Discovery collection

Best National Parks for Families

Wide trails, interpretive programs, swimmable lakes and oTENTiks that don't require gear lists.

Prairies

Alberta

Elk Island National Park

Free-roaming plains and wood bison on Edmonton's doorstep.

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Great Lakes

Ontario

Rouge National Urban Park

Canada's first — and currently only — national urban park.

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Atlantic

New Brunswick

Fundy National Park

Walk on the ocean floor where the world's highest tides recede.

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Atlantic

New Brunswick

Kouchibouguac National Park

Warm-water lagoons and 25 kilometres of barrier dunes.

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Atlantic

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island National Park

Red cliffs, white beaches, and Anne of Green Gables.

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Alberta

Banff National Park

Canada's first national park — and still the one against which the rest are measured.

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Alberta

Jasper National Park

The wilder, quieter, darker-skied sibling of Banff.

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Alberta

Waterton Lakes National Park

Where the prairie meets the peaks — abruptly and beautifully.

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Rockies

British Columbia

Mount Revelstoke National Park

Drive to the summit and walk through an alpine meadow.

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Pacific

British Columbia

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Surf-pounded sand, rainforest cathedrals, and the West Coast Trail.

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Boreal

Saskatchewan

Prince Albert National Park

Where the boreal forest, aspen parkland and prairie meet.

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Boreal

Manitoba

Riding Mountain National Park

Where the prairies climb into the boreal forest.

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