World Heritage in Canada

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Blog: Top Tips for travelling to Canada as a WH traveller.

Relevant websites and news articles:

Memorandum of Understanding Formalizes Effort to Nominate Heart’s Content as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (25-09-2022)
Canada's World Heritage Sites on Parks Canada website (18-09-2012)

Relevant books and other resources:

Map of World Heritage in Canada

Site	Inscribed	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Anticosti	2023	Natural	1	3	2.17
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks	1984	Natural	8	311	4.6
Dinosaur Provincial Park	1979	Natural	8	111	3.63
Glacier parks	1979	Natural	5	199	4.23
Grand Pré	2012	Cultural	8	99	2.63
Gros Morne National Park	1987	Natural	10	90	4.21
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump	1981	Cultural	10	114	3.14
Joggins Fossil Cliffs	2008	Natural	8	92	3.07
L'Anse aux Meadows	1978	Cultural	8	78	3.39
Miguasha National Park	1999	Natural	5	54	2.65
Mistaken Point	2016	Natural	7	36	3.7
Nahanni National Park	1978	Natural	4	8	4.28
Old Town Lunenburg	1995	Cultural	7	139	3.25
Pimachiowin Aki	2018	Mixed	2	4	3.3
Québec	1985	Cultural	10	391	3.72
Red Bay Basque Whaling Station	2013	Cultural	6	47	2.84
Rideau Canal	2007	Cultural	6	243	2.75
SGang Gwaay	1981	Cultural	4	9	3.06
Tr’ondëk-Klondike	2023	Cultural	2	15	3.22
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park	1995	Natural	8	200	4.04
Wood Buffalo National Park	1983	Natural	4	17	3.2
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi	2019	Cultural	5	42	3.09

Site	Added	Scheduled	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Gwaii Haanas	2004		Mixed	2	3	100%
Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area	2018		Natural	1	1	100%
Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk)	2004		Mixed	0	0	N/A
Qajartalik	2018		Cultural	0	0	N/A
Quttinirpaaq	2004		Mixed	0	0	100%
Sirmilik National Park and Tallurutiup Imanga (proposed) National Marine Conservation Area	2018		Mixed	0	2	N/A
Stein Valley	2018		Cultural	0	1	100%
Transatlantic Cable Ensemble (C)	2022		Cultural	1	7	100%
Wanuskewin	2018	2026	Cultural	0	6	N/A
Yukon Ice Patches	2018		Cultural	1	0	0%

Site	Added	Removed
Ile Funk	1980	1996
Ile Prince Léopold	1980	1996
Lac La Ronge ou les Parcs de Quetico	1980	1996
Le fleuve Thomsen	1980	1996
Les Grandes Lacs (Bai de George/Fathom Five)	1980	1996
Les Pingos de Tuktoyktuk (McKenzie delta)	1980	1996

Official Name

Canada

Region

Europe and North America

WHC location

WHC member

Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Jgriffindor6 United States - 05-Oct-24 -
Pimachiowin Aki Can SARICA Turkey - Canada - 30-Jul-24 -
Québec Lithobates Canada - 27-Jul-24 -
Glacier parks J_neveryes Canada - 04-Mar-24 -
Grand Pré J_neveryes Canada - 23-Feb-24 -
Gros Morne National Park J_neveryes Canada - 17-Feb-24 -
Dinosaur Provincial Park J_neveryes Canada - 11-Feb-24 -
L'Anse aux Meadows J_neveryes Canada - 11-Feb-24 -
Glass Sponge Reefs Protected Areas (T) Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 06-Jan-24 -
Gwaii Haanas (T) Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 12-Dec-23 -

The following 1 Community Members have visited all WHS in this country:

Zoë Sheng .