World Heritage Sites in Canada

Site nameEntered
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site1978
Nahanni National Park1978
Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek1979
Dinosaur Provincial Park1979
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump1981
SGang Gwaay1981
Wood Buffalo National Park1983
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks1984
Historic District of Québec1985
Gros Morne National Park1987
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park1995
Old Town Lunenburg1995
Miguasha Park1999
The Rideau Canal2007
The Joggins Fossil Cliffs2008
The Landscape of Grand Pré2012

Tentative list of Canada
Áísínai’pi
Atikaki / Woodland Caribou / Accord First Nations (Pimachiowin Aki)
Gwaii Haanas
Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk)
Mistaken Point
Quttinirpaaq
Red Bay
The Klondike









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Canada statistics:
Number of WHS: 16
Number of Tentative sites: 8
Member of the World Heritage Committee in: 1977 1978 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2007 2008 2009
News and links:
» Canada's World Heritage Sites on Parks Canada website (18-09-2012).
» Writing-On-Stone touted as World Heritage Site (16-04-2010).
» The environmentally friendly Joggins Fossil Centre has opened and is ready for WHS status (22-04-2008).




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