Guide to Canadian National Parks: Complete List, How to Choose, and Planning Tips
Canada is home to 37 national parks and 11 national park reserves, protecting 31 of the country’s 39 distinct natural regions across nearly half a million square kilometers. That’s 48 incredible protected areas stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic, each one offering something completely different from the next.
I’ll be honest: when I first started exploring these parks, I made the rookie mistake of thinking they’d all be similar mountain-and-forest experiences. Then I stood on the edge of a massive sand dune system in Saskatchewan, watched polar bears from a tundra buggy in Manitoba, and …