List of national parks of Canada

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Canada provinces map Template:GeoGroup 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.<ref name=Act>Template:Cite canlaw</ref> National parks are administered by Parks Canada, a Crown agency operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. The goal of the national parks system is to set aside lands representing the country's 39 distinct natural regions described in the National Parks System Plan, primarily to protect the ecological integrity of the land, and secondarily to allow the public to explore, learn about and enjoy Canada's natural spaces.<ref name="Intro">Template:Cite web</ref>

Canada's first national park was created in 1885 through an Order-in-Council<ref>Template:Cite canlawTemplate:Dead link</ref> to reserve Template:Cvt over the Cave and Basin Hot Springs to prevent the land from being sold for private development despite claims being made for it. Modelled after the American experience with Yellowstone National Park, the Rocky Mountains Park Act, adopted in 1887, established the Rocky Mountains Park (now Banff National Park).<ref name=Brief>Template:Cite book</ref> The idea of a national park was popular and led to numerous proposals for the Ministry of the Interior to consider, including additional sites along the Canadian Pacific Railway (e.g. Yoho and Glacier and an expansion of Banff) and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (e.g. Jasper). In 1911 the Rocky Mountains Park Act was replaced by the Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks Act which created the world's first National Park Service, the Dominion Parks Branch, to administer national parks in Canada.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> These early national parks, including those established under the leadership of JB Harkin who was the first commissioner of the Dominion Parks Branch, were set aside to reserve lands principally for tourism and conservation but also had an exclusionary policy prohibiting First Nations peoples from using their traditional lands within the new parks.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1922, Wood Buffalo National Park was the first to allow traditional indigenous activities to continue. In 1972, Parks Canada defined national park reserves as lands administered by the agency intended to become national parks pending settlement of indigenous land rights and agreements for continued traditional use of the lands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:As of, there are 37 national parks and 11 national park reserves, covering an area of approximately Template:Cvt,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> or about 3.3% of the total land area of Canada, and representing 31 of its 39 natural regions. There is at least one park located in every one of the nation's 13 provinces and territories. Parks Canada reported attendance of 15,449,249 at all national parks and reserves in 2016–17, including over four million visits to the busiest park (Banff) and only two persons at the least-visited park (Tuktut Nogait).<ref name="attendance">Template:Cite web</ref> Parks Canada additionally manages three National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs), a single NMCA Reserve, and the country's lone National Landmark. The Canada National Parks Act also allows for recognition of National Historic Sites that commemorate events, landmarks, or objects of national importance, and which may include similar levels of protection and administration as national parks.<ref name=Act/> Feasibility studies are underway to establish further national parks in unrepresented regions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

National parks and national park reserves

National park reserves are indicated by "(Reserve)" after the park name. The national urban park is indicated by "(Urban)" after the park name.

