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National Parks by Province

Browse every Parks Canada national park grouped by province or territory.

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Alberta

RockiesUNESCO

Alberta

Banff National Park

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

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RockiesUNESCO

Alberta

Jasper National Park

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

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RockiesUNESCO

Alberta

Waterton Lakes National Park

Where the prairie meets the peaks — abruptly and beautifully.

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Prairies

Alberta

Elk Island National Park

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

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Alberta / Northwest Territories

BorealUNESCO

Alberta / Northwest Territories

Wood Buffalo National Park

Canada's largest national park — and the world's largest dark-sky preserve.

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British Columbia

RockiesUNESCO

British Columbia

Yoho National Park

'Yoho' is a Cree expression of awe — and the park earns it.

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RockiesUNESCO

British Columbia

Kootenay National Park

From cactus to glacier in a single afternoon.

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Rockies

British Columbia

Glacier National Park

131 glaciers, the wettest mountain weather in Canada, and the storied Rogers Pass.

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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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Pacific

British Columbia

Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Arbutus-fringed islets between Vancouver Island and the mainland.

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PacificUNESCO

British Columbia

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve

A co-managed Haida homeland of moss, sea otters and ancient totems.

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Manitoba

Boreal

Manitoba

Riding Mountain National Park

Where the prairies climb into the boreal forest.

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Arctic

Manitoba

Wapusk National Park

One of the world's largest polar bear maternity denning areas.

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New Brunswick

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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Newfoundland and Labrador

AtlanticUNESCO

Newfoundland 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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Atlantic

Newfoundland and Labrador

Terra Nova National Park

Iceberg-streaked fjords on Newfoundland's east coast.

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Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)

Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve

Northern

Newfoundland 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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Arctic

Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)

Torngat Mountains National Park

Inuit homeland of jagged peaks, fjords and polar bears.

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Northwest Territories

NorthernUNESCO

Northwest Territories

Nahanni National Park Reserve

Virginia Falls — twice as tall as Niagara — and the legendary South Nahanni River.

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Northern

Northwest Territories

Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve

Headwaters of the South Nahanni — protected with the Dene of the Sahtu.

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Arctic

Northwest Territories

Aulavik National Park

Banks Island musk ox country.

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Arctic

Northwest Territories

Tuktut Nogait National Park

Calving grounds of the Bluenose-West caribou.

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Nova Scotia

Atlantic

Nova Scotia

Kejimkujik National Park

Mi'kmaw paddling routes through Atlantic dark sky country.

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Atlantic

Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Highlands National Park

The Cabot Trail's high, windswept centerpiece.

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Atlantic

Nova Scotia

Sable Island National Park Reserve

Wild horses on a sandbar 290 km off the Nova Scotia coast.

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Nunavut

Arctic

Nunavut

Auyuittuq National Park

The Akshayuk Pass and the granite walls of Baffin Island.

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Arctic

Nunavut

Quttinirpaaq National Park

'The top of the world' — the second most northerly park on Earth.

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Arctic

Nunavut

Sirmilik National Park

Floe-edge narwhal and the cliffs of Bylot Island.

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Arctic

Nunavut

Ukkusiksalik National Park

Wager Bay's reversing tidal falls and inland polar bears.

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Arctic

Nunavut

Qausuittuq National Park

The Place Where The Sun Does Not Rise — Bathurst Island's Peary caribou.

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Ontario

Boreal

Ontario

Pukaskwa National Park

Lake Superior at its wildest.

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Great LakesUNESCO

Ontario

Bruce Peninsula National Park

Caribbean-blue water on a Niagara Escarpment cliff.

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Great Lakes

Ontario

Georgian Bay Islands National Park

63 windswept islands in the world's largest freshwater archipelago.

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Great Lakes

Ontario

Point Pelee National Park

Canada's southernmost mainland — and a world-class migration funnel.

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St. Lawrence

Ontario

Thousand Islands National Park

Canada's smallest national park — and one of its oldest.

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Great Lakes

Ontario

Rouge National Urban Park

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

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Prince Edward Island

Atlantic

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island National Park

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

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Québec

Boreal

Québec

La Mauricie National Park

150 lakes in the Laurentian foothills — a paddler's paradise.

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Atlantic

Québec

Forillon National Park

Where the Appalachians plunge into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve

Atlantic

Québec

Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve

A thousand sea-sculpted limestone monoliths on Québec's North Shore.

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Saskatchewan

Boreal

Saskatchewan

Prince Albert National Park

Where the boreal forest, aspen parkland and prairie meet.

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Prairies

Saskatchewan

Grasslands National Park

Canada's only mixed-grass prairie park — and one of its darkest skies.

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Yukon

NorthernUNESCO

Yukon

Kluane National Park & Reserve

Canada's highest peak, the largest non-polar icefield, and the road to Alaska.

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Arctic

Yukon

Vuntut National Park

Old Crow Flats and the Porcupine caribou herd.

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Arctic

Yukon

Ivvavik National Park

Canada's first park created through a land-claim agreement.

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Common questions

National Parks by Province — FAQ

Which province has the most national parks?+

British Columbia (7 parks and park reserves), tied roughly with Newfoundland & Labrador (4 parks + a large national park reserve).

Are territorial parks the same as national parks?+

No — Yukon, NWT and Nunavut have territorial park systems that are separate from Parks Canada but often equally remarkable.

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