National Parks of Canada - Parchi nazionali del Canada

Location of Canadian National Parks

The Canadian National Parks System is operated by Parks Canada, which also maintains the country's National Historic Sites.

This list includes the two Canadian National Marine Conservation Areas (or National Marine Conservation Areas).

National parks by province

British Columbia

• Glacier National Park
• Gulf Islands National Park
• Gwaii Haanas National Park
• Kootenay National Park
• Mount Revelstoke National Park
• Pacific Ring National Park Reserve
• Yoho National Park

Alberta

• Banff National Park
• Elk Island National Park
• Jasper National Park
• Waterton Lakes National Park
• Wood Buffalo National Park (Alberta and Northwest Territories)

Saskatchewan

• Grasslands National Park
• Prince Albert National Park

Manitoba

• Riding Mountain National Park
• Wapusk National Park

Ontario

• Bruce Peninsula National Park
• Fathom Five National Marine Park (National Marine Conservation Area)
• Georgian Bay Islands National Park
• Point Pelee National Park
• Pukaskwa National Park
• Thousand Islands National Park

Quebec

• Forillon National Park
• Jacques-Cartier National Park
• Mauricie National Park
• Miguasha National Park
• Mingan Archipelago National Park
• Saguenay Marine Park - St. Lawrence (National Marine Conservation Area)

New Brunswick

• Fundy National Park
• Kouchibouguac National Park

Prince Edward Island

• Prince Edward Island National Park

Nova Scotia

• Cape Breton Highlands National Park
• Kejimkujik National Park
• Sable Island National Park

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Gros Morne National Park
• Newfoundland National Park
• Torngat Mountains National Park

Yukon Territory

• Ivvavik National Park
• Kluane National Park and Preserve
• Vuntut National Park

Northwest Territories

• Aulavik National Park
• Nahanni National Park
• Tuktut Nogait National Park
• Wood Buffalo National Park (Alberta and Northwest Territories)

Nunavut

• Auyuittuq National Park
• Quttinirpaaq National Park
• Sirmilik National Park
• Ukkusiksalik National Park

National parks and future reserves

Lands in four areas have been reserved for future national parks:

• Tutuk-Nogait in Northwest Territories (to expand the Tuktut Nogait National Park)
• The east arm of the Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories
• Torngat Mountains (included in Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve)
• North of Bathurst Island

Parks Canada is considering four other areas for additional national parks:

• Wolf Lake in Yukon
• Okanagan South - Low Similkameen in British Columbia
• Lowlands of the Manitoba a (northwest of Lake Winnipeg)
• Mealey Mountains in Labrador

Related items

Provincial Parks are administered and financed by provincial governments, however some provincial parks are classified as national parks (Category II) under the IUCN Protected Areas Management Categories (fromEnglish: International Union for the Conservation of Nature).

• List of Provincial Parks of Canada
  • List of Alberta Provincial Parks
  • List of provincial parks in British Columbia
  • List of Ontario Provincial Parks
  • List of Provincial Parks of Québec(the provincial parks of Quebec are marked as national parks)

External links

• Parks Canada
• Canada's National Parks (Parks Canada)
• Canada's National Marine Conservation Areas (Parks Canada)
• Canadian World Heritage Sites

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