List of World Heritage Sites in Canada
Tentative List
Table:
Site	Location	Criteria	Area ha ( acre )	Year of submission

Gwaii Haanas	Canada British Columbia 52°23′21″N 131°28′16″W / 52.38917°N 131.47111°W / 52.38917 ; -131.47111 ( Gwaii Haanas )	Mixed : ( iii ) , ( v ) , ( vi ) , ( vii ) , ( ix ) , ( x )	147,000 ( 360,000 )	2004

Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island ( Qikiqtaruk )	Canada Yukon 69°31′11″N 139°31′30″W / 69.51972°N 139.52500°W / 69.51972 ; -139.52500 ( Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island ( Qikiqtaruk ) )	Mixed : ( iv ) , ( v ) , ( vii ) , ( viii ) , ( x )	1,550,000 ( 3,800,000 )	2004

Quttinirpaaq	Canada Nunavut 82°13′N 72°13′W / 82.217°N 72.217°W / 82.217 ; -72.217 ( Quttinirpaaq )	Mixed : ( iii ) , ( vii ) , ( viii ) , ( x )	3,777,500 ( 9,334,000 )	2004

Trondëk-Klondike	Canada Yukon 64°N 139°W / 64°N 139°W / 64 ; -139 ( The Klondike )	Cultural : ( iv ) , ( v )	2004

Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs	Canada British Columbia	Natural : ( viii ) , ( ix ) , ( x )	100,000 ( 250,000 )	2018

Stein Valley	Canada British Columbia 50°15′26″N 122°0′12″W / 50.25722°N 122.00333°W / 50.25722 ; -122.00333 ( Stein Valley )	Cultural : ( iii ) , ( vi )	107,191 ( 264,870 )	2018

Wanuskewin	Canada Saskatchewan 52°13′39″N 106°35′47.54″W / 52.22750°N 106.5965389°W / 52.22750 ; -106.5965389 ( Wanuskewin )	Cultural : ( iii )	2018

Anticosti Island	Canada Quebec 49°51′42.05″N 64°31′20.01″W / 49.8616806°N 64.5222250°W / 49.8616806 ; -64.5222250 ( Anticosti Island )	Natural : ( viii )	928,900 ( 2,295,000 ) ( includes littoral area )	2018

Heart 's Content Cable Station Provincial Historic Site	Canada Newfoundland and Labrador 47°52′21.1″N 53°22′7.1″W / 47.872528°N 53.368639°W / 47.872528 ; -53.368639 ( Heart 's Content Cable Station )	Cultural : ( ii ) , ( iv )

Qajartalik	Canada Nunavut 61°19′53.66″N 71°29′58.72″W / 61.3315722°N 71.4996444°W / 61.3315722 ; -71.4996444 ( Qajartalik )	Cultural : ( iii )	2018

Sirmilik National Park and the proposed Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area	Canada Nunavut 73°51′7.69″N 83°4′50.128″W / 73.8521361°N 83.08059111°W / 73.8521361 ; -83.08059111 ( Sirmilik National Park and the proposed Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area )	Mixed : ( v ) , ( ix )	2018

Yukon Ice Patches	Canada Yukon 60°16′49.6″N 135°41′36.6″W / 60.280444°N 135.693500°W / 60.280444 ; -135.693500 ( Yukon Ice Patches )	Cultural : ( iii ) , ( v )	2018

