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Canada's Provincial & Territorial Parks

More than 1,000 provincial and territorial parks span every province and territory — Algonquin's canoe country, Killarney's white quartzite, Garibaldi's alpine lakes, Tombstone's tundra. This directory grows with every batch.

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Algonquin Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Algonquin Provincial Park

Canada's original canoe-country wilderness — 2,400 lakes, howling wolves, red-and-orange autumns.

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Arrowhead Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Arrowhead Provincial Park

Muskoka's winter ice-skating trail through the forest — and a summer paddling lake.

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Awenda Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Awenda Provincial Park

Beech-maple forest and turquoise Georgian Bay beaches just north of Barrie.

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Barachois Pond Provincial ParkNL Parks

Newfoundland and Labrador

Barachois Pond Provincial Park

Newfoundland's largest provincial-park campground and the gateway to Erin Mountain.

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Birds Hill Provincial ParkManitoba Parks

Manitoba

Birds Hill Provincial Park

Winnipeg's front-door park — beach, bike trails and the Winnipeg Folk Festival grounds.

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Bon Echo Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Bon Echo Provincial Park

A 100-metre granite cliff over Mazinaw Lake, painted with Anishinaabe pictographs.

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Cabot Beach Provincial ParkPEI Provincial Parks

Prince Edward Island

Cabot Beach Provincial Park

PEI's largest provincial-park beach with red-cliff shoreline on Malpeque Bay.

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Cape Chignecto Provincial ParkNS Parks

Nova Scotia

Cape Chignecto Provincial Park

185 m sea cliffs over the Bay of Fundy — Nova Scotia's premier backpacking coast.

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Cultus Lake Provincial ParkBC Parks

British Columbia

Cultus Lake Provincial Park

Warm-water lake beach an hour from Vancouver — the region's family camping benchmark.

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Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Saskatchewan)Saskatchewan Parks

Saskatchewan

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Saskatchewan)

The wilder Saskatchewan side of Canada's only interprovincial park.

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Cypress Hills Provincial Park (Alberta)Alberta Parks

Alberta

Cypress Hills Provincial Park (Alberta)

A pine-forested plateau rising 600 m out of the shortgrass prairie — a Dark-Sky Preserve.

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Cyprus Lake (Bruce Peninsula) Provincial CampingOntario Parks

Ontario

Cyprus Lake (Bruce Peninsula) Provincial Camping

Camping gateway to the Grotto and turquoise Georgian Bay on the Bruce Peninsula.

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Dinosaur Provincial ParkAlberta Parks

Alberta

Dinosaur Provincial Park

UNESCO badlands with more dinosaur skeletons found in situ than anywhere on Earth.

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E.C. Manning Provincial ParkBC Parks

British Columbia

E.C. Manning Provincial Park

Cascade Mountain crossroads on Highway 3 — subalpine meadows two hours from Vancouver.

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Five Islands Provincial ParkNS Parks

Nova Scotia

Five Islands Provincial Park

Red-cliff overlooks of five iconic sea stacks and the highest tides on Earth.

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Garibaldi Provincial ParkBC Parks

British Columbia

Garibaldi Provincial Park

Turquoise glacier lakes and volcanic peaks a 90-minute drive from Vancouver.

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Grundy Lake Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Grundy Lake Provincial Park

Six warm Shield lakes on the Highway 69 corridor — the easy Killarney alternative.

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Hecla / Grindstone Provincial ParkManitoba Parks

Manitoba

Hecla / Grindstone Provincial Park

An Icelandic-settlement island on Lake Winnipeg — moose, marsh boardwalks and a lakeside resort.

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Herschel Island — Qikiqtaruk Territorial ParkYukon Parks

Yukon

Herschel Island — Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park

Yukon's only Arctic-Ocean island — a former whaling station on the Beaufort Sea.

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Joffre Lakes Provincial ParkBC Parks

British Columbia

Joffre Lakes Provincial Park

Three stacked turquoise lakes below a hanging glacier — BC's most-photographed day-hike.

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Katannilik Territorial ParkNunavut Parks

Nunavut

Katannilik Territorial Park

The 'Place of Waterfalls' on Baffin Island — a genuine Arctic backpacking traverse.

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Killarney Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Killarney Provincial Park

White-quartz La Cloche ridges above sapphire lakes — the landscape that inspired the Group of Seven.

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Lac La Ronge Provincial ParkSaskatchewan Parks

Saskatchewan

Lac La Ronge Provincial Park

Saskatchewan's biggest provincial park — 1,300+ islands on Lac La Ronge and Churchill River paddling.

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Lake Superior Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Lake Superior Provincial Park

Ontario's most cinematic coastline — pink granite cliffs into an inland sea, painted by the Group of Seven.