Name	Photo	Location	Established<ref name="natgeo17"/>	Area (2017)<ref name="natgeo17"/>	Annual visitors (2022–23)<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>	Natural region<ref name="parksplan">Template:Cite book</ref>	Description
[[Akami−Uapishkᵘ−KakKasuak−Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve|Template:Proper name]] (Reserve)	File:Mealy Mountains Labrador 1.jpg	Newfoundland and Labrador Template:Coord	31 July 2015	Template:Sort		East coast boreal	The park includes a portion of the glacially-rounded Mealy Mountains on Labrador from Lake Melville to Sandwich Bay and includes some sandy beaches along the coast of the Labrador Sea.
Aulavik	File:Aulavik tent ring stones.jpg	Northwest Territories Template:Coord	1992	Template:Sort	34	Western arctic lowlands	Located on the northern part of Banks Island, the completely treeless polar desert of Aulavik is home to the world's largest concentration of muskoxen, as well as the endangered Peary caribou.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Auyuittuq	File:Pangnirtung Fiord S 2 2001-07-15.jpg	Nunavut Template:Coord	2001	Template:Sort	256	Northern Davis region	One of Canada's largest parks and located almost entirely within the Arctic Circle, Auyuittuq on Baffin Island preserves a rugged arctic wilderness featuring some of the highest peaks of the Canadian Shield.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Banff *	File:Moraine Lake 17092005.jpg	Alberta Template:Coord	25 November 1885	Template:Sort	4,130,081	Rocky Mountains	The first park established by the federal government of Canada, Banff includes the Valley of the Ten Peaks, the Wapta and Waputik Icefields, several ski resorts, and the communities of Lake Louise and Banff. It is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks.
Bruce Peninsula †	File:20170626 Bruce Peninsula Park.jpg	Ontario Template:Coord	1987	Template:Sort	460,435	St. Lawrence lowlands	Formed from lands previously designated Ontario's Cyprus Lake Provincial Park, Bruce preserves a unique shoreline formation of the Niagara Escarpment and forms part of the larger UNESCO Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve. The Bruce Trail, one of Canada's longest hiking trails, passes through the park. The locally threatened massasauga rattlesnake is found within the park, as well as Canada's southernmost population of black bears.<ref name="natgeo17"/>Template:Rp
Cape Breton Highlands	File:First View (205313460).jpg	Nova Scotia Template:Coord	1936	Template:Sort	277,203	Maritime Acadian highlands	Atlantic Canada's oldest national park features Acadian and boreal forest environments in the Cape Breton Highlands. One-third of the Cabot Trail passes through the central portion of the park. Most of Nova Scotia's population of Canada lynx are found in this park, and the endangered North Atlantic right whale is found in waters off the park's coast.<ref name="natgeo17"/>Template:Rp<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Western moose were introduced to this park from Alberta's Elk Island National Park between 1947 and 1948, the native eastern moose having been hunted to near-extinction.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="bretonmoose"/> Parks Canada started a four-year project with the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources and other partners to begin to restore boreal forest regions within this park in 2014.
Elk Island †	File:Bison Elk Island.jpg	Alberta Template:Coord	1913	Template:Sort	409,891	Southern boreal plains & plateaux	Created as a wildlife sanctuary for elk, the park has become a part of bison conservation, the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve, and the Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Eighteen moose (nine males and nine females) from Elk Island were introduced to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Highlands National Park between 1947 and 1948.<ref name="bretonmoose">Template:Cite web</ref>
Forillon	File:Forillon National Park of Canada 1.jpg	Quebec Template:Coord	8 June 1970 (federal-provincial agreement)	Template:Sort	164,130	Notre Dame & Megantic Mountains	The lands of the first park in Quebec were traditional hunting and fishing grounds for the Mi'kmaq and Iroquois, and were exploited for their rich supplies of lumber.<ref name="natgeo17"/>Template:Rp Two hundred twenty-five families were controversially expropriated from the park lands prior to creation of the park in 1970. In 2011, the Government of Canada issued a formal apology to these families for their mistreatment.<ref name="rudin">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Fundy †	File:NB Fundy3 tango7174.jpg	New Brunswick Template:Coord	1948	Template:Sort	303,575	Maritime Acadian highlands	Featuring the highest tides in the world, the Bay of Fundy exposes ocean floor at low tide which is covered by up to Template:Cvt of salt water at high tide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The park forms the core portion of the UNESCO Fundy Biosphere Reserve.