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A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area , selected by the United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) for having cultural , historical , scientific or other form of significance , which is legally protected by international treaties . The sites are judged to be important for the collective and preservative interests of humanity . To be selected , a World Heritage Site must be an already-classified landmark , unique in some respect as a geographically and historically identifiable place having special cultural or physical significance ( such as an ancient ruin or historical structure , building , city , complex , desert , forest , island , lake , monument , mountain , or wilderness area ) . It may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humanity , and serve as evidence of our intellectual history on the planet . The sites are intended for practical conservation for posterity , which otherwise would be subject to risk from human or animal trespassing , unmonitored/uncontrolled/unrestricted access , or threat from local administrative negligence . Sites are demarcated by UNESCO as protected zones . The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Program administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee , composed of 21 states parties that are elected by their General Assembly . The programme catalogues , names , and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common culture and heritage of humanity . Under certain conditions , listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund . The programme began with the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World 's Cultural and Natural Heritage , which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972 . Since then , 193 state parties have ratified the convention , making it one of the most widely recognised international agreements and the world 's most popular cultural programme . In 1978 the city of Quito earned the distinction of being the first city in the world to be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
The hectare ( /ˈhɛktɛər , -tɑːr/ ; SI symbol : ha ) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides ( 1 hm2 ) , or 10,000 m2 , and is primarily used in the measurement of land . There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre . An acre is about 0.405 hectare and one hectare contains about 2.47 acres . In 1795 , when the metric system was introduced , the are was defined as 100 square metres and the hectare ( hecto- + are ) was thus 100 ares or ​1⁄100 km2 ( 10,000 square metres ) . When the metric system was further rationalised in 1960 , resulting in the International System of Units ( SI ) , the are was not included as a recognised unit . The hectare , however , remains as a non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI and whose use is expected to continue indefinitely . Though the dekare/decare daa ( 1,000 m2 ) and are a ( 100 m2 ) are not officially accepted for use , they are still used in some contexts .
The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems . It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong ( 66 by 660 feet ) , which is exactly equal to 10 square chains , ​1⁄640 of a square mile , or 43,560 square feet , and approximately 4,047 m2 , or about 40% of a hectare . Based upon the International yard and pound agreement of 1959 , an acre may be declared as exactly 4,046.8564224 square metres . An internationally recognised symbol for the acre is ac . The acre is a statute measure in the United States , in the United Kingdom and in almost all countries of the former British Empire : in most it is lawful to 'use for trade ' if given as supplementary information and is not used for land registration . In the United States both the international acre and the US survey acre are in use , but they differ by only two parts per million : see below . The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land . Traditionally , in the Middle Ages , an acre was defined as the area of land that could be ploughed in one day by a yoke of oxen .
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve , National Marine Conservation Area , and Haida Heritage Site , usually referred to simply as Gwaii Haanas ( /ˌɡwaɪ ˈhɑːnəs/ ) , is located in southernmost Haida Gwaii ( formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands ) , 130 kilometres ( 81 miles ) off the mainland of British Columbia , Canada . Gwaii Haanas protects an archipelago of 138 islands , the largest being Moresby Island and the southernmost being Kunghit Island . Gwaii Haanas means Islands of Beauty in X̱aayda kíl , the language of the Haida people . The Haida Heritage Site is within the territory of the Haida people , who have lived in Haida Gwaii for at least 14,000 years . Ḵ'aygang.nga ( the Haida canon of oral histories ) show Haida lived in Gwaii Haanas when the first trees arrived at Xaagyah Gwaay.yaay ( Bolkus Islands ) as glaciers retreated . Pollen samples indicate trees first arrived 14,500 years ago . Numerous films have covered Gwaii Haanas , including the 2011 short National Parks Project , directed by Scott Smith and scored by Sarah Harmer , Jim Guthrie and Bry Webb . [ citation needed ]
