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Sleep Inside Canada's Most Iconic Wilderness
Banff, Jasper, Pacific Rim, Fundy, Cape Breton, Gros Morne — Parks Canada's frontcountry and backcountry campgrounds put you steps from the country's most-photographed places.
Camping inside a Parks Canada national park is the gold standard — you wake up inside the place you came to see. From the alpine loops of Banff and Jasper to the ocean-spray tents of Pacific Rim and the fjord-side sites of Gros Morne, this hub covers the campgrounds, the booking lottery, the oTENTiks and the best-loop strategy across all Canadian national parks.
47
Canadian National Parks
7
National-Park Campgrounds
13
Provinces & Territories
28
With Frontcountry Camping
25
RV-Friendly
42
With Backcountry Sites
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Match a national park to your trip.
Filter by province, campground style and travel needs. Results pull from our curated Parks Canada campground database.
7 matches
Hybrid CampgroundBanff, Alberta
Tunnel Mountain Village
Iconic Rocky Mountain camping minutes from downtown Banff.
Family Pets National Park
National ParkJasper, Alberta
Whistlers Campground
Canada's largest national park campground, gateway to the Icefields Parkway.
Family Pets National Park
National ParkTofino, British Columbia
Green Point Campground
Pacific surf and old-growth rainforest on Vancouver Island's wild west coast.
Family Pets National Park
National ParkChéticamp, Nova Scotia
Chéticamp Campground
Cabot Trail camping where the Highlands meet the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Family Pets National Park
National ParkAlma, New Brunswick
Headquarters Campground
Camp above the world's highest tides at Fundy National Park.
Family Pets National Park
National ParkWasagaming, Manitoba
Wasagaming Campground
Prairie boreal escape on the shores of Clear Lake.
Family Pets National Park
National ParkHaines Junction, Yukon
Kathleen Lake Campground
Mountains and glacier lakes at the edge of Canada's largest icefields.
Family Pets National Park
Explore by park type
Eight kinds of national-park camping.
Parks Canada runs everything from drive-in frontcountry mega-loops to fly-in backcountry shelters. Pick the experience that matches your trip.
Coastal Parks
Pacific Rim, Gulf Islands, Cape Breton Highlands, Kejimkujik Seaside.
Boreal Parks
La Mauricie, Pukaskwa, Prince Albert — Shield lakes and dense forest.
Tundra & Arctic Parks
Auyuittuq, Quttinirpaaq, Aulavik — remote, fly-in, life-list.
Prairie Parks
Grasslands, Elk Island, Riding Mountain — big skies and bison.
oTENTik Loops
Parks Canada's signature hybrid tent on a platform with real beds and a wood stove.
Backcountry Sites
Hike-in and paddle-in sites with bear lockers and pit toilets.
Reservable Group Sites
Loops for 10–60 people in many marquee parks — perfect for reunions.
Explore by province
National Park Camping coast to coast.
Every national park
All 47 Canadian National Parks.
The complete Parks Canada destination list — filter by province, region or camping availability. Every park is a valid camping-trip target; not every one has a serviced loop yet.
47 national parks
RockiesAlberta
Banff National Park
Canada's first national park — and still the one against which the rest are measured.
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RockiesAlberta
Jasper National Park
The wilder, quieter, darker-skied sibling of Banff.
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RockiesBritish Columbia
Yoho National Park
'Yoho' is a Cree expression of awe — and the park earns it.
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RockiesBritish Columbia
Kootenay National Park
From cactus to glacier in a single afternoon.
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RockiesAlberta
Waterton Lakes National Park
Where the prairie meets the peaks — abruptly and beautifully.
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RockiesBritish Columbia
Glacier National Park
131 glaciers, the wettest mountain weather in Canada, and the storied Rogers Pass.
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RockiesBritish Columbia
Mount Revelstoke National Park
Drive to the summit and walk through an alpine meadow.
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PacificBritish Columbia
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Surf-pounded sand, rainforest cathedrals, and the West Coast Trail.
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PacificBritish Columbia
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Arbutus-fringed islets between Vancouver Island and the mainland.
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PacificBritish Columbia
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
A co-managed Haida homeland of moss, sea otters and ancient totems.
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PrairiesAlberta
Elk Island National Park
Free-roaming plains and wood bison on Edmonton's doorstep.
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BorealAlberta / Northwest Territories
Wood Buffalo National Park
Canada's largest national park — and the world's largest dark-sky preserve.
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BorealSaskatchewan
Prince Albert National Park
Where the boreal forest, aspen parkland and prairie meet.
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PrairiesSaskatchewan
Grasslands National Park
Canada's only mixed-grass prairie park — and one of its darkest skies.
