Canada'sNational Parks
Indigenous North America
Colonial North America
Timeline - Canada's National Parks
History of Canadian Confederation
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada's First Park
The federal government set aside 26 sq km around the Banff hot springs as Canada's first National Park.
NOVEMBER 25, 1885
Nakoda First Nation
The federal government requested to remove all the Indigenous
settlers residing within Banff hot spring. Stoney Nakoda Sioux first peoples were forced to vacate this lands.
Glacier National Park Established
Glacier National Park was established in British Columbia. Glacier is famous for its black and grizzly bears, which find abundant forage on the park's avalanche slopes.
JANUARY 01, 1886
Yoho Established
Yoho National Park in BC was established.
DECEMBER 14, 1886
Waterton Lakes National Park Established
Waterton Lakes National Park was established. The park is situated in the southwestern corner of Alberta on the Canada–US border. In 1932, the park was united with Montana's Glacier National Park to create the world's first international peace park.
JANUARY 01, 1895
Jasper National Park Established
Jasper Forest Reserve, later Jasper National Park, was established as the most northerly of the Rocky Mountain parks. It was named for Jasper Hawes, a fur trader.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1907
National Parks Service Created
The world's first national parks service, the Dominion Parks Branch, was established. It is now known as Parks Canada.
MAY 19, 1911
Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks Act
"The Governor in Council may, by proclamation, designate such reserves or areas within forest reserves or such others areas as he sees fit, the title to which is vested in the Crown in the right of Canada, to be and to be known as Dominion Parks, and They shall be maintained and made use of as public parks and pleasure grounds for the benefit, advantage and enjoyment of the people of Canada, and the provisions of this act governing forest reserves, excepting Section 4, shall apply to the Dominion Parks."
1911 - 1970
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​Pukaskwa National Park Established
Pukaskwa National Park was established. The park is bracketed on the west by the coastline of Lake Superior, an impressive stretch of massive headlands and beaches of golden sand or water-worn cobble. The "Pukaskwa Pits" are evidence of early habitation of the park area. The purpose of these carefully arranged boulders remains a mystery.
JANUARY 01, 1978
Canadian World Heritage Sites
L''Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site and Nahanni National Park Reserve were two of the first 12 localities given World Heritage Site status.
SEPTEMBER 05, 1978
Grasslands National Park Established
Grasslands National Park was established. It is situated in the southwestern Saskatchewan Prairies on the Canada–US border.
JANUARY 01, 1981
​Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve Established
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve was established. The park reserve, which consists of some 40 small limestone islands, extends for 155 km between the communities of Longue-Pointe and Aguanish, QC, along the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
JANUARY 01, 1984
Ivvavik National Park was established. Initially known as Northern Yukon National Park, it was given an Inuvialuit name in 1992. It is Canada's first park established through a native land claim settlement.
JANUARY 01, 1984
Bruce Peninsula National Park was established. The park is located on the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula, at the northern terminus of the Niagara Escarpment.
JANUARY 01, 1987
JANUARY 01, 1988
Aulavik National Park was established. Centred on the wide Thomsen River valley on Banks Island, the park has an Inuvialuktun name that means "where people travel."
JANUARY 01, 1992
Haida Nation
JANUARY 30, 1993
JANUARY 01, 1995
Wapusk National Park Established
Wapusk National Park became part of Canada's national parks system when a federal-provincial agreement was signed providing for its establishment.
JANUARY 01, 1996
Tuktut Nogait National Park Established
Tuktut Nogait National Park was created through the efforts of the Inuit of Paulatuk, NWT.
JANUARY 01, 1998
Sirmilik National Park Established
JANUARY 01, 1999
Auyuittuq National Park Established
It was Canada's first national park located north of the Arctic Circle. It was first set up as a national park reserve in 1976 and established as a national park through the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
JANUARY 01, 2001
Ukkusiksalik National Park Established
JANUARY 01, 2003
Torngat Mountains National Park Established
Torngat Mountains National Park was established. The park encompasses 9,700 km2 of Labrador north of Saglek Fiord. Torngat — in Inuktitut,Torngait — refers to one of the most powerful of Inuit spirits believed to dwell in these mountains.