British Columbia ( BC ; French : Colombie-Britannique ) is the westernmost province in Canada , located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains . With an estimated population of 5.1 million as of 2019 [ update ] , it is Canada 's third-most populous province . The first British settlement in the area was Fort Victoria , established in 1843 , which gave rise to the City of Victoria , at first the capital of the separate Colony of Vancouver Island . Subsequently , on the mainland , the Colony of British Columbia ( 1858-1866 ) was founded by Richard Clement Moody and the Royal Engineers , Columbia Detachment , in response to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush . Moody was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for the Colony and the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia : he was hand-picked by the Colonial Office in London to transform British Columbia into the British Empire 's bulwark in the farthest west , and to found a second England on the shores of the Pacific . Moody selected the site for and founded the original capital of British Columbia , New Westminster , established the Cariboo Road and Stanley Park , and designed the first version of the Coat of arms of British Columbia . Port Moody is named after him . In 1866 , Vancouver Island became part of the colony of British Columbia , and Victoria became the united colony 's capital . In 1871 , British Columbia became the sixth province of Canada . Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu ( Splendour without Diminishment ) . The capital of British Columbia is Victoria , the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada , named for Queen Victoria , who ruled during the creation of the original colonies . The largest city is Vancouver , the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada , the largest in Western Canada , and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest .
Ivvavik National Park ( /ˈiːvəvɪk/ EE-və-vik ) is a national park of Canada located in Yukon . Initially named Northern Yukon National Park , the park was renamed Ivvavik in 1992 for the Inuvialuktun word meaning nursery or birthplace , in reference to the importance of the area as a calving ground for caribou . Created as a result of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement in 1984 , negotiated between the Canadian Government and the Inuvialuit of the Northern Yukon , Ivvavik is the first national park in Canada to be established as a result of an aboriginal land claims agreement . Ivvavik contains the British Mountains which run east to west , parallel to the Arctic coast , and merge into the Brooks Range in Alaska . Draining north through the Park from the British Mountains is the Firth River , the oldest river in Canada and considered one of the great rafting rivers of the world . The river starts from year-round aufeis formations at the headwaters and then flows through extensive canyon areas before forming a huge delta as it enters the Beaufort Sea just west of Herschel Island . The first raft descent was by Martyn Williams , Alan Dennis and Jim Boyde . Gold miners have operated on the Firth River and at Sheep Creek until the area became a National Park . The area around Sheep Creek is the northern most extension of Dall sheep habitat in Canada The park contains many cultural sites of continuing importance to the local indigenous people , both Inuit and Indian . Protecting a portion of the calving grounds of the caribou herd , the park allows only a minimal number of people to visit per year . On the shore of Beaufort Sea , there is abundant game for Yukon wolves , grizzly bears , and black bears that inhabit the area . Other animals that inhabit this park two species of fox , Yukon moose , lemmings , Dall sheep , gyrfalcons , muskoxen , and wolverines .
Vuntut National Park ( /ˈvʊntʊt/ ; French : Parc national Vuntut ) is a national park located in northern Yukon , Canada . It was established in 1995 as part of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement , to conserve , protect and present to Canadians a portion of the North Yukon Natural Region , to recognize Vuntut Gwitchin history and culture , and to protect the traditional and current use of the park by the Vuntut Gwitchin . The name Vuntut comes from the Gwichʼin for among the lakes . Animals that inhabit this park include caribou , foxes , peregrine falcons , Yukon moose , grizzly bears , Yukon wolves , muskrats , black bears , wolverines , gyrfalcons , muskoxen , golden eagles , pine martens , ground squirrels , lynxes , and minks . Vuntut National Park is adjacent to another Canadian National Park , Ivvavik National Park . Also , the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lies just across the Canada-US border in Alaska .
Herschel Island ( French : Île d'Herschel ; Inuit : Qikiqtaruk ) is an island in the Beaufort Sea ( part of the Arctic Ocean ) , which lies 5 km ( 3.1 mi ) off the coast of Yukon in Canada , of which it is administratively a part . It is Yukon 's only offshore island .
Yukon ( /ˈjuːkɒn/ ( listen ) ; French : [ jykɔ̃ ] ; also commonly called the Yukon ) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada 's three territories . It has the smallest population of any province or territory in Canada , with a population of 35,874 people . Whitehorse , the territorial capital and Yukon 's only city , is the largest settlement in any of the three territories . Yukon was split from the Northwest Territories in 1898 and was originally named the Yukon Territory . The federal government 's Yukon Act , which received royal assent on March 27 , 2002 , established Yukon as the territory 's official name , though Yukon Territory is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory 's internationally approved postal abbreviation of YT . Though officially bilingual ( English and French ) , the Yukon government also recognizes First Nations languages . At 5,959 m ( 19,551 ft ) , Yukon 's Mount Logan , in Kluane National Park and Reserve , is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest on the North American continent ( after Denali in the U.S. state of Alaska ) . Most of Yukon has a subarctic climate , characterized by long , cold winters and brief , warm summers . The Arctic Ocean coast has a tundra climate . Notable rivers include the Yukon River ( after which the territory was named ) , as well as the Pelly , Stewart , Peel , White , and Tatshenshini rivers .