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BorealManitoba
Riding Mountain National Park
Where the prairies climb into the boreal forest.
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ArcticManitoba
Wapusk National Park
One of the world's largest polar bear maternity denning areas.
BorealOntario
Pukaskwa National Park
Lake Superior at its wildest.
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Great LakesOntario
Bruce Peninsula National Park
Caribbean-blue water on a Niagara Escarpment cliff.
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Great LakesOntario
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
63 windswept islands in the world's largest freshwater archipelago.
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Great LakesOntario
Point Pelee National Park
Canada's southernmost mainland — and a world-class migration funnel.
St. LawrenceOntario
Thousand Islands National Park
Canada's smallest national park — and one of its oldest.
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Great LakesOntario
Rouge National Urban Park
Canada's first — and currently only — national urban park.
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BorealQuébec
La Mauricie National Park
150 lakes in the Laurentian foothills — a paddler's paradise.
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AtlanticQuébec
Forillon National Park
Where the Appalachians plunge into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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AtlanticQuébec
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
A thousand sea-sculpted limestone monoliths on Québec's North Shore.
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AtlanticNew Brunswick
Fundy National Park
Walk on the ocean floor where the world's highest tides recede.
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AtlanticNew Brunswick
Kouchibouguac National Park
Warm-water lagoons and 25 kilometres of barrier dunes.
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AtlanticPrince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island National Park
Red cliffs, white beaches, and Anne of Green Gables.
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AtlanticNova Scotia
Kejimkujik National Park
Mi'kmaw paddling routes through Atlantic dark sky country.
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AtlanticNova Scotia
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
The Cabot Trail's high, windswept centerpiece.
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AtlanticNova Scotia
Sable Island National Park Reserve
Wild horses on a sandbar 290 km off the Nova Scotia coast.
AtlanticNewfoundland and Labrador
Gros Morne National Park
Earth's mantle exposed at the surface — and one of the world's great fjords inland.
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AtlanticNewfoundland and Labrador
Terra Nova National Park
Iceberg-streaked fjords on Newfoundland's east coast.
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NorthernNewfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)
Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve
Labrador's wild Mealy Mountains — co-managed with the Innu and Inuit.
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ArcticNewfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)
Torngat Mountains National Park
Inuit homeland of jagged peaks, fjords and polar bears.
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NorthernYukon
Kluane National Park & Reserve
Canada's highest peak, the largest non-polar icefield, and the road to Alaska.
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ArcticYukon
Vuntut National Park
Old Crow Flats and the Porcupine caribou herd.
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ArcticYukon
Ivvavik National Park
Canada's first park created through a land-claim agreement.
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NorthernNorthwest Territories
Nahanni National Park Reserve
Virginia Falls — twice as tall as Niagara — and the legendary South Nahanni River.
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NorthernNorthwest Territories
Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve
Headwaters of the South Nahanni — protected with the Dene of the Sahtu.
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ArcticNorthwest Territories
Aulavik National Park
Banks Island musk ox country.
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ArcticNorthwest Territories
Tuktut Nogait National Park
Calving grounds of the Bluenose-West caribou.
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ArcticNunavut
Auyuittuq National Park
The Akshayuk Pass and the granite walls of Baffin Island.
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ArcticNunavut
Quttinirpaaq National Park
'The top of the world' — the second most northerly park on Earth.
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ArcticNunavut
Sirmilik National Park
Floe-edge narwhal and the cliffs of Bylot Island.
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ArcticNunavut
Ukkusiksalik National Park
Wager Bay's reversing tidal falls and inland polar bears.
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ArcticNunavut
Qausuittuq National Park
The Place Where The Sun Does Not Rise — Bathurst Island's Peary caribou.
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Editor's picks
Where to start.
Hybrid CampgroundBanff, Alberta
Tunnel Mountain Village
Iconic Rocky Mountain camping minutes from downtown Banff.
★ 4.6 · Gem 4/10
National ParkJasper, Alberta
Whistlers Campground
Canada's largest national park campground, gateway to the Icefields Parkway.
★ 4.5 · Gem 3/10
National ParkTofino, British Columbia
Green Point Campground
Pacific surf and old-growth rainforest on Vancouver Island's wild west coast.
★ 4.7 · Gem 6/10
National ParkChéticamp, Nova Scotia
Chéticamp Campground
Cabot Trail camping where the Highlands meet the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
★ 4.7 · Gem 6/10
National ParkAlma, New Brunswick
Headquarters Campground
Camp above the world's highest tides at Fundy National Park.