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Mount Carleton Provincial ParkNB Parks

New Brunswick

Mount Carleton Provincial Park

The Maritimes' highest peak (820 m) and the first Dark-Sky Preserve in eastern Canada.

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Mount Robson Provincial ParkBC Parks

British Columbia

Mount Robson Provincial Park

The highest peak in the Canadian Rockies — and the Berg Lake Trail beneath it.

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Notre Dame Provincial ParkNL Parks

Newfoundland and Labrador

Notre Dame Provincial Park

Iceberg-viewing base on Newfoundland's central north shore.

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Panmure Island Provincial ParkPEI Provincial Parks

Prince Edward Island

Panmure Island Provincial Park

Pristine white-sand dunes and PEI's oldest wooden lighthouse on the eastern shore.

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Parc national de la GaspésieSépaq

Quebec

Parc national de la Gaspésie

The Chic-Choc Mountains — Quebec's only alpine terrain and the last woodland caribou herd south of the St. Lawrence.

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Parc national de la Jacques-CartierSépaq

Quebec

Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier

A 550 m glacial valley 30 minutes from Quebec City — canoe the Jacques-Cartier River between vertical forested walls.

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Parc national des Grands-JardinsSépaq

Quebec

Parc national des Grands-Jardins

Boreal taiga and lichen barrens in Charlevoix — the southernmost caribou-like landscape in Quebec.

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Parc national des Îles-de-BouchervilleSépaq

Quebec

Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville

A river-island archipelago inside metropolitan Montreal — kayak channels and deer everywhere.

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Parc national du BicSépaq

Quebec

Parc national du Bic

Coastal capes, islands and seal colonies on the south shore of the Lower St. Lawrence.

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Parc national du Mont-MéganticSépaq

Quebec

Parc national du Mont-Mégantic

The world's first International Dark-Sky Reserve — plus an operating research observatory at 1,105 m.

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Parc national du Mont-TremblantSépaq

Quebec

Parc national du Mont-Tremblant

Quebec's oldest and largest provincial park — 400 lakes, six rivers, sugar-maple ridges.

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Peter Lougheed Provincial ParkAlberta Parks

Alberta

Peter Lougheed Provincial Park

Alberta's biggest provincial park — the Rockies without the Banff crowds.

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Pinery Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Pinery Provincial Park

Rare Oak Savanna and 10 km of Lake Huron sand — one of Ontario's most-booked parks.

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Presqu'ile Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Presqu'ile Provincial Park

A Lake Ontario peninsula that funnels every spring bird migration — Canada's warbler headquarters.

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Prince Albert National-adjacent Provincial LandsSaskatchewan Parks

Saskatchewan

Prince Albert National-adjacent Provincial Lands

Duck Mountain sister park in Saskatchewan's boreal — quiet paddling, dark skies, deep pine.

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Quetico Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Quetico Provincial Park

Northwestern Ontario's canoe wilderness — 2,000 km of connected paddling, no motors.

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Sandbanks Provincial ParkOntario Parks

Ontario

Sandbanks Provincial Park

The largest freshwater baymouth dune system in the world — Prince Edward County wine country's beach hub.

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Spray Valley Provincial ParkAlberta Parks

Alberta

Spray Valley Provincial Park

The quieter half of Kananaskis — Spray Lakes reservoir and the Smith-Dorrien road.

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Strathcona Provincial ParkBC Parks

British Columbia

Strathcona Provincial Park

Vancouver Island's alpine core — BC's oldest provincial park.

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Sugarloaf Provincial ParkNB Parks

New Brunswick

Sugarloaf Provincial Park

Northern NB's four-season adventure hub — lift-served biking and skiing on a Chic-Choc outlier.

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Tombstone Territorial ParkYukon Parks

Yukon

Tombstone Territorial Park

Jagged black granite spires above tundra that turns crimson in late August — the Yukon's Patagonia.

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Twin Falls Gorge Territorial ParkNWT Parks

Northwest Territories

Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park

Two thundering waterfalls on the Hay River — a classic NWT road-trip stop.

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Wells Gray Provincial ParkBC Parks

British Columbia

Wells Gray Provincial Park

BC's waterfall park — Helmcken Falls plunges 141 m into a volcanic bowl.

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Whiteshell Provincial ParkManitoba Parks

Manitoba

Whiteshell Provincial Park

200+ Canadian Shield lakes and granite ridges 90 minutes east of Winnipeg.

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Writing-on-Stone Provincial ParkAlberta Parks

Alberta

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

UNESCO-listed hoodoo badlands over the Milk River — the largest concentration of Indigenous rock art on the North American plains.

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