Quttinirpaaq National Park is a Canadian national park . Located on the northeastern corner of Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut , the most northerly extent of Canada , it is the second most northerly park on Earth after Northeast Greenland National Park . In Inuktitut , Quttinirpaaq means top of the world . It was established as Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve in 1988 , and the name was changed to Quttinirpaaq in 1999 , when Nunavut was created , and became a national park in 2000 . The reserve covers 37,775 square kilometres ( 14,585 sq mi ) , making it the second largest park in Canada , after Wood Buffalo National Park . The park is remarkable for its extensive glaciers and ice caps , desert-like conditions , and life forms that are uniquely adapted to the extreme polar environment . Only about 50 people visit the park each year .
Nunavut ( /ˈnuːnəvuːt/ ( listen ) NOO-nə-voot , French : [ nynavy ( t ) ] ; Inuktitut syllabics : ᓄᓇᕗᑦ [ ˈnunavut ] ) is the newest , largest , and most northerly territory of Canada . It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1 , 1999 , via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act , though the boundaries had been drawn in 1993 . The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada 's political map since incorporating the province of Newfoundland in 1949 . Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada , and most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world , as well as North America 's second-largest ( after Greenland ) . The capital Iqaluit ( formerly Frobisher Bay ) , on Baffin Island in the east , was chosen by the 1995 capital plebiscite . Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay . Nunavut also includes Ellesmere Island to the far north , as well as the eastern and southern portions of Victoria Island in the west , and all islands in Hudson , James and Ungava Bays , including Akimiski Island far to the southeast of the rest of the territory . It is Canada 's only geo-political region that is not connected to the rest of North America by highway . Nunavut is the second-least populous of Canada 's provinces and territories . One of the world 's most remote , sparsely settled regions , it has a population of 35,944 , mostly Inuit , spread over a land area of just over 1,877,787 km2 ( 725,018 sq mi ) , or slightly smaller than Mexico ( excluding water surface area ) . Nunavut is also home to the world 's northernmost permanently inhabited place , Alert .
The Klondike Gold Rush [ n 1 ] was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon , in north-western Canada , between 1896 and 1899 . Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16 , 1896 , and , when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year , it triggered a stampede of prospectors . Some became wealthy , but the majority went in vain . It has been immortalized in artifacts , films , games , literature , and photographs . To reach the gold fields , most prospectors took the route through the ports of Dyea and Skagway , in Southeast Alaska . Here , the Klondikers could follow either the Chilkoot or the White Pass trails to the Yukon River , and sail down to the Klondike . The Canadian authorities required each of them to bring a year 's supply of food , in order to prevent starvation . In all , the Klondikers ' equipment weighed close to a ton , which most carried themselves , in stages . Performing this task , and contending with the mountainous terrain and cold climate , meant those who persisted did not arrive until summer 1898 . Once there , they found few opportunities , and many left disappointed . Mining was challenging , as the ore was distributed unevenly , and permafrost made digging slow . Consequently , some miners chose to buy and sell claims , build up huge investments , and let others do the work .
Hecate Strait ( /ˈhɛkɪt/ ; Haida language : K̲andaliig̲wii , also siigaay which means simply ocean ) is a wide but shallow strait between Haida Gwaii ( formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands ) and the mainland of British Columbia , Canada . It merges with Queen Charlotte Sound to the south and Dixon Entrance to the north . About 87 miles ( 140 km ) wide at its southern end , Hecate Strait narrows in the north to about 30 miles ( 48 km ) . It is about 160 miles ( 260 km ) in length .
