<P> This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Canada . The names in the tables below are the names of the properties as used on the website of UNESCO . There are three different types of properties possible: cultural, natural, and mixed . Selection criteria i, ii, iii, iv, v, and vi are the cultural criteria, and selection criteria vii, viii, ix, and x are the natural criteria . The dates for the properties on the World Heritage List are the dates of inscription, the dates for the tentative list are those of submission . The numbers are the reference numbers as used by UNESCO, and they link directly to the description pages of the properties on the UNESCO website . </P> <P> Site--official designation of the World Heritage Committee . Location--the province or territory where the site is located, with geocoordinates . In the case of multinational or multi-regional sites, names are sorted alphabetically after being sorted by country . Criteria--as defined by the World Heritage Committee . Area--in hectares and acres, followed by buffer zones if applicable . A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO . Year--during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage Sites list . Description--brief information about the site, including reasons for inscription . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Site </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Criteria </Th> <Th> Area ha (acre) </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Description </Th> <Th> Reference </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Alberta and British Columbia 51 ° 25 ′ N 116 ° 29 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 51.417 ° N 116.483 ° W ﻿ / 51.417; - 116.483 ﻿ (Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks) </Td> <Td> Natural: (vii), (viii) </Td> <Td> 7010230688400000000 ♠ 2,306,884 (5,700,430) </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> With high peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, the National Parks that make up this site exemplify the exceptional features of the Rocky Mountains . Furthermore, one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, the Burgess Shale Formation is located within the inscribed property . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dinosaur Provincial Park </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Alberta 50 ° 46 ′ 4" N 111 ° 29 ′ 32" W ﻿ / ﻿ 50.76778 ° N 111.49222 ° W ﻿ / 50.76778; - 111.49222 ﻿ (Dinosaur Provincial Park) </Td> <Td> Natural: (vii), (viii) </Td> <Td> 7007749300000000000 ♠ 7,493 (18,520) </Td> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> The park is noted for the beauty of its badland landscape and as a major fossil site . Specimens of every group of cretaceous dinosaurs have been found here including those of 35 species dating more than 75 million years ago . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gros Morne National Park </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Newfoundland and Labrador 49 ° 37 ′ N 57 ° 32 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.617 ° N 57.533 ° W ﻿ / 49.617; - 57.533 ﻿ (Gros Morne National Park) </Td> <Td> Natural: (vii), (viii) </Td> <Td> 7009180500000000000 ♠ 180,500 (446,000) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> With deep ocean crust and rocks of the earth's mantle lying exposed, the park illustrates continental drift . Landlocked freshwater fjords, glacier - scoured headlands in an ocean setting contribute to the natural beauty of this wilderness area . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Head - Smashed - In Buffalo Jump </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Alberta 49 ° 44 ′ 58" N 113 ° 37 ′ 26" W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.74944 ° N 113.62389 ° W ﻿ / 49.74944; - 113.62389 ﻿ (Head - Smashed - In Buffalo Jump) </Td> <Td> Cultural: (vi) </Td> <Td> 5000000000000000000 ♠--</Td> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> The property consists of remains of a camp, of trails and a tumulus of bones of the American bison bearing testimony to nearly 6000 years of communal hunting in which the bisons were driven over a cliff, a practice known as buffalo jump . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Historic District of Old Québec </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Quebec City, Quebec 46 ° 48 ′ 34" N 71 ° 12 ′ 38" W ﻿ / ﻿ 46.80944 ° N 71.21056 ° W ﻿ / 46.80944; - 71.21056 ﻿ (Historic District of Old Québec) </Td> <Td> Cultural: (iv), (vi) </Td> <Td> 5000000000000000000 ♠--</Td> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Founded by the French in the 17th century, the urban ensemble of Old Québec is the most complete example of a European fortified town north of Mexico . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Joggins Fossil Cliffs </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Nova Scotia 45 ° 42 ′ 35" N 64 ° 26 ′ 9" W ﻿ / ﻿ 45.70972 ° N 64.43583 ° W ﻿ / 45.70972; - 64.43583 ﻿ (Joggins Fossil Cliffs) </Td> <Td> Natural: (viii) </Td> <Td> 7006689000000000000 ♠ 689 (1,700); buffer zone 29 (72) </Td> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> This paleontological site contains the most complete terrestrial fossil record of the Carboniferous period including tracks of early animals and of the rainforest they lived in . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kluane / Wrangell - St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini - Alsek </Th> <Td> </Td> <Th> Canada British Columbia and Yukon *; Alaska, United States * 61 ° 12 ′ N 141 ° 0 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 61.200 ° N 141.000 ° W ﻿ / 61.200; - 141.000 ﻿ (Kluane / Wrangell - St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini - Alsek) </Th> <Td> Natural: (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) </Td> <Td> 7010983912100000000 ♠ 9,839,121 (24,313,000) </Td> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> These parks comprise the world's largest non-polar icefield, some of the largest glaciers and a tectonically active mountain landscape . They are home to a number of species endangered elsewhere such as bears, wolves, caribou and Dall sheep . