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List of World Heritage Sites in Canada

Location of World Heritage Sites in Canada

Canada has 20 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Nine of them are cultural sites, ten are natural, and one is mixed. This article lists all twenty sites in Canada.

List

Site Image Location Criteria Area
ha (acre)
 Year Description
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks   CanadaAlberta and British Columbia
51°25′N 116°29′W / 51.417°N 116.483°W / 51.417; -116.483 (Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks) 		Natural:
(vii), (viii) 		2,306,884 (5,700,430) 1984
[nb 1]		 [1]
[2]
Dinosaur Provincial Park   CanadaAlberta
50°46′4″N 111°29′32″W / 50.76778°N 111.49222°W / 50.76778; -111.49222 (Dinosaur Provincial Park) 		Natural:
(vii), (viii) 		7,493 (18,520) 1979 [3]
Gros Morne National Park   CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador
49°37′N 57°32′W / 49.617°N 57.533°W / 49.617; -57.533 (Gros Morne National Park) 		Natural:
(vii), (viii) 		180,500 (446,000) 1987 [4]
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump   CanadaAlberta
49°44′58″N 113°37′26″W / 49.74944°N 113.62389°W / 49.74944; -113.62389 (Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump) 		Cultural:
(vi) 		&10000000000000000000000— 1981 [5]
Historic District of Old Québec   CanadaQuebec City, Quebec
46°48′34″N 71°12′38″W / 46.80944°N 71.21056°W / 46.80944; -71.21056 (Historic District of Old Québec) 		Cultural:
(iv), (vi) 		&10000000000000000000000— 1985 [6]
Joggins Fossil Cliffs   CanadaNova Scotia
45°42′35″N 64°26′9″W / 45.70972°N 64.43583°W / 45.70972; -64.43583 (Joggins Fossil Cliffs) 		Natural:
(viii) 		689 (1,700); buffer zone 29 (72) 2008 [7]
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek   CanadaBritish Columbia and Yukon*;
Alaska, United States*
61°12′N 141°0′W / 61.200°N 141.000°W / 61.200; -141.000 (Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek) 		Natural:
(vii), (viii), (ix), (x) 		9,839,121 (24,313,000) 1979
[nb 2]		 [8]
[9]
[10]
Landscape of Grand-Pré   CanadaNova Scotia
45°7′6″N 64°18′26″W / 45.11833°N 64.30722°W / 45.11833; -64.30722 (Landscape of Grand-Pré) 		Cultural:
(v), (vi) 		1,323 (3,270) 2012 [11]
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site   CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador
51°28′0″N 55°37′0″W / 51.46667°N 55.61667°W / 51.46667; -55.61667 (L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site) 		Cultural:
(vi) 		&10000000000000000000000— 1978 [12]
Miguasha National Park   CanadaGaspé Peninsula, Quebec
48°6′18″N 66°21′11″W / 48.10500°N 66.35306°W / 48.10500; -66.35306 (Miguasha National Park) 		Natural:
(viii) 		87 (210) 1999 [13]
Mistaken Point   CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador
46°37′55″N 53°11′25″W / 46.63194°N 53.19028°W / 46.63194; -53.19028 (Mistaken Point) 		Natural:
(viii) 		570 (1,400) 2016
 [14]
Nahanni National Park   CanadaNorthwest Territories
61°33′N 125°35′W / 61.550°N 125.583°W / 61.550; -125.583 (Nahanni National Park) 		Natural:
(vii), (viii) 		476,560 (1,177,600) 1978 [15]
Old Town Lunenburg   CanadaNova Scotia
44°22′34″N 64°18′33″W / 44.37611°N 64.30917°W / 44.37611; -64.30917 (Old Town Lunenburg) 		Cultural:
(iv), (v) 		&10000000000000000000000— 1995 [16]
Pimachiowin Aki   CanadaManitoba and Ontario
51°49′35.1″N 95°24′40.6″W / 51.826417°N 95.411278°W / 51.826417; -95.411278 (Pimachiowin Aki) 		Mixed:
(v), (vii), (ix), (x) 		4,015,000 (9,920,000) 2018
 [17]
[18]
[19]
Red Bay Basque Whaling Station   CanadaRed Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
51°43′55″N 56°25′32″W / 51.73194°N 56.42556°W / 51.73194; -56.42556 (Red Bay Basque Whaling Station) 		Cultural:
(iii), (iv) 		313 (770) 2013 [20]
Rideau Canal   CanadaOntario
45°0′N 75°46′W / 45.000°N 75.767°W / 45.000; -75.767 (Rideau Canal) 		Cultural:
(i), (iv) 		21,455 (53,020); buffer zone 2,363 (5,840) 2007 [21]
SGang Gwaay   CanadaBritish Columbia
52°5′42″N 131°13′13″W / 52.09500°N 131.22028°W / 52.09500; -131.22028 (SGang Gwaay) 		Cultural:
(iii) 		&10000000000000000000000— 1981 [22]
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park   CanadaAlberta*;
Montana, United States*
49°0′N 113°54′W / 49.000°N 113.900°W / 49.000; -113.900 (Waterton Glacier International Peace Park) 		Natural:
(vii), (ix) 		457,614 (1,130,790) 1995 [23]
Wood Buffalo National Park   CanadaAlberta and Northwest Territories
59°22′N 112°18′W / 59.367°N 112.300°W / 59.367; -112.300 (Wood Buffalo National Park) 		Natural:
(vii), (ix), (x) 		4,480,000 (11,100,000) 1983 [24]
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi   CanadaAlberta
49°4′30″N 111°37′59″W / 49.07500°N 111.63306°W / 49.07500; -111.63306 (Áísínai'pi) 		Cultural:
iii 		1,106 (2,730) 2019 [25]

