Canada Travel Info

Canada is a country of ten million square kilometres, the second-largest country in the world. Capital of Canada is Ottawa , located in the eastern portion of southern Ontario.

Canada has 10 provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), Québec and Saskatchewan) and 3 teritories (Northwest Territories, the Yukon Territory and Nunavut). Each province and territory has its own capital city.

Official languages in Canada are English and French.

The largest Canadian cities are Toronto, ON (about 6.5 million in the GTA), Montreal, QC (4 million in the CMA), Vancouver, BC (2.4 million in the Lower Mainland), Calgary (1.4 million CMA), and Ottawa combined with the National Capital Region, ON (1.3 million).

Canada is home to more than 38 million people. Canada's population has increased every year since Confederation in 1867. About 81% of Canadians live in cities and towns. In 2011, 18.9% of Canadians lived in a rural area. However, among provinces and territories the proportion ranged from 14% in British Columbia and Ontario to 53% in Prince Edward Island. The Atlantic provinces and the territories had a larger share of the population living in rural areas than Central Canada or the Prairies.

Wonders of the World in Canada

The last wild flock of whooping cranes.
The first known European settlement in North America.
A textbook illustration of plate tectonics.
Rainforest.
Glaciers.

These are just a few examples of the internationally recognized wonders to be found in Canada. Since 1972, the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized natural and cultural wonders around the globe, promoting their protection and preservation. UNESCO’s World Heritage List of extraordinary wonders currently includes 20 sites in Canada, 12 of which fall under the management of Parks Canada.

UNESCO sites in Canada range from the pure and magnificent wilderness of Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories to Ontario's Rideau Canal National Historic Site, a 200 kilometre-long marvel of early 19th century engineering. In between, there are the remains of a Viking settlement more than 1,000 years old at L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site in Newfoundland and Labrador. Find out more...

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Parks Ontario

Newfoundland & Labrador Parks

Alberta Parks

Nunavut Parks

Saskatchewan - Parks

British Columbia Parks

Parks Northwest Territories

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