Queen Charlotte Sound is a sound of the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia , Canada , between Vancouver Island in the south and Haida Gwaii ( formerly Queen Charlotte Islands ) in the north . It merges with Hecate Strait in the north and Queen Charlotte Strait in the south . Queen Charlotte Sound is part of the Inside Passage shipping route . According to the BCGNIS , the northern boundary of Queen Charlotte Sound is defined as a line running from the southernmost point of Price Island to Cape St James on Kunghit Island , the southernmost point of Haida Gwaii . The western boundary is a line from Cape St James to Cape Scott at the north end of Vancouver Island . The southern boundary runs along the coast of Vancouver Island from Cape Scott to Cape Sutil , then to Cape Caution on the mainland . An older definition placed the northern boundary as a line from the southernmost point of Aristazabal Island to Cape St James . Queen Charlotte Sound was named by James Strange on August 5 , 1786 , in honour of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , the wife of King George III . Strange was the leader of a fur trading expedition of two vessels , Captain Cook , under Captain Henry Lawrie , and Experiment , under Captain John Guise . During a boat excursion up Goletas Channel Strange saw an opening ahead and named it Queen Charlotte Sound . The body of water he named was what is today known as Queen Charlotte Strait . For some time Queen Charlotte Strait was also called Queen Charlotte Sound , until 1920 when the BCGNIS and Hydrographic Service distinguished between Queen Charlotte Sound and Queen Charlotte Strait .
Sponge reefs are reefs formed by Hexactinellid sponges , which have a skeleton made of silica , and are often referred to as glass sponges . Such reefs are now very rare , and found only on the western Canadian continental shelf . Although common in the late Jurassic period , sponge reefs were believed to have gone extinct during or shortly after the Cretaceous period , until the existing reefs were discovered in 1987-1988 - hence these sometimes being dubbed living fossils . The reefs serve an important ecological function as habitat , breeding and nursery areas for fish and invertebrates but are currently threatened by the fishery , offshore oil and gas industries . Attempts are being made to protect these unique ecosystems through fishery closures and potentially the establishment of Marine Protected Areas ( MPAs ) around the sponge reefs .
Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park is a provincial park in British Columbia , Canada . Nearly the complete Stein River watershed from the mountains to the Fraser River is protected in this park , though there are some areas of the watershed that were left out .
Wanuskewin Heritage Park is a non-profit cultural and historical centre of the First Nations . ( In the Cree language : ᐋᐧᓇᐢᑫᐃᐧᐣ / wânaskêwin means , being at peace with oneself . ) The site is a National Historic Site of Canada due to the importance of its archaeological resources representing nearly 6000 years of the history of the Northern Plains peoples . In 2016 , it was announced that Wanuskewin intends to seek UNESCO World Heritage designation , which would make it the first World Heritage Site in Saskatchewan .
Saskatchewan ( /səˈskætʃəwən , sæ- , -wɒn/ ( listen ) ) is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada , the only province without a natural border . It has an area of 651,900 square kilometres ( 251,700 sq mi ) , nearly 10 percent of which ( 59,366 square kilometres ( 22,900 sq mi ) ) is fresh water , composed mostly of rivers , reservoirs , and the province 's 100,000 lakes . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta , on the north by the Northwest Territories , on the east by Manitoba , to the northeast by Nunavut , and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota . As of Q3 2019 , Saskatchewan 's population was estimated at 1,178,657 . Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province , while the northern boreal half is mostly forested and sparsely populated . Of the total population , roughly half live in the province 's largest city Saskatoon , or the provincial capital Regina . Other notable cities include Prince Albert , Moose Jaw , Yorkton , Swift Current , North Battleford , Melfort , and the border city Lloydminster ( partially within Alberta ) . Saskatchewan is a landlocked province with large distances to moderating bodies of waters . As a result , its climate is extremely continental , rendering severe winters throughout the province . Southern areas have very warm or hot summers . Midale and Yellow Grass ( both near the U.S. border ) are tied for the highest ever recorded temperatures in Canada , with 45 °C ( 113 °F ) observed at both locations on July 5 , 1937 . In winter , temperatures below −45 °C ( −49 °F ) are possible even in the south during extreme cold snaps .
Anticosti Island ( French : Île d'Anticosti ) is an island in the province of Quebec , Canada at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence , between 49° and 50° N. , and between 61° 40 ' and 64° 30 ' W. At 7,892.52 km2 ( 3,047.32 sq mi ) in size , it is the 90th largest island in the world and 20th largest island in Canada . Anticosti Island is separated on the north from the Côte-Nord region of Quebec ( the Labrador Peninsula ) by the Jacques Cartier Strait , and on the south from the Gaspé Peninsula by the Honguedo Strait . Anticosti Island is larger than Prince Edward Island but sparsely populated ( 240 people in 2011 ) , with most of the permanent population in the village of Port-Menier on the western tip of the island , consisting chiefly of the keepers of the lighthouses erected by the Canadian government . The entire island constitutes one municipality known as L'Île-d'Anticosti . Due to more than 400 shipwrecks off its coasts , Anticosti Island is sometimes called the Cemetery of the Gulf .