Georgian Bay Islands †	File:BeausoleilIslandCedarSprings2004.jpg	Ontario Template:Coord	1930	Template:Sort	27,482	Great Lakes—St.Template:NbspLawrence precambrian region	Beausoleil Island is the largest of the small islands which make up the park, which originally included Flowerpot Island. The islands form part of the UNESCO Georgian Bay Littoral Biosphere Reserve.
Glacier	File:Glacier np canada.JPG	British Columbia Template:Coord	10 October 1886	Template:Sort	775,190<ref name=":1">official Parks Canada figures combine the visitor numbers of Glacier National Park and Mount Revelstoke National Park</ref>	Columbia Mountains	Representative of the Columbia Mountains natural region, this park includes Illecillewaet Glacier, Rogers Pass, Nakimu Caves, Mount Sir Donald, and Mount Dawson.<ref name="Parks Canada">Template:Cite book</ref>
Grasslands	File:Saskatchewan - Grasslands National Park 02.JPG	Saskatchewan Template:Coord	1981	Template:Sort (Template:Convert proposed)	19,656	Prairie grasslands	Located along the borders with the American state of Montana, the park features an undisturbed mixed-grass prairie ecosystem and badlands where fossils from both the Frenchman and Bearpaw Formations were discovered including those of a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Gros Morne *	File:Western Brook Pond Newfoundland Canada DSC 6405.jpg	Newfoundland and Labrador Template:Coord	1 October 2005 (national park) August 1973 (national park reserve)	Template:Sort	-	Western Newfoundland highlands	A World Heritage Site due to its exposed mantle and crust as an example of plate tectonics, the park also includes Western Brook Pond, Lobster Cove, and Gros Morne mountain in the Long Range Mountains chain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Gulf Islands (Reserve)	File:Trees during the sunset in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Sidney Island, BC, Canada.jpg	British Columbia Template:Coord	9 May 2003	Template:Sort	28,434	Strait of Georgia lowlands	Representative of the Strait of Georgia Lowlands, the park includes 6 km2 of marine environment and land on 15 islands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Gwaii Haanas *Template:Efn (Reserve)	File:Windy Bay forest.jpg	British Columbia Template:Coord	1988	Template:Sort	2,651<ref name=":2">official Parks Canada figures combine the numbers for Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site</ref>	Pacific coast mountains	Forming the southern end of the Haida Gwaii archipelago, the park is on the far western end of Canada and includes 138 islands, inclusive of Ninstints World Heritage Site, Hotspring Island, and the southern tip of Moresby Island.
IvvavikTemplate:Efn	File:Sheep Slot Rapids, Firth River, Ivvavik National Park, YT.jpg	Yukon Template:Coord	1984	Template:Sort	179	Northern Yukon	Adjacent to Vuntut National Park and the American Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the park has arctic tundra that was not glaciated during the last ice age and consequently contains the oldest river in Canada, the Firth River. Ivvavik is the first national park created as a result of an aboriginal land claim agreement, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jasper *	File:Fryatt Valley top.jpg	Alberta Template:Coord	14 September 1907	Template:Sort	2,415,463	Rocky Mountains	Part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to the Banff National Parks, as well as Mount Robson and Hamber Provincial Parks in British Columbia, this park includes the community of Jasper, Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Falls, Sunwapta Falls, Maligne Lake, and canyon, and the Snow Dome, a hydrological apex of North America, at its boundary with the Banff National Park.
