Canadian NASA astronaut tweets Canada Day greetings with a photo of Ottawa 

The Inuk filmmaker recalls his memorable first visit to the archipelago of Haida Gwaii, B.C.

The comic-book aviator hero recalls his first encounter with the northern lights in Eagle Plains, Yukon

In giving Anne Shirley her own deep love of and connection to Prince Edward Island, Lucy Maud Montgomery reveals the way place can fire the imagination

The star of CBC’s Diggstown discovers Nova Scotia’s black history

The Embassy of Norway has gifted Canada with the first English translation of Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage diaries, reaffirming a shared polar past and future 

The majority of bird species sighted on the Atlantic island are “vagrants” far outside their ordinary range 

The park nearly 50 years in the making has officially been established in the Northwest Territories

In Banff National Park, Alberta, as in protected areas across the country, managers find it difficult to balance the desire of people to experience wilderness with an imperative to conserve it

As part of our re:Location project, we saw hundreds of entries to our photo competition. Here are the top three.

Not all, but many of Canada's national parks will reopen to some extent on June 1

How conservationists and ranchers in Saskatchewan are working to slow the loss of an endangered ecosystem

The Royal Alberta Museum has officially opened its downtown Edmonton building, capping a complex multi-year move that’s captured in this behind-the-scenes photo essay

Lengthy education campaign achieved compromise between fishing industry, environmental advocates

A major portrait series by the acclaimed contemporary artist is now part of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s permanent collection

After 26 months of construction and $80 million in upgrades, the national science and innovation showcase in Ottawa promises to connect the past and the future

Land that had been part of the park since 2015 will be federally recognized if Senate passes bill C-18  

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

Photographer Megan Lorenz shares her experience shooting in Canada's oldest provincial park

Blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death, but an affirmation of life itself

Parks Canada wants the public to nominate Canadian places worthy of UNESCO World Heritage status. Here are the six sites still on the waiting list.

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society announces forthcoming Canada's Centre for Geography and Exploration

La Société géographique royale du Canada annonce l’ouverture de son nouveau centre de la Géographie et de l’Exploration du Canada

In Canada’s high Arctic, endangered Peary caribou now have a protected home

Parks Canada is hosting public presentations across the country to discuss recent progress on the proposed national park reserve

Parks Canada is accepting applications for world heritage sites and seeking candidates for an advisory committee tasked with reviewing nominations

How archeologists are using 3D laser scanners to digitally preserve historic sites

A guide to visiting the Northwest Territories National Park Reserves

A guide to visiting the New Brunswick National Park

A guide to visiting the Ontario National Park

Canada has just as much geographic diversity as a galaxy far, far away

Interactive map and personal reflection from author Alanna Mitchell

Whitehorse’s cross-country ski club is winning big

It’s an ambitious plan: take the traditional Parks Canada wilderness concept and plunk it in the country’s largest city. But can Toronto’s Rouge National Urban Park help balance city life with wildlife?