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Two sites are shared with the United States. Ten sites are listed for their cultural significance, eleven for natural significance, and one, Pimachiowin Aki, is listed for both. Canada has served as a member of the Wo...
List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscriptionThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural he...
During the session, the Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List and examine the state of conservation of sites already inscribed on the List.
The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate the pr...
Of these, 9 are cultural sites, 10 are natural sites, and there is 1 mixed site. Each UNESCO site is chosen because it contributes to a country’s rich natural and cultural history, earmarking this place in Canada as o...
They all cross the bounds of space, time and language and present Canada’s stories of international significance to the world. Learn more about Canada’s 22 World Heritage sites.
The Government of Canada has updated the country’s Tentative List for World Heritage Sites, an inventory of natural and cultural heritage properties with strong potential to be inscribed on the World Heritage List.
There are 22 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Canada, as well as one UNESCO Place of History and Memory linked to enslavement and the slave trade — Africville.
The map below indicates the location of World Heritage Sites in Canada. Click on individual points to learn a site’s name, the year it was designated, and what the site includes.
Its inscriptions frequently highlight themes such as Indigenous heritage, early colonial settlements, geological phenomena (notably fossil reserves and glacial landscapes), and extensive national parks.