JANUARY 01, 2008
​Gulf Islands National Park Reserve Established
The park reserve is located in the southern Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland.
JANUARY 01, 2010
Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve Established
The Canadian government announced the creation of Canada's 46th national park, the Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve in Labrador. Occupying an area the size of Jamaica, it is co-managed by the Innu, whose names for the area are Akami–uapishku and KakKasuak.
JULY 31, 2015
Indigenous Map of Canada
There are three categories of Indigenous peoples in Canada: Inuit, Métis and First Nations. The Inuit primarily inhabit the northern regions of Canada. Their homeland, known as Inuit Nunangat, includes much of the land, water and ice contained in the Arctic region. Métis peoples are of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry, and live mostly in the Prairie provinces and Ontario, but also in other parts of the country. First Nations peoples were the original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada, often occupying territories south of the Arctic.
Inuit women in Gala dress, Qatiktalik. 1903-04
39 Terrestrial Regions
Parks Canada’s long-term goal is to establish at least one national park in each of Canada’s terrestrial regions. The system, which is 77 percent complete, represents the diversity of natural regions and landscapes in Canada. Forty-seven national parks represent 31 of Canada’s 39 terrestrial regions, and protect approximately 328,198 square kilometres of Canada’s lands.
In the Hudson Bay Lowlands, there are:
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Hudson–James Lowlands, represented
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Southampton Plain, not represented
In the St. Lawrence Lowlands there are:
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West St. Lawrence Lowland, represented
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Central St. Lawrence Lowland, represented
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East St. Lawrence Lowland, represented
In the Appalachian Region, there are:
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Notre Dame-Megantic Mountains, represented
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Maritime Acadian Highlands, represented
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Maritime Plain, represented
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Atlantic Coast Uplands, represented
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Western Newfoundland Highlands, represented
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Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic Region, represented
In the Arctic Lowlands, there are:
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Western Arctic Lowlands, represented
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Eastern Arctic Lowlands, represented
In the High Arctic Islands, there are:
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Western High Arctic, represented
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Eastern High Arctic, represented
In the Western Mountains, there are:
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Pacific Coast Mountains, represented
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Strait of Georgia Lowlands, represented
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Interior Dry Plateau, not represented
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Columbia Mountains, represented
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Rocky Mountains, represented
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Northern Coast Mountains, represented
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Northern Interior Plateaux and Mountains, not represented
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Mackenzie Mountains, represented
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Northern Yukon, represented
In the Interior Plains, there are:
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Mackenzie Delta, represented
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Southern Boreal Plains and Plateaux, represented
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Prairie Grasslands, represented
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Manitoba Lowlands, not represented
In the Canadian Shield, there are:
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Tundra Hills, represented
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Central Tundra, represented
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Northwestern Boreal Uplands, represented
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Central Boreal Uplands, represented
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Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Precambrian Region, represented
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Laurentian Boreal Highlands, not represented
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East Coast Boreal Region, represented
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Boreal Lake Plateau, not represented
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Whale River, not represented
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Northern Labrador Mountains, represented
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Ungava Tundra Plateau, not represented
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Northern Davis Region, represented
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Canadian Weather
The following maps show the average maximum and minimum temperatures of Canada of various cities across Canada, based on the climate period from 1995-2015 for the months of January and July (generally the lowest and highest average temperature months, but not in every case).
National Parks
Canada's National Parks are protected areas under the Canada National Parks Act, owned by the Government of Canada and administered for the benefit, education, and enjoyment of the people of Canada and its future generations.National parks are administered by Parks Canada, a Crown agency operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.
National Parks - Reserves
The following are areas which Parks Canada is in the process of evaluating as potential parks. While they may be reserved from alienation or have federal-provincial/territorial agreements, they have not been formally established through legislation as parks.
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https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/voyage-travel/recherche-tous-parks-all