★ 4.6 · Gem 5/10
National ParkHaines Junction, Yukon
Kathleen Lake Campground
Mountains and glacier lakes at the edge of Canada's largest icefields.
★ 4.9 · Gem 10/10
Best of national-park camping
Browse by what matters most.
Most Iconic Parks
Banff, Jasper, Pacific Rim, Gros Morne.
Best Hidden-Gem Parks
Pukaskwa, Wapusk, Tuktut Nogait, Quttinirpaaq.
Best for Families
Pacific Rim, Fundy, Riding Mountain, PEI National.
Best for Couples
Quiet park-edge campgrounds and oTENTiks for two.
Best Backcountry Trips
Skoki Loop, West Coast Trail, Long Range Traverse.
Best Fall Colours
La Mauricie, Cape Breton Highlands, Forillon, Fundy.
Best Winter Camping
Year-round oTENTiks, hot tents and fat-bike trails.
Best for First-Timers
Easy access, ranger programs, clean washroom blocks.
Near Canada's iconic parks
Pair your camping trip with these parks.
Banff National Park
Tunnel Mountain, Two Jack and Lake Louise loops in Canada's first national park.
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Jasper National Park
Whistlers, Wabasso and Wapiti in the dark-sky preserve.
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Pacific Rim
Green Point on the edge of Long Beach — Pacific surf as your alarm clock.
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Fundy
Headquarters, Point Wolfe and Chignecto above the world's highest tides.
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Gros Morne
Berry Hill, Trout River and Lomond — fjords, tablelands, dark skies.
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Cape Breton Highlands
Chéticamp, Broad Cove and Ingonish on the Cabot Trail.
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Featured itineraries
Trips built around national parks.
Rocky Mountain Big Three
Banff → Yoho → Jasper sleeping in serviced loops with day hikes between.
Pacific Coast Loop
Pacific Rim → Gulf Islands → Vancouver Island provincial parks.
Maritime National Parks Tour
Fundy → Kouchibouguac → PEI → Cape Breton in two weeks.
Newfoundland Marquee
Gros Morne → Terra Nova → L'Anse aux Meadows.
Boreal & Bison
Riding Mountain → Prince Albert → Wood Buffalo.
Backcountry Sampler
Skoki Loop in Banff or Long Range in Gros Morne — multi-day classics.
Season by season
A national park for every season.
Spring
Most parks open mid-May. Lower elevations dry first; mountain loops can still see snow.
Summer
Peak season — book Banff, Jasper, Pacific Rim and Cape Breton the day the window opens.
Fall
The country's best window: cool nights, peak colours, lower rates, available sites.
Winter
Year-round oTENTiks in Banff, Jasper, Fundy and PEI. Cross-country skiing and fat-biking.
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Travel concierge
Need help planning a national-park trip?
Reservation windows, oTENTik availability, big-rig site dimensions, backcountry permit lotteries — there's a lot to coordinate. Our Travel Concierge can plan a multi-park loop and book every loop along the way.
FAQs
Common questions.
When do Parks Canada reservations open?+
Frontcountry campgrounds open in January–March, with each park having a specific launch date and time. Mark it in your calendar — popular sites sell out in minutes.
Do I need a Parks Canada Discovery Pass?+
Yes for entry — a daily pass is $11/adult or $22/family. An annual Discovery Pass ($75/adult, $151/family) is great if you'll visit 3+ days in a year.
What's an oTENTik?+
Parks Canada's signature hybrid: a permanent tent on a wooden platform sleeping up to six, with real beds, a wood stove, picnic table and BBQ. Shared washrooms nearby. Available in 30+ parks.
Are national-park campgrounds RV-friendly?+
Most marquee parks have 30-amp electric, water and dump-station-equipped loops. Many fit big rigs to 40 ft+. Check site dimensions before booking.
Can I camp in the backcountry?+
Yes — every park with hiking-distance backcountry sites requires a Wilderness Permit ($10–$25/person/night). Reserve as early as possible for marquee routes like Skoki or West Coast Trail.
Are pets allowed?+
Yes on leash in most parks. Some interpretive trails and beaches are off-limits — check the park's pet map.
What's the cancellation policy?+
Most reservations refund minus a fee if cancelled before arrival. Same-day no-shows forfeit the first night. Buy trip insurance for backcountry permits.
How early should I arrive at my site?+
Check-in is usually 1–2 PM, check-out 11 AM. Arrive in daylight for backcountry sites — finding a tent pad after dark is no fun.
Coast to coast
Ready to sleep inside Canada's biggest landscapes?
From Banff's Bow Valley to the surf at Long Beach to the cliffs of Gros Morne — find your next Parks Canada campsite.