
Travel
Ten best hikes in Alberta
Best places in Alberta to take a hike
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Travel
Travelling through Alberta’s storied mountaineering and ski-touring past and present
Travel
Fun winter events
Travel
Sights to See
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Exploration
2022 is the International Year of Caves and Karst. Here’s why you should care about the hidden worlds beneath our feet.
Exploration
A team of climbers and scientists plan to summit the Yukon’s Mount Logan next spring in the name of climate change — and to re-evaluate its height with modern GPS technology
Exploration
Go deep below the Columbia Icefield in Banff National Park to “the most inaccessible place in Canada” with the 2020 Castleguard Cave Expedition
Exploration
Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these eight explorers pushed their physical and mental limits in pursuit of knowledge and to inspire others
Exploration
Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 16 explorers significantly advanced our knowledge of Canada’s geography through mapping
People & Culture
A noted Canadian wildlife photographer who often contributes to Canadian Geographic shares the story of his big break
People & Culture
Nous avons demandé à certains des photographes les plus remarquables du Canada d’expliquer pourquoi ils dédient leur temps à capter des images de la nature. Voici ce qu’ils ont révélé.
People & Culture
We asked some of Canada’s most accomplished photographers why they dedicate their time to capturing images of nature. Here’s what they said.
People & Culture
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
History
Sites across Canada honouring the war
History
History
A century after Conrad Kain's historic ascent of Bugaboo Spire, an expedition aims to recreate his 1916 climb.
History
Travel
Leslie Anthony shares the best of the big hills
Travel
In the heart of Canada's first national park, a seasonal celebration
Travel
Travel
A Scandinavian tradition gets a Canadian spin at the new Kananaskis Nordic Spa
People & Culture
Twitter users engage in a friendly battle to determine Canada's best outdoor skating rink.
People & Culture
Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites
People & Culture
Celebrated Indigenous artist Alex Janvier's new work is a circular mural inspired by the traditional lunar calendar. Here's how it came to be.
People & Culture
La nouvelle œuvre du célèbre artiste autochtone Alex Janvier est une peinture murale circulaire inspirée par le calendrier lunaire traditionnel. En voici l’histoire.
People & Culture
Henrietta Wilson wasn’t the first to write a love letter to Canada’s mountains, and I doubt she’ll be the last.
Wildlife
The national park laid 1,070 charges between 2006 and 2016 — more than any other national park in the country during the same period
Wildlife
The decrease in human activity could be the reason
Science & Tech
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Environment
Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
Environment
Author Lynn Martel offers an examination of Canadian glaciers to understand their futures and the secrets they hold
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
Mapping
Cartographic highlights from Canadian Geographic’s 2021 issues
Mapping
In 1929, J. Dewey Soper’s quest to find the breeding grounds of the blue goose ended, thanks in part to this marvelously detailed hand-drawn map
Mapping
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
Mapping
The slowdown of human activity as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to some surprising benefits for wildlife conservation. Can we keep them going after the danger has passed?
Mapping
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Travel
Can Geo editors reveal their favourite destinations and travel experiences from the past year
People & Culture
The best of the best images from Canadian Geographic’s 2018 competition
Wildlife
This past summer an ambitious wildlife under/overpass system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened.
Wildlife
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Wildlife
Wildlife is figuring out that human infrastructure helps with the hunt
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Wildlife
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
People & Culture
The projects, all led by young women, range in theme from camping to climate change mitigation
Wildlife
As development cuts into the elusive animal's habitat, the resulting genetic isolation could ultimately lead to a population crash
People & Culture
This week, we embrace the coming season and showcase Canada as a winter wonderland
Travel
Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
Travel
Thomas Hall review the Seattle Sports Firewater Multi-Bottle and Mountain Hardwear Lamina Z Spark sleeping bag
Travel
The Pink Palace, as it's locally known, offers stylish relaxation, a surprisingly impressive modern art collection, and a few connections to Canada
Travel
Happy Canada Day from all of us at Canadian Geographic!
Travel
Three years after an earthquake mysteriously made the island's hot springs disappear, hope returns to the National Park
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
People & Culture
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
People & Culture
*Do your own research
People & Culture
People & Culture
Photos that bring us peace from our Can Geo Photo Club members
Wildlife
Parks Canada announces $25,000 fines for tracking collared wildlife in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks
Wildlife
Places
Not all, but many of Canada's national parks will reopen to some extent on June 1
Wildlife
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
Wildlife
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
Wildlife
Places
Visualize all of the parks, wildlife areas, forest and marine reserves across Canada to compare how much of each province and territory has been protected
Environment
Wildlife