Tentative list

Site Image Location Criteria Area
ha (acre)
 Year of submission Description
Gwaii Haanas   CanadaBritish Columbia
52°23′21″N 131°28′16″W / 52.38917°N 131.47111°W / 52.38917; -131.47111 (Gwaii Haanas) 		Mixed:
(iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x) 		147,000 (360,000) 2004
Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk)   CanadaYukon
69°31′11″N 139°31′30″W / 69.51972°N 139.52500°W / 69.51972; -139.52500 (Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk)) 		Mixed:
(iv), (v), (vii), (viii), (x) 		1,550,000 (3,800,000) 2004
Quttinirpaaq   CanadaNunavut
82°13′N 72°13′W / 82.217°N 72.217°W / 82.217; -72.217 (Quttinirpaaq) 		Mixed:
(iii), (vii), (viii), (x) 		3,777,500 (9,334,000) 2004
Tr’ondëk-Klondike   CanadaYukon
64°N 139°W / 64°N 139°W / 64; -139 (The Klondike) 		Cultural:
(iv), (v) 		2004
Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs CanadaBritish Columbia Natural:
(viii), (ix), (x) 		100,000 (250,000) 2018
Stein Valley   CanadaBritish Columbia
50°15′26″N 122°0′12″W / 50.25722°N 122.00333°W / 50.25722; -122.00333 (Stein Valley) 		Cultural:
(iii), (vi) 		107,191 (264,870) 2018
Wanuskewin   CanadaSaskatchewan
52°13′39″N 106°35′47.54″W / 52.22750°N 106.5965389°W / 52.22750; -106.5965389 (Wanuskewin) 		Cultural:
(iii) 		2018
Anticosti Island   CanadaQuebec
49°51′42.05″N 64°31′20.01″W / 49.8616806°N 64.5222250°W / 49.8616806; -64.5222250 (Anticosti Island) 		Natural:
(viii) 		928,900 (2,295,000)
(includes littoral area) 		2018
Heart's Content Cable Station Provincial Historic Site CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador
47°52′21.1″N 53°22′7.1″W / 47.872528°N 53.368639°W / 47.872528; -53.368639 (Heart's Content Cable Station) 		Cultural:
(ii), (iv)
Qajartalik CanadaNunavut
61°19′53.66″N 71°29′58.72″W / 61.3315722°N 71.4996444°W / 61.3315722; -71.4996444 (Qajartalik) 		Cultural:
(iii) 		2018
Sirmilik National Park and the proposed Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area   CanadaNunavut
73°51′7.69″N 83°4′50.128″W / 73.8521361°N 83.08059111°W / 73.8521361; -83.08059111 (Sirmilik National Park and the proposed Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area) 		Mixed:
(v),(ix) 		2018
Yukon Ice Patches CanadaYukon
60°16′49.6″N 135°41′36.6″W / 60.280444°N 135.693500°W / 60.280444; -135.693500 (Yukon Ice Patches) 		Cultural:
(iii), (v) 		2018

[26][27]

List Of World Heritage Sites In Canada Media

  • Virginia Falls (Nailicho), Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada

  • S'G̱ang Gwaay Llanagaay 6332

  • Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump-27527-2

  • Western Brook Pond Newfoundland Canada DSC 6405

  • Quill Creek, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada

References

  1. ↑ "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Decision - 14COM VII.E - Boundary Modifications: Canadian Rocky Mountains Parks (Canada)". UNESCO. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Dinosaur Provincial Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Gros Morne National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "Historic District of Old Québec". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "Joggins Fossil Cliffs". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "Decision - 16COM X.C - Extension: Glacier Bay National Park - extension of the Wrangell/St.Elias/Kluane site of Canada-USA (United States of America)". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  10. ↑ "Decision - 18COM XI - Extension: Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Wilderness Park (extension of the Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St. Elias/Kluane site) (Canada/USA)". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  11. ↑ "Landscape of Grand Pré". UNESCO. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  13. ↑ "Miguasha National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  14. ↑ Eight new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, UNESCO World Heritage Committee news release, July 17, 2016
  15. ↑ "Nahanni National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  16. ↑ "Old Town Lunenburg". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  17. ↑ UNESCO bid for Manitoba-Ontario boreal forest suffers major blow, CBC News Manitoba, July 17, 2016
  18. ↑ Johnson, Rhiannon (1 July 2018). "Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site is boreal forest important to First Nations cultures". CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/unesco-heritage-site-pimachiowin-aki-1.4728561. Retrieved July 2, 2018. 
  19. ↑ "Pimachiowin Aki". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  20. ↑ "Red Bay Basque Whaling Station". UNESCO. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  21. ↑ "Rideau Canal". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  22. ↑ "SGang Gwaay". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  23. ↑ "Waterton Glacier International Peace Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  24. ↑ "Wood Buffalo National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  25. ↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  26. ↑ "World heritage sites in Canada - Canada's Tentative List". Parks Canada. Government of Canada. 23 January 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Canada". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

Notes

  1. ↑ Extended in 1990 to include Mount Robson, Hamber and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Parks.
  2. ↑ Extended in 1992 to include the Glacier Bay National Park and in 1994 to include the Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park. The name of the site was changed accordingly from Wrangell/St. Elias/Kluane at the time of inscription to Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St. Elias/Kluane in 1992 to the present name in 1994.
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