Canadian Geographic

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has teamed up with Roots to produce limited edition, lightweight reusable face masks featuring the Compass Rose. Support the Society and keep your loved ones safe, with proceeds from each mask sale going towards supporting the critical education programming of the RCGS. Made in Canada. 🇨🇦

Roots Reusable Face Mask is a washable and reusable non-medical mask, meant as an additional measure you can take to protect others around you, without needing to use medical masks that should be reserved for frontline workers. All masks are handmade in Canada at our Toronto Leather Factory, where we’ve repurposed our manufacturing operations to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The mask also has a slip pocket that can be used to place a filter material within, including any kind of HEPA filter, which may improve effectiveness. Face masks can become contaminated on the outside, or when touched by your hands. If the mask becomes damp or soiled, wash the mask in a laundry bag, using a hot water wash. Please also wash before first use.

*Masks are sold individually. The mask colour you receive may vary. At this time, we are making masks in limited quantities and restocking them online as soon as possible.

Please note:

Medical masks, including surgical, medical procedure face masks, and respirators are in short supply and should be kept for healthcare workers and others providing direct care to COVID-19 patients. 

While wearing a non-medical mask has not been proven to protect the person wearing it, it can reduce the chance that others come into contact with the wearer’s respiratory droplets – just like coughing into your sleeve instead of into your hands.

It is important to understand that non-medical masks have limitations and need to be used safely. If you choose to use a non-medical face mask, be sure to wash your hands immediately before putting it on and immediately after taking it off. When wearing a mask, be sure to avoid touching your face. It should fit well to ensure that air flows through the mask and not around it. You should not share your mask with others. Non-medical masks should not be placed on children under the age of two; anyone who has trouble breathing; or anyone who is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance. Remember that non-medical masks alone will not prevent the spread of COVID-19. You must consistently and strictly adhere to good hygiene and public health measures, including frequent hand washing and physical (social) distancing. We recommend you regularly review and monitor guidance set out by relevant health authorities, including from the Government of Canada.

Sport the Compass Rose with the new RCGS baseball hat. Made in Canada, proceeds from the cap will support the Society’s many programs. Adjustable strap, one size fits all. 

Join the long list of storied explorers who have carried the RCGS Compass Rose flag, with our new sew-on expedition patch. Proceeds to benefit RCGS programming. Made in Canada. No refunds or exchanges.

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has teamed up with Roots to produce 90th anniversary expedition jacket celebrating explorers and Fellows past and present. The custom jackets are made to order at the Roots Leather Factory in Toronto, Ontario. There are only 90 limited edition, numbered jackets available. Because these jackets are made to order, no refunds or exchanges will be accepted. Due to the holidays, jackets will arrive within 6-8 weeks from date of purchase. Please refer to the sizing chart to ensure the correct size is ordered. Proceeds to benefit the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. To learn more about the patches and expeditions featured on this one-of-a-kind jacket, click here. 

Celebrate the ethnosphere with this limited edition t-shirt featuring an expedition patch designed for renowned author, explorer and RCGS honorary vice-president Wade Davis. Proceeds to support the critical programming of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Made in Canada by Roots.

LAND OF THE ANCESTORS
The new Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve in the N.W.T. is the heart of sacred Denesoline honeland and a prophesied final refuge of clean water (and ecological integrity) in North America

THIS ART IS GARBAGE
Canadian Geographic commissioned five artists to create works out of plastic waste. The results? Eye-catching and compelling commentary on the material's impact on our planet.

BORDERLINES
An exploration of the evolution of Canada's provincial and territorial boundaries

SHAPED BY TIME
Raised from the sea, sculpted by tides and winds, the ever-changing Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve protects colossal monoliths and myriad species

THE COMPANY
The untold story of the first centuries of Canada’s Hudson’s Bay Company, a now 350-year-old institution that once claimed an enormous portion of the globe

SURVIVOR
Phyllis Webstad turns her residential school experience into a powerful tool for reconciliation through Orange Shirt Day

BEST OF CANADA
Canadian Geographic presents the winners of its 34th Annual Photo Competition

RIVER OF LIFE
An exclusive excerpt from renowned Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis’s new book Magdalena: River of Dreams, about the iconic waterway that has shaped the geography, culture and people of Colombia

CAN GEO TRAVEL
20-plus pages of exclusive travel stories, including a jaunt around Charleston, S.C., the flavours of the Philippines, horsepacking in Argentina, frontier luxury in the Nova Scotia interior, and more!

BROUGHTONS IN THE BALANCE
Salmon runs are failing and grizzlies seem to be on the move in the islands between B.C.’s mainland and northern Vancouver Island. What’s going on in the Broughton Archipelago?

PROMISED LANDS
Uprooted repeatedly by development projects, the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree wandered boreal Quebec for 70 years before finding a permanent home. For some, the journey continues.

OPERATION CARIBBE
Canada’s mission: choke off the flow of cocaine and other drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

CHARTING THE LAKEHEAD
Can a map tell a story? Canadian Geographic sent cartographer Chris Brackley to Lake Superior to answer that question

TURNING THE TIDE
Paul Nicklen, the renowned wildlife photographer and SeaLegacy co-founder, shares stunning images from the poles in a time of climate change

CANADA’S GREATEST EXPLORERS
On its 90th anniversary, Canadian Geographic presents the 90 most influential explorers in the nation’s recorded history

LAW ON THE SEA
Celebrating the RCMP’s 100th anniversary by riding along with the force’s little-known West Coast Marine Services division

‘NEVER FAR FROM FORGETTING’
A glimpse into the lives of Yazidi who’ve found refuge in Canada

MARAUDER PROTECTOR COMPANION
Conservation photographers share their best images depicting the behaviours of grey wolves, pack predator, keystone species and potent symbol of our North

‘THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS’
10 years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping

ON THE ROCK, WAITING FOR THE ROLL
Writer Stephen Smith takes to Newfoundland’s shores in his quest to see the ‘capelin roll’ — the spawning spectacle of a tiny fish with a massive ecological, historical and cultural impact

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR
Canadian Geographic presents the winners of its most recent annual wildlife photography competition, and the results are inspiring

CAN GEO TRAVEL
20-plus pages of exclusive travel stories, including winter in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, a hotel for the dogs, northwest Australia’s Kimberley region, the marvellous Maldives and more!

THE CURIOUS, EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ANNE INNIS DAGG
Why the Canadian woman who was the first in the world to study giraffes in the wild is only now getting her due

THE ULTIMATE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY QUIZ: PHOTO EDITION
From northerly towns to southerly fiords, from satellite snaps to soaring skylines, 25 questions to test your photographic memory

HOW TO EXPLORE LIKE A GIRL
As her new book, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, comes out, world-renowned Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth reflects on what led her to a path of adventurous discovery

STATE OF THE MARIJUANA NATION
A look at the intimate relationship between marijuana and the people who use it — the true nexus between Canadians and legalization one year later

THE HOLY GRAIL OF NEW WORLD