# The best national parks in Canada

Rockies, coastlines and the world's highest tides: Canada's top national parks according to U.S. News, Outside and Canadian travel guides.

- 537 votes · 12 items
- Jan 19, 2025 · Kyle M.
- https://even.best/en/l/172/the-best-national-parks-in-canada

## Top 10

1. **Banff National Park (Alberta)** (63 · ▲66 ▼3) — Canada's oldest national park (1885), with Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. <https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff>
2. **Jasper National Park (Alberta)** (49 · ▲57 ▼8) — The largest park in the Canadian Rockies, a Dark Sky Preserve, with the Columbia Icefield nearby.
3. **Yoho National Park (British Columbia)** (45 · ▲50 ▼5) — Takakkaw Falls, Emerald Lake and the Burgess Shale fossil beds.
4. **Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (British Columbia)** (39 · ▲45 ▼6) — Long Beach near Tofino and the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island.
5. **Gros Morne National Park (Newfoundland and Labrador)** (35 · ▲39 ▼4) — World Heritage fjords and the Tablelands, where the Earth's mantle is exposed.
6. **Fundy National Park (New Brunswick)** (30 · ▲38 ▼8) — On the Bay of Fundy, which has the highest tides in the world.
7. **Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Nova Scotia)** (29 · ▲37 ▼8) — Crossed by the Cabot Trail, with the Skyline Trail over the Gulf of St Lawrence.
8. **Prince Edward Island National Park** (26 · ▲33 ▼7) — 65 km of red sandstone cliffs, dunes and warm-water beaches, plus Green Gables Heritage Place.
9. **Kootenay National Park (British Columbia)** (25 · ▲31 ▼6) — Radium Hot Springs, Marble Canyon and the Paint Pots ochre beds.
10. **Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta)** (25 · ▲31 ▼6) — Where the prairies meet the mountains, part of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
11. **Bruce Peninsula National Park (Ontario)** (23 · ▲30 ▼7) — Turquoise Georgian Bay waters at the Grotto, on the Bruce Trail.
12. **Kluane National Park and Reserve (Yukon)** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Park in the Yukon with Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, and one of the largest non-polar icefields in the world.

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