Kejimkujik †	File:Autumnal Magic (10148865034).jpg	Nova Scotia Template:Coord	1967	Template:Sort	75,284	Atlantic coast plain	The area around Kejimikujik Lake was acquired by the federal government for park purposes in 1967 and added a 22 km2 seaside component in 1985. The inland portion was designated a National Historic Site in 1995 recognizing its Mi'kmaw cultural landscape and is adjacent to the Tobeatic Wilderness Area. The park is part of the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve and a dark-sky preserve.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Kluane * (Park and Reserve)Template:Efn	File:Quill Creek, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada.jpg	Yukon Template:Coord	29 May 1993 (Park) 1972 (Reserve)	Template:Sort	47,098	Northern coast mountains	Part of a World Heritage Site and adjacent to the U.S. Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and British Columbian Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, Kluane features the highest mountain peaks in Canada, including Mount Logan, and the largest non-polar ice field in the world.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kootenay *	File:Perfection near Stanley Glacier, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia.tiff	British Columbia Template:Coord	21 April 1920	Template:Sort	574,126	Rocky Mountains	Part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to the Banff and Yoho National Parks, as well as the Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, the park is representative of the Rocky Mountains natural region and includes the Radium Hot Springs pools, an outcrop of the Burgess Shale fossil deposit, Numa Falls, and Floe Lake.
Kouchibouguac	File:Kouchibouguac National Park (37124711561).jpg	New Brunswick Template:Coord	1969	Template:Sort	243,489	Maritime plain	Located on the coast where the Kouchibouguac River enters the Northumberland Strait, across from the north end of Prince Edward Island, the park illustrates coastal dynamics, including tidal rivers, coastal dunes, salt marshes, bogs, and barrier islands.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
La Mauricie	File:Wapizagonke Lake in the Mauricie National Park, Quebec, Canada.jpg	Quebec Template:Coord	22 August 1970	Template:Sort	278,923	Great Lakes—St.Template:NbspLawrence precambrian region	Located north of Shawinigan, and between Saint-Maurice River, Matawin River, and Mastigouche Wildlife Reserve, the park features a canoe camping circuit and habitat for the wood turtle.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Mingan Archipelago (Reserve)	File:Monolithes de L'Archipel de Mingan.jpg	Quebec Template:Coord	1984	Template:Sort	44,017	St. Lawrence lowlands	Located along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the park consists of the Mingan Archipelago with its limestone outcrops and Atlantic puffin habitat.
Mount Revelstoke	File:Mount Revelstoke National Park 1.jpg	British Columbia Template:Coord	1914	Template:Sort	775,190<ref name=":1" />	Columbia Mountains	Accessible by a trail from the City of Revelstoke, the park is representative of the Columbia Mountains natural region.<ref name="Parks Canada"/>
Nááts'ihch'oh (Reserve)	File:Nıonep'ene Lake in Naats'ihch'oh.jpg	Northwest Territories Template:Coord	18 December 2014	Template:Sort	109	Mackenzie Mountains	Adjacent to the Nahanni National Park, Nááts'įhch'oh extends the protected area into the Sahtu Settlement Area to include additional land with the South Nahanni River watershed to Mount Nááts'įhch'oh and the Moose Ponds.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Nahanni * (Reserve)	File:Nahanni - VirginiaFalls.jpg	Northwest Territories Template:Coord	1974	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	1,104	Mackenzie Mountains	Containing the first natural World Heritage Site in Canada, the park includes the South Nahanni River, Virginia Falls, the Cirque of the Unclimbables, and a limestone cave system.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Pacific RimTemplate:Efn (Reserve)	File:Longbeach prnp.jpg	British Columbia Template:Coord	1970	Template:Sort	1,163,362	Pacific coast mountains	Representative of the coastal plain portion of the Pacific Coast Mountains natural region, the park is divided into three separated parts: Long Beach, the Broken Group islands, and the West Coast Trail.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Pituamkek (Reserve)		Prince Edward Island Template:Coord	4 July 2024	Template:Sort		Maritime plain	The park reserve encompasses a Template:Cvt chain of barrier islands, including Hog Island, shielding northwestern Prince Edward Island from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The islands contain many sites of archaeological and cultural significance to the Mi'kmaq, and the sand dunes of the chain provide habitat to endangered species including the piping plover and northern long-eared bat. The reserve includes Iron Rock, the province's only igneous rock formation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Point Pelee	File:Boardwalk in Pelee.JPG	Ontario Template:Coord	29 May 1918	Template:Sort	492,122	St. Lawrence lowlands	The first national park established for conservation, Point Pelee is the