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Landscape of Grand - Pré </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Nova Scotia 45 ° 7 ′ 6" N 64 ° 18 ′ 26" W ﻿ / ﻿ 45.11833 ° N 64.30722 ° W ﻿ / 45.11833; - 64.30722 ﻿ (Landscape of Grand - Pré) </Td> <Td> Cultural: (v), (vi) </Td> <Td> 7007132300000000000 ♠ 1,323 (3,270) </Td> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> The Grand Pré landscape is an exceptional example of the adaptation of the first European settlers to the conditions of the North American Atlantic coast . The site is also inscribed as a memorial to the Acadian way of life and deportation, which started in 1755, known as the Grand Dérangement . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Newfoundland and Labrador 51 ° 28 ′ 0" N 55 ° 37 ′ 0" W ﻿ / ﻿ 51.46667 ° N 55.61667 ° W ﻿ / 51.46667; - 55.61667 ﻿ (L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site) </Td> <Td> Cultural: (vi) </Td> <Td> 5000000000000000000 ♠--</Td> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> These remains of an 11th - century Viking settlement are the first and only known site of Norse presence and the earliest known European settlement in America outside of Greenland . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Miguasha National Park </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec 48 ° 6 ′ 18" N 66 ° 21 ′ 11" W ﻿ / ﻿ 48.10500 ° N 66.35306 ° W ﻿ / 48.10500; - 66.35306 ﻿ (Miguasha National Park) </Td> <Td> Natural: (viii) </Td> <Td> 7005870000000000000 ♠ 87 (210) </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mistaken Point </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Newfoundland and Labrador 46 ° 37 ′ 55" N 53 ° 11 ′ 25" W ﻿ / ﻿ 46.63194 ° N 53.19028 ° W ﻿ / 46.63194; - 53.19028 ﻿ (Mistaken Point) </Td> <Td> Natural: (viii) </Td> <Td> 7006570000000000000 ♠ 570 (1,400) </Td> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Mistaken Point contains the oldest evidence known of early multi-cellular life on the planet with fossils calculated to be 560 - 575 million years old . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nahanni National Park </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Northwest Territories 61 ° 33 ′ N 125 ° 35 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 61.550 ° N 125.583 ° W ﻿ / 61.550; - 125.583 ﻿ (Nahanni National Park) </Td> <Td> Natural: (vii), (viii) </Td> <Td> 7009476560000000000 ♠ 476,560 (1,177,600) </Td> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Old Town Lunenburg </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Nova Scotia 44 ° 22 ′ 34" N 64 ° 18 ′ 33" W ﻿ / ﻿ 44.37611 ° N 64.30917 ° W ﻿ / 44.37611; - 64.30917 ﻿ (Old Town Lunenburg) </Td> <Td> Cultural: (iv), (v) </Td> <Td> 5000000000000000000 ♠--</Td> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Red Bay Basque Whaling Station </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador 51 ° 43 ′ 55" N 56 ° 25 ′ 32" W ﻿ / ﻿ 51.73194 ° N 56.42556 ° W ﻿ / 51.73194; - 56.42556 ﻿ (Red Bay Basque Whaling Station) </Td> <Td> Cultural: (iii), (iv) </Td> <Td> 7006313000000000000 ♠ 313 (770) </Td> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Between 1550 and the early 17th century, Red Bay was a major Basque whaling area . The site is home to three Basque whaling galleons and four small chalupas used in the capture of whales . The discovery of these vessels makes Red Bay one of the most precious underwater archaeological sites in the Americas . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Rideau Canal </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Ontario 45 ° 0 ′ N 75 ° 46 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 45.000 ° N 75.767 ° W ﻿ / 45.000; - 75.767 ﻿ (Rideau Canal) </Td> <Td> Cultural: (i), (iv) </Td> <Td> 7008214550000000000 ♠ 21,455 (53,020); buffer zone 2,363 (5,840) </Td> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> The oldest continuously operated canal system in North America, it connects Ottawa, on the Ottawa River, to Kingston, on Lake Ontario . It opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States; designation includes several defensive works in Kingston . The canal is still in use, with much of its original structure intact . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> SGang Gwaay </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada British Columbia 52 ° 5 ′ 42" N 131 ° 13 ′ 13" W ﻿ / ﻿ 52.09500 ° N 131.22028 ° W ﻿ / 52.09500; - 131.22028 ﻿ (SGang Gwaay) </Td> <Td> Cultural: (iii) </Td> <Td> 5000000000000000000 ♠--</Td> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Waterton Glacier International Peace Park </Th> <Td> </Td> <Th> Canada Alberta *; Montana, United States * 49 ° 0 ′ N 113 ° 54 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.000 ° N 113.900 ° W ﻿ / 49.000; - 113.900 ﻿ (Waterton Glacier International Peace Park) </Th> <Td> Natural: (vii), (ix) </Td> <Td> 7009457614000000000 ♠ 457,614 (1,130,790) </Td> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Wood Buffalo National Park </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canada Alberta and Northwest Territories 59 ° 22 ′ N 112 ° 18 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 59.367 ° N 112.300 ° W ﻿ / 59.367; - 112.300 ﻿ (Wood Buffalo National Park) </Td> <Td> Natural: (vii), (ix), (x) </Td> <Td> 7010448000000000000 ♠ 4,480,000 (11,100,000) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Site </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Criteria </Th> <Th> Area ha (acre) </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Description </Th> <Th> Reference </Th> </Tr>

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