in evolutionary history.
Landscape of Grand Pré
An agricultural area that commemorates the history of the Acadians and their expulsion from Canada.
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Seven parks encompassing all the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies with magnificent mountain scenery.
Historic District of Old Québec
North America’s only fortified colonial city, with an intact core, some of which dates back to the 17th century.
Gros Morne National Park
An area of natural beauty which illustrates the process of continental drift.
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
The first proven European settlement in North America, established 1000 years ago in Newfoundland.
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Spectacular scenery and a showcase for the importance of international cooperation in protecting our planet’s wilderness.
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Stunning, other-worldly badlands scenery, with some of the most significant dinosaur fossil discoveries ever made.
Rideau Canal
A canal built to help defend Canada from American attacks, now an urban recreational zone in summer and winter.