Quebec ( /k ( w ) ɪˈbɛk/ ( listen ) ; French : Québec [ kebɛk ] ( listen ) ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada . It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay ; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay ; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador ; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , and New York . It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia . Quebec is Canada 's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division ; only the territory of Nunavut is larger . It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada ( with Ontario ) . Quebec is the second-most populous province of Canada , after Ontario . It is the only one to have a predominantly French-speaking population , with French as the sole provincial official language . Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City , the capital . Approximately half of Quebec residents live in the Greater Montreal Area , including the Island of Montreal . English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Outaouais , Eastern Townships , and Gaspé regions . The Nord-du-Québec region , occupying the northern half of the province , is sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by Aboriginal peoples . The climate around the major cities is four-seasons continental with cold and snowy winters combined with warm to hot humid summers , but farther north long winter seasons dominate and as a result the northern areas of the province are marked by tundra conditions .
Heart 's Content Cable Station is a former cable landing station located in Heart 's Content , Newfoundland and Labrador . It served as the western terminus of the first permanent trans-oceanic submarine telegraph cable , while a sister cable station on Valentia Island , Ireland , served as the eastern terminus . The original cable was first brought ashore in Heart 's Content on July 27 , 1866 , and the station remained in use until it was closed in 1965 . The station was designated a Provincial Historic Site in 1974 and is now a museum . On December 20 , 2017 , it was announced that the Heart 's Content Cable Station would be one of eight new sites nominated by the Canadian Government for UNESCO World Heritage Site status .
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada . Situated in the country 's Atlantic region , it is composed of the insular region of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador to the northwest , with a combined area of 405,212 square kilometres ( 156,500 sq mi ) . In 2018 , the province 's population was estimated at 525,073 . About 92% of the province 's population lives on the island of Newfoundland ( and its neighbouring smaller islands ) , of whom more than half live on the Avalon Peninsula . The province is Canada 's most linguistically homogeneous , with 97.0% of residents reporting English ( Newfoundland English ) as their mother tongue in the 2016 census . Historically , Newfoundland was also home to unique varieties of French and Irish , as well as the extinct Beothuk language . In Labrador , the indigenous languages Innu-aimun and Inuktitut are also spoken . Newfoundland and Labrador 's capital and largest city , St. John 's , is Canada 's 20th-largest census metropolitan area and is home to almost 40 per cent of the province 's population . St. John 's is the seat of government , home to the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador and to the highest court in the jurisdiction , the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal . A former colony and then dominion of the United Kingdom , Newfoundland gave up its independence in 1933 , following significant economic distress caused by the Great Depression and the aftermath of Newfoundland 's participation in World War I . It became the tenth province to enter the Canadian Confederation on 31 March 1949 , as Newfoundland . On 6 December 2001 , an amendment was made to the Constitution of Canada to change the province 's name to Newfoundland and Labrador .
Qajartalik ( Inuktitut for where there is a kayak ) is a petroglyph site located on the Qajartalik peninsula of Qikertaaluk Island , Nunavut , approximately 40 km southeast of Kangirsujuaq , Quebec . The site consists of over 150 carvings of faces in soapstone . It was created by the Dorset people , the culture who inhabited the Canadian eastern Arctic and Greenland beginning approximately 2,200 years ago before disappearing approximately 1,000 years ago , and who inhabited the region prior to the Thule Inuit who arrived approximately 800 years ago . It is believed to be the north most rock art site in North America and is considered to be one of a kind . The site is currently on Canada 's tentative list of sites proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List .
Sirmilik National Park ( /ˈsɜːrməlɪk/ ; Inuktitut : the place of glaciers ) is a national park located in Qikiqtaaluk , Nunavut , Canada , established in 1999 . Situated within the Arctic Cordillera , the park is composed of three areas : most of Bylot Island with the exception for a few areas that are Inuit-owned lands , Oliver Sound , and Baffin Island 's Borden Peninsula . Much of the park is bordered by water . Geographically , it is representative of the Northern Eastern Arctic Lowlands Natural Region as well as parts of the Lancaster Sound Marine Region .
The Yukon Ice Patches are a series of dozens of ice patches in the southern Yukon discovered in 1997 , which have preserved hundreds of archaeological artifacts , with some more than 9,000 years old . The first ice patch was discovered on the mountain Thandlät , west of the Kusawa Lake campground which is 60 km ( 37 mi ) west of Whitehorse , Yukon . The Yukon Ice Patch Project began shortly afterwards with a partnership between archaeologists in partnership with six Yukon First Nations , on whose traditional territory the ice patches were found . They include the Carcross/Tagish First Nation , the Kwanlin Dün First Nation , the Taan Kwächän Council , the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations , the Kluane First Nation , and the Teslin Tlingit Council .