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Jan 21, 2022 · Canada has 48 national parks and national park reserves, as well as one national urban park (see also National Parks of Canada). They protect important land and marine habitats, geographical features and sites of cultural significance.
The largest park in Canada, the park protects the habitat of the wood bison and the breeding grounds of the whooping crane and much of the Peace–Athabasca Delta. It is also a World Heritage Site and the world's largest dark-sky preserve. Yoho * British Columbia
NamePhotoLocationEstablished [12]Newfoundland and Labrador 53°24′N 59°22′W ...31 July 201510,700 km2 (4,131 sq mi)Northwest Territories 73°42′N 119°55′W ...199212,200 km2 (4,710 sq mi)Nunavut 67°53′N 65°01′W / 67.883°N 65.200119,089 km2 (7,370 sq mi)Alberta 51°30′N 116°0′W / 51.500°N ...25 November 18856,641 km2 (2,564 sq mi)Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest national park of Canada at 44,741 km 2 (17,275 sq mi). [3] It is in northeastern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories. Larger in area than Switzerland, [4] it is the second-largest national park in the world. [5]
Canada’s largest National Park contains half of the world’s endangered wood bison population, unique whooping crane nesting grounds and the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Access to undisturbed boreal wilderness is a unique global experience.
May 28, 2019 · The Wood Buffalo National Park (1922) is the largest national park in Canada at 17,300 square miles, located in Alberta, Northwest Territories. It was created in 1922 as a sanctuary for the last bison population in the nation and aboriginal residents.
RankNameLocationArea1Wood BuffaloAlberta Northwest Territories44,807 km22QuttinirpaaqNunavut37,775 km23Nahanni (Reserve)Northwest Territories30,000 km24SirmilikNunavut22,200 km2At 44,741 km 2, Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada's largest national park and one of the largest in the world. The park was established in 1922 to protect the free-roaming bison herds of the area.
Wood Buffalo is Canada’s largest national park. Covering more territory than Switzerland, it sprawls across northeastern Alberta and juts into the southern part of the Northwest Territories.
