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Already gaining steam before the pandemic, interest in urban farming — and hunger for hyper-local food — has soared. A look at three Canadian takes on the urban farming phenomenon
Environment
A study of more than 1,700 glaciers on northern Ellesmere Island found six per cent of ice coverage disappeared between 1999 and 2015
Environment
What can we learn when western science and traditional knowledge intersect?
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
In 2005, a federal government program aimed to convert underused farmland into forests to capture carbon dioxide. How have these ‘Forest 2020’ projects fared?
People & Culture
After spending more than a century in the shadow cast by the Klondike’s precious metal heyday, First Nations heritage is stepping into the limelight in the Yukon
People & Culture
Explore Canada's various tartans (and the stories behind them)
People & Culture
In his new book, Thou Shalt Do No Murder, historian Kenn Harper explores how the killing of a trader in 1920 set off a clash of cultures in the Canadian High Arctic that still resonates today
People & Culture
In this exclusive excerpt from his new book Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage, author Brian Castner recounts a part of his 2016 journey retracing Alexander Mackenzie's 1789 expedition of the Mackenzie River
People & Culture
Uprooted repeatedly by development projects, the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree wandered boreal Quebec for 70 years before finding a permanent home. For some, the journey continues.
Travel
In the wake of the sudden deadly eruption of New Zealand’s White Island volcano this week, explorer George Kourounis looks at why we’re drawn to active volcanoes — and how to explore them safely
Travel
Discover the highlights of this UNESCO-protected gem known as the cradle of French wine and cuisine
Travel
Connect with Canada's past and present on this network of waterways between Peterborough, Ont. and the nation's capital
Travel
Testing Columbia Sportswear's newest gear in the birthplace of mountain climbing
Exploration
We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there.
Exploration
Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak
Exploration
David McGuffin shares insights from his daily log during his summer 2018 expedition retracing a legendary trek on the Yukon’s Peel River
Exploration
Caving: The ultimate underground sport
People & Culture
The story of a biologist’s lifelong study of an endangered species — and its future
People & Culture
These seven Pokémon characters have attributes and powers inspired by real Arctic wildlife
Kids
People & Culture
Tour of winning images to make four Canadian stops, starting July 20 at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa
Mapping
Mapping
Industrial engineer Cheryl White uses visual problem-solving and team engagement techniques in her day job. Now she’s using them to crowdsource a national mapping project.
Mapping
Indigenous rights activist and 60s Scoop survivor Colleen Cardinal discusses her project to map the Indigenous adoptee diaspora
Mapping
Chris Brackley explores four map backgrounds and makes the cartographic case for why satellite imagery isn’t as useful in mapmaking as you may think it is.
People & Culture
The air up here might hurt your face, but the views are worth it
People & Culture
As southwest B.C. comes to grips with a phenomenon called snow, we share some wintry images taken across the country this winter by members of our Photo Club
Science & Tech
People & Culture
Author Kenn Harper pays tribute to the life, legacy and work of his fellow historian
Kids
Wildlife
Environment
In February 2021, the world was introduced to Mutehekau Shipu — also known as the Magpie River — when the people of Ekuanitshit, Que. and the regional municipality made a joint declaration granting the river legal personhood and rights. The declaration carries broad implications for the fight to protect nature across Canada and around the world.
Science & Tech
People & Culture
From painting a new side of the Franklin expedition to documenting shipwrecks along Ontario’s Hudson Bay Coast, see what just a few of the RCGS’s more than 1,000 Fellows are working on in 2018
Travel
Inside the transformation of the old Ottawa train station into the “Red Chamber on Rideau”
Environment
In his new book, Klaus Dodds delves into the fascinating natural and cultural history of ice
People & Culture
Part of our ongoing Colour the Trails series
Environment
You don't have to leave Canada to experience the geographic diversity of the Seven Kingdoms
Environment
The Alpine Club of Canada covers everything from wildfires to watermelon snow in its recently published annual report on Canada's alpine environments
Wildlife
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada has assessed three whale species as being at risk from increased ship traffic
Kids
People & Culture
The story of how a critically endangered Indigenous language can be saved
People & Culture
People & Culture
In this exclusive excerpt from Kenn Harper’s new book, the Arctic historian explores tales of Inuit and Christian beliefs and how these came to coexist — and sometimes clash — in the 19th and 20th centuries
People & Culture
Explorer Adam Shoalts, who completed his monumental 4,000-kilometre journey on September 6, speaks to Canadian Geographic about an expedition that calls to mind the likes of Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Joseph Tyrrell
People & Culture
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces
People & Culture
Matawa Learning Centre pilots a Grade 12 experiential education course that teaches indigenous youth about water safety and leadership while traveling along traditional canoe routes
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
Growing up black in Nova Scotia, the intense beauty of Three Mile Plains and the Annapolis Valley was, for me, a fount of emotional history
People & Culture
Heather Greenwood Davis visits Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site in Dresden, Ont., to learn more about the contentious inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
People & Culture
Memoirs, a graphic novel and the biography of a famous ship are among Canadian Geographic's choices for the 14 best books of the year
People & Culture
The ‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ balladeer recalls his childhood exploits in Orillia, Ont., and the surrounding lake country
People & Culture
Wildlife
At least 50 species of fish can be found in the Arctic drainage basin in Ontario
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, says photographer Gerard Gale
Wildlife
How well do you know your fox species? These photos will help you tell them apart in the wild
Travel
Travel
A guide to visiting the Saskatchewan National Park
Wildlife
Did you know polar bears aren't actually white? Or that bears mark their territory by rubbing their backs on trees?
Wildlife
Jon Gerrard and Elston Dzus lead a now 50-year study of a thriving population of bald eagles in northern boreal Saskatchewan. Here they talk about the longevity of the research, key discoveries, the challenges of climbing trees and more.
Wildlife
André-Philippe Drapeau Picard of Mission Monarch discusses the threats facing monarchs and how Canadians can help
Travel
How to make the country's quintessential dishes
Travel
It's a rollicking good time in the land of the midnight sun
Travel
A northern Ontario lake sets the stage for a father-and-son fishing trip
Travel
Frigid temperatures. Packs of dogs. Sleds. 1,609 kilometres over rugged hinterland in mid-winter. The Yukon Quest is considered the toughest sled dog race in the world. Tag along for the ride of your life.
Wildlife
Fighting white nose syndrome in bats
Wildlife
Cape Breton hunters get up close to the rare sight
Travel
Get in touch with your inner voyageur on a historic waterway
Wildlife
To kick off Shark Week, here are 10 facts about some of the sharks that swim in Canadian waters.
Travel