UNESCO World Heritage for Canada

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 18 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Canada to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).


1978 - L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
1978 - Nahanni National Park
1979 - Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
1979 - Dinosaur Provincial Park
1981 - SGang Gwaay
1981 - Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
1983 - Wood Buffalo National Park
1984 - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
1985 - Historic District of Old Québec
1987 - Gros Morne National Park
1995 - Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
1995 - Old Town Lunenburg
1999 - Miguasha National Park
2007 - Rideau Canal
2008 - Joggins Fossil Cliffs
2012 - Landscape of Grand Pré
2013 - Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
2016 - Mistaken Point