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