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Parks, Trails and Places to Explore in Canada

Canada Parks include national, provincial, territorial, regional, municipal, community, recreation and wilderness parks. Every province and territory in Canada maintains a good selection of parks.

Most of the Canada parks operate seasonally with the peak months of operation occurring during the months of May to late September. Many of the larger Canada parks are created to protect the environment and wildlife in the region while promoting recreational activities.

 

The most popular park activities enjoyed in a Canada Park include hiking, camping, swimming, backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, fishing, picnicking, birdwatching, wind surfing, photography and much more.

Some of the more common amenities located in the larger developed parks include a campground, sandy beach, showers, washrooms, sani station, park office, picnic area, playground, marina, boat launch and more.

Select a Canadian Province or Territory to Explore Parks in Canada.

British Columbia

British Columbia Parks & Trails
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Huron Natural Area is considered by many residents to be one of the best hiking trails located within the City of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The City's largest green space
offers, hikers, nature lovers, birders, and photographers the perfect retreat into nature.
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801 Trillium Drive, Kitchener, ON N2R 1K4
Kitchener
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Kananaskis Country is a system of large protected parklands, ecological reserves and recreational areas in the Canadian Central Rockies Eco System. It is a land of mountain ranges, snow capped peaks, forests of trees, wildlife, alpine lakes, rumbling and tumbling rivers, streams and creeks.
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Clayoquot Sound is a wilderness remote marine destination off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada north of the Village of Tofino, BC, Canada. The sound is best known for its old growth trees, islands and wildlife sightings.
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Tofino
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Riverdale Park East is a popular park in east Toronto, Ontario, Canada featuring picturesque views of the city and which allows for both summer and winter activities.
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550 Broadview Ave.
Riverdale, Toronto
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A small picnic area is perched near the top of the mountain. The picnic lookout peers out over the North Channel and the Wabuno Channel on Lake Huron, as well as, the LaCloche Mountain Range.
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McLean Mountain Road
Little Current
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Sand Dollar Beach, Nova Scotia, NS, Canada is a top thing to do and sightseeing adventure while exploring near the community of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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NS-332 W
Rose Bay
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Pond Cove Beach and the Brier Island Nature Preserve is a popular long sandy beach and hiking trail destination on Digby Neck. It is a long beach and ideal for beachcombing, especially at low tide.
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Gull Rock Road
Digby
Kristi Lake Nature Trail is a 2 kilometre loop trail with 11 interpretive posts marked with numbers matching information on a hiking brochure. Explore a boreal forest, wetlands, a black spruce marsh and sandy hills.
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Prince Albert
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Nuu-chah-nulth Trail is a connecting hiking trail visiting sandy beaches and exploring a rainforest on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Pacific Rim National Park near the Villages of Tofino and Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada.
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Pacific Rim Highway
Tofino, Ucluelet