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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.
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) | Year | Description |
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Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks | ![]() |
Alberta and British Columbia 51°25′N 116°29′W |
Natural: (vii), (viii) |
2,306,884 (5,700,430) | 1984 [nb 1] |
[1] [2] |
Dinosaur Provincial Park | ![]() |
Alberta 50°46′4″N 111°29′32″W |
Natural: (vii), (viii) |
7,493 (18,520) | 1979 | [3] |
Gros Morne National Park | ![]() |
Newfoundland and Labrador 49°37′N 57°32′W |
Natural: (vii), (viii) |
180,500 (446,000) | 1987 | [4] |
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | ![]() |
Alberta 49°44′58″N 113°37′26″W |
Cultural: (vi) |
— | 1981 | [5] |
Historic District of Old Québec | ![]() |
Quebec City, Quebec 46°48′34″N 71°12′38″W |
Cultural: (iv), (vi) |
— | 1985 | [6] |
Joggins Fossil Cliffs | Nova Scotia 45°42′35″N 64°26′9″W |
Natural: (viii) |
689 (1,700); buffer zone 29 (72) | 2008 | [7] | |
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek | ![]() |
British Columbia and Yukon*; Alaska, United States* 61°12′N 141°0′W |
Natural: (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) |
9,839,121 (24,313,000) | 1979 [nb 2] |
[8] [9] [10] |
Landscape of Grand-Pré | Nova Scotia 45°7′6″N 64°18′26″W |
Cultural: (v), (vi) |
1,323 (3,270) | 2012 | [11] | |
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site | ![]() |
Newfoundland and Labrador 51°28′0″N 55°37′0″W |
Cultural: (vi) |
— | 1978 | [12] |
Miguasha National Park | ![]() |
Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec 48°6′18″N 66°21′11″W |
Natural: (viii) |
87 (210) | 1999 | [13] |
Mistaken Point | ![]() |
Newfoundland and Labrador 46°37′55″N 53°11′25″W |
Natural: (viii) |
570 (1,400) | 2016 |
[14] |
Nahanni National Park | ![]() |
Northwest Territories 61°33′N 125°35′W |
Natural: (vii), (viii) |
476,560 (1,177,600) | 1978 | [15] |
Old Town Lunenburg | ![]() |
Nova Scotia 44°22′34″N 64°18′33″W |
Cultural: (iv), (v) |
— | 1995 | [16] |
Pimachiowin Aki | ![]() |
Manitoba and Ontario 51°49′35.1″N 95°24′40.6″W |
Mixed: (v), (vii), (ix), (x) |
4,015,000 (9,920,000) | 2018 |
[17] [18] [19] |
Red Bay Basque Whaling Station | ![]() |
Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador 51°43′55″N 56°25′32″W |
Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
313 (770) | 2013 | [20] |
Rideau Canal | ![]() |
Ontario 45°0′N 75°46′W |
Cultural: (i), (iv) |
21,455 (53,020); buffer zone 2,363 (5,840) | 2007 | [21] |
SGang Gwaay | ![]() |
British Columbia 52°5′42″N 131°13′13″W |
Cultural: (iii) |
— | 1981 | [22] |
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park | ![]() |
Alberta*; Montana, United States* 49°0′N 113°54′W |
Natural: (vii), (ix) |
457,614 (1,130,790) | 1995 | [23] |
Wood Buffalo National Park | ![]() |
Alberta and Northwest Territories 59°22′N 112°18′W |
Natural: (vii), (ix), (x) |
4,480,000 (11,100,000) | 1983 | [24] |
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi | ![]() |
Alberta 49°4′30″N 111°37′59″W |
Cultural: iii |
1,106 (2,730) | 2019 | [25] |
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) | Year of submission | Description |
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Gwaii Haanas | ![]() |
British Columbia 52°23′21″N 131°28′16″W |
Mixed: (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x) |
147,000 (360,000) | 2004 |
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Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk) | ![]() |
Yukon 69°31′11″N 139°31′30″W |
Mixed: (iv), (v), (vii), (viii), (x) |
1,550,000 (3,800,000) | 2004 |
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Quttinirpaaq | ![]() |
Nunavut 82°13′N 72°13′W |
Mixed: (iii), (vii), (viii), (x) |
3,777,500 (9,334,000) | 2004 |
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Tr’ondëk-Klondike | ![]() |
Yukon 64°N 139°W |
Cultural: (iv), (v) |
2004 |
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Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs | British Columbia | Natural: (viii), (ix), (x) |
100,000 (250,000) | 2018 |
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Stein Valley | British Columbia 50°15′26″N 122°0′12″W |
Cultural: (iii), (vi) |
107,191 (264,870) | 2018 |
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Wanuskewin | ![]() |
Saskatchewan 52°13′39″N 106°35′47.54″W |
Cultural: (iii) |
2018 |
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Anticosti Island | ![]() |
Quebec 49°51′42.05″N 64°31′20.01″W |
Natural: (viii) |
928,900 (2,295,000) (includes littoral area) |
2018 |
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Heart's Content Cable Station Provincial Historic Site | Newfoundland and Labrador 47°52′21.1″N 53°22′7.1″W |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
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Qajartalik | Nunavut 61°19′53.66″N 71°29′58.72″W |
Cultural: (iii) |
2018 |
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Sirmilik National Park and the proposed Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area | ![]() |
Nunavut 73°51′7.69″N 83°4′50.128″W |
Mixed: (v),(ix) |
2018 |
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Yukon Ice Patches | Yukon 60°16′49.6″N 135°41′36.6″W |
Cultural: (iii), (v) |
2018 |
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