southernmost point of the Canadian mainland, and also includes the southernmost point overall on Middle Island. The marshy wetland environment is a known stop for migratory birds and monarch butterflies,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and since 1987 is a Ramsar Convention Wetland of International Importance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Prince Albert	File:Prince Albert National Park.jpg	Saskatchewan Template:Coord	24 March 1927	Template:Sort	287,372	Southern boreal plains & plateaux	Established with a recreation focus, the park includes a small community on the east end of Waskesiu Lake and features fescue grasslands with plains bison, boreal forest, and Ajawaan, Lavallée Lake, and other lakes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Prince Edward Island	File:Peicoast.jpg	Prince Edward Island Template:Coord	1937	Template:Sort	-	Maritime plain	Sensitive sand beaches and dunes on the island's north shore provide nesting habitat for the endangered piping plover and are designated an Important Bird Area. An extension added in 1998 protects parabolic sand dunes and an area with archaeological evidence of Paleo-Indian occupation up to 10,000 years ago.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The park also encompasses Green Gables, the inspiration for the popular Anne of Green Gables novels.<ref name="natgeo17"/>Template:Rp
Pukaskwa	File:Pukaskwa National Park southern headland trail.JPG	Ontario Template:Coord	1971	Template:Sort	17,285	Central boreal uplands	Located on the Voyageur Hiking Trail and the longest stretch of undeveloped shoreline in the Great Lakes,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Pukaskwa protects an area of boreal forest largely untouched by logging and mining industries, owing to the terrain's remarkable ruggedness.<ref name="natgeo17"/> A large cluster of the Pukaskwa Pits are located within the park.
Qausuittuq	File:Peary caribou - looking west towards Evan's Bay.jpg	Nunavut Template:Coord	1 September 2015	Template:Sort		Western high Arctic	Located on Bathurst Island, the park is adjacent to the Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area and protects Peary caribou and muskox habitat.
QuttinirpaaqTemplate:Efn	File:Tanquary Fiord 16 1997-08-05.jpg	Nunavut Template:Coord	1988	Template:Sort	7	Eastern high Arctic	Located on the polar desert of Ellesmere Island at the northern tip of Canada, the park includes Tanquary Fiord, Barbeau Peak, Lake Hazen, and Fort Conger.
Riding Mountain †	File:Bison herd - Lake Audy - Riding Mountain National Park.JPG	Manitoba Template:Coord	30 May 1933	Template:Sort	336,560	Southern boreal plains & plateaux	Part of the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the park features both boreal and aspen forests among the larger grassland prairie landscape, interspersed with pothole lakes and marshes. The park has an outdoor recreation focus and includes the community of Wasagaming, the East Gate National Historic Site, and formerly the Whitewater prisoners-of-war camp.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Rouge (Urban)	File:Pond at south end of Rouge 1.jpg	Ontario Template:Coord	15 May 2015	Template:Sort		St. Lawrence lowlands	Located in the Greater Toronto Area beginning at the mouth of the Rouge River and through the east end of Toronto and Markham, the park includes riparian corridors and wetlands with habitat for the Blanding's turtle, as well as Bead Hill National Historic Site.
Sable Island (Reserve)	File:Stallion and harem on Sable Island.jpg	Nova Scotia Template:Coord	20 June 2013	Template:Sort	806	Atlantic coast plain	Consisting of Sable Island at the edge of the continental shelf off the coast of Nova Scotia, the island of sand is home to the Sable Island horse and provides habitat for grey seals and beach grass.
Sirmilik	File:Sirmilik Glacier 2 1997-08-06.jpg	Nunavut Template:Coord	2001	Template:Sort	6	Eastern Arctic lowlands<ref name="sirmilik-plan">Template:Cite book</ref>	Located on the eastern end of Nunavut, Sirmilik consists of the Byam Martin Mountains of Bylot Island and Baffin Island's Borden Peninsula and Oliver Sound.
Terra Nova	File:NLC TerraNova3 tango7174.jpg	Newfoundland and Labrador Template:Coord	1957	Template:Sort	45,191	Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic region	The easternmost national park, Terra Nova is located on the east coast of Newfoundland along the Trans-Canada Highway. The park is characteristic of the Newfoundland landscape of low relief and rounded hills, and a rocky coastline of arms, sounds, coves, inlets, sea arches, and caves, as well as habitat for the Newfoundland pine marten.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Thaidene Nëné (Reserve)	File:Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve, NWT, Canada.jpg	Northwest Territories Template:Coord	21 August 2019	Template:Sort<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		Northwestern boreal uplands<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Thaidene Nëné, which translates in Canadian English as "Land of the Ancestors", is a protected area that spans Template:Convert at the transition between boreal forest and tundra. It includes the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, the deepest freshwater source in North America, and provides habitat for red fox, black bear, wolf packs, grizzly bear, lynx, wolverine, marten, Arctic fox, moose, beaver, muskoxen, and critical wintry weather for the last herds of barren-ground caribou.
Thousand Islands †	File:Thousand Islands 2.JPG	Ontario Template:Coord	1904	Template:Sort	109,284	St. Lawrence lowlands	Oldest national park east of the Prairies, it is scattered over all or portions of 26 islands and 80 islets and shoals in the St. Lawrence River, as well as several mainland properties in Leeds and Grenville, east of Kingston, and within the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve.
Torngat Mountains	File:Nachvak Fjord Labrador 2008.JPG	Newfoundland and Labrador Template:Coord	10 July 2008	Template:Sort		Northern Labrador mountains	Located on the northernmost tip of Labrador, adjacent to Quebec's Kuururjuaq Park, and established as part of Inuit Land Claims Agreements, the park includes the Torngat Mountains, Labrador Sea coastline, and Pre-Dorset, Dorset, and Thule archaeological finds.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Tuktut Nogait	File:Hornaday River.jpg	Northwest Territories Template:Coord	1998	Template:Sort	12	Tundra hills	Within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the park was created to protect the Bluenose-West caribou herd and harvesting rights for the Inuvialuit people. It was expanded in 2005 to include a portion of the Sahtu Settlement Area.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ukkusiksalik	File:Eisbär 1996-07-23.jpg	Nunavut Template:Coord	23 August 2003	Template:Sort		Central tundra<ref name="ukkusiksalik-plan">Template:Cite book</ref>	Named after the Inuit word for soapstone, the park surrounds Wager Bay which is maternity denning areas for polar bears and includes cultural relics of the Dorset and Thule and Aivilingmiut people.<ref name="ukkusiksalik-plan"/>
Vuntut	File:Vontut National Park.jpg	Yukon Template:Coord	1993	Template:Sort		Northern Yukon	Adjacent to the Ivvavik National Park and the American Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the park area was not glaciated during the last ice age and now hosts Pleistocene fossil sites. Remote and inaccessible by road, the park was established, and is operated, in collaboration with the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation as part of that nation's Final Agreement with Canada.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Wapusk	File:Bärenmutter & Junges 3 2004-11-17.jpg	Manitoba Template:Coord	1996	Template:Sort	82	Hudson—James lowlands	Created from a portion of the provincial Churchill Wildlife Management Area, Wapusk helps protect the land base that act as maternity denning areas for polar bears.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Waterton Lakes ‡Template:Efn	File:Upper Waterton Lake.JPG	Alberta Template:Coord	30 May 1895	Template:Sort	475,842	Rocky Mountains	Coupled with American neighbour Glacier National Park in Montana, the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is both a World Heritage Site and the oldest transboundary protected area in the world. Anchored by Waterton Lake, home of the historic Prince of Wales Hotel, the park is famous for hiking attractions such as the Crypt Lake Trail.
Wood Buffalo *	File:Wood-Buffalo-NP Gros Beak Lake 2 98-07-02.jpg	Alberta / Northwest Territories Template:Coord	1922	Template:Sort	2,399	Northern boreal plains	The largest park in Canada, the park protects the habitat of the wood bison and the breeding grounds of the whooping crane and much of the Peace–Athabasca Delta. It is also a World Heritage Site and the world's largest dark-sky preserve.
Yoho *	File:Takakkaw Falls from the icezlinez trail (7897936732).jpg	British Columbia Template:Coord	10 October 1886	Template:Sort	663,878	Rocky Mountains	Part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to the Banff and Kootenay National Parks, Yoho includes the community of Field, Burgess Shale fossil deposit, Emerald Lake, Takakkaw Falls, and Kicking Horse River.

By province/territory

Province/Territory	Number	Parks
British Columbia	7	Glacier, Gulf Islands, Gwaii Haanas, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Pacific Rim, Yoho
Northwest Territories	6	Aulavik, Nááts'ihch'oh, Nahanni, Thaidene Nëné, Tuktut Nogait, Wood Buffalo<ref name=WBNP />
Ontario	6	Bruce Peninsula, Georgian Bay Islands, Point Pelee, Pukaskwa, Rouge, Thousand Islands
Alberta	5	Banff, Elk Island, Jasper, Waterton Lakes, Wood Buffalo<ref name=WBNP>Wood Buffalo National Park is split between Alberta and the Northwest Territories.</ref>
Nunavut	5	Auyuittuq, Qausuittuq, Quttinirpaaq, Sirmilik, Ukkusiksalik
Newfoundland and Labrador	4	[[Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve|Template:Proper name]], Gros Morne, Terra Nova, Torngat Mountains
Nova Scotia	3	Cape Breton Highlands, Kejimkujik, Sable Island
Quebec	3	Forillon, La Mauricie, Mingan Archipelago
Yukon	3	Ivvavik, Kluane, Vuntut
Manitoba	2	Riding Mountain, Wapusk
New Brunswick	2	Fundy, Kouchibouguac
Prince Edward Island	2	Pituamkek, Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan	2	Grasslands, Prince Albert

Proposed National Park 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.

Name	Location	Area	Natural region
Seal River Watershed<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Manitoba Template:Coord	Approx. Template:Sort<ref name="sealriver">Template:Cite web</ref>	Northwestern boreal uplands<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
South Okanagan—Similkameen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	British Columbia Template:Coord	Approx. Template:Sort<ref name="similkameen">Template:Cite web</ref>	Interior dry plateau<ref name="similkameen"/>

There remain seven Natural Regions unrepresented by either current or proposed parks.<ref name="systemmap">Template:Cite web</ref> As Parks Canada has a long-term goal of preserving representative areas of all Natural Regions, future parks will likely be established in these areas.<ref name="systemmap"/> These regions are:

• the "Boreal Lake Plateau" region of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec
• the "Laurentian Boreal Highlands" region of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec
• the "Manitoba Lowlands" region of Manitoba
• the "Northern Interior Plateaux and Mountains" region of British Columbia and Yukon
• the "Southampton Plain" region of Nunavut
• the "Ungava Tundra Plateau" region of Quebec and Nunavut
• the "Whale River" region of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, and Quebec

Abolished national parks

Name	Location	Established	Abolished
Brereton Lake Dominion Park<ref name="Harkin">Template:Cite book</ref>	Manitoba	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Buffalo National Park<ref name="Book"/>	Alberta	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Menissawok National Park<ref name=Act/>	Saskatchewan	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Nemiskam National Park<ref name="Book">Template:Cite book</ref>	Alberta	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Vidal Point Dominion Park<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Saskatchewan	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Wawaskesy National Park<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	Alberta	Template:Dts	Template:Dts

• Brereton and Vidal were transferred to provincial jurisdiction, both continuing as (renamed) provincial parks.
• Buffalo, Menissawok, Nemiskam and Wawaskesy were created expressly to protect and regenerate dangerously low populations of bison and pronghorn, and were delisted when those populations improved.

National Marine Conservation Areas

National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs) is a program established in 2002 with the goal of preserving marine ecosystems representing the 29 marine regions of Canada.<ref name="nmcaplan">Template:Cite web</ref> They are designed for sustainable use, although they usually also contain areas designed to protect ecological integrity. National Marine Conservation Area Reserves are protected areas proposed to be added to the NMCA system pending settlement of indigenous land and water rights. In the interim, they are administered under park rules.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:As of, established NMCAs and NMCA Reserves protect Template:Cvt of waters, wetlands, and coastlines, representing five of the 29 identified marine regions with studies underway for protected areas in three additional regions.<ref name="nmcaplan"/>

Name	Photo	Location	Established<ref name="natgeo17"/>	Area (2017)<ref name="natgeo17"/>	Annual visitors (2022–23)<ref name=":0" />	Marine region<ref name="nmcaplan"/>	Description
Fathom Five †	File:Flowerpot Island Big Flowerpot.JPG	Ontario Template:Coord	20 July 1987	Template:Sort	227,828	Georgian Bay	The marine counterpart to Bruce National Park, Fathom Five is named for a line in Shakespeare's The Tempest. The first marine unit in the national parks system preserves a unique aquatic environment and several small islands including Flowerpot Island. The unusually clear waters and numerous shipwrecks on the shoals of Georgian Bay make the park a popular destination for scuba divers.<ref name="natgeo17"/>Template:Rp
Gwaii Haanas (Reserve)	File:Gwaii Haanas (28724808792).jpg	British Columbia Template:Coord	11 June 2010	Template:Sort<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	2,651<ref name=":2" />	Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Shelf	Along with the national park reserve of the same name, Gwaii Haanas protects an area extending from the ocean floor of the Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Basin to the mountains of the Haida Gwaii. The marine reserve preserves the Haida people's traditional use of the waters while protecting the area from oil exploration and commercial fishing.<ref name="natgeo17"/>Template:Rp
Lake Superior	File:Thunder Bay Islands.jpg	Ontario Template:Coord	1 September 2015	Template:Sort		Lake Superior	Adjacent to the United States' Isle Royale National Park and several Ontario provincial parks, Lake Superior NMCA forms part of the world's largest freshwater reserve.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Saguenay–St. Lawrence †	File:Parc marin du Saguenay–Saint-Laurent (31).JPG	Quebec Template:Coord	8 June 1998	Template:Sort<ref>Template:Cite map</ref>	1,070,634	St. Lawrence Estuary	Located at the confluence of the Saguenay and [[St. Lawrence River|St.Template:NbspLawrence]] rivers and adjacent to Quebec's Saguenay Fjord National Park, Saguenay–St. Lawrence protects a portion of the [[Estuary of Saint Lawrence|St.Template:NbspLawrence estuary]], a common feeding ground for marine mammals such as the endangered St.Template:NbspLawrence beluga whale.

Proposed National Marine Conservation Areas

Study area	Location	Area	Marine region<ref name="nmcaplan"/>
Magdalen Islands<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite report</ref>	Quebec Template:Coord	Template:Sort	Magdalen shallows
Southern Strait of Georgia<ref>Template:Cite report</ref> (Reserve)	British Columbia Template:Coord	Template:Sort	Strait of Georgia
Tallurutiup Imanga<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>	Nunavut Template:Coord	Template:Sort	Lancaster Sound

National Landmarks

The National Landmarks program was established in 1978 to protect specific natural features considered "outstanding, exceptional, unique, or rare to this country. These natural features would typically be isolated entities and of scientific interest."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The enabling legislation expired 10 years later, and was not renewed. Pingo National Landmark was the only such unit established in that time.

Name	Photo	Location	Established<ref name="natgeo17"/>	Area (2017)<ref name="natgeo17"/>	Description
Pingo	File:Melting pingo wedge ice.jpg	Northwest Territories Template:Coord	25 July 1984	Template:Convert	Located on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, Canada's only National Landmark preserves eight ice-cored mounds known as pingos including Canada's largest, Ibyuk Pingo, along with other land and ice formations unique to the permafrost environment.

Provincial parks categorized as national parks

Provincial and territorial parks are administered and funded by their respective governments. The province of Quebec's Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq) names its protected areas "national parks" (Template:Langx). These are not part of the National Parks System administered by Parks Canada, other than Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park which is co-managed by both agencies.<ref name="Saguenay-StLawrence">Template:Cite book</ref>

Some sub-national parks are categorized by the IUCN under the umbrella term national parks (Category II) in its global Protected Area Management Categories. As of 2011, there were more than 1500 Category II-listed areas across the country, including nearly 700 in B.C., and at least 500 in Ontario. Only Quebec uses the term “national park” for such provincial areas, using the IUCN's category name as justification.

In addition to the national park system, several federal agencies manage natural, scientific, and recreational areas. In the National Capital Region, a number of parklands come under the jurisdiction of the National Capital Commission, including Gatineau Park in Quebec. None of these are part of the national park system.

See also

• List of Canadian protected areas
• List of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada
• List of national historic sites of Canada
• List of World Heritage Sites in Canada

External links

• National Parks of Canada
• National Marine Conservation Areas of Canada
• World Heritage Sites in Canada
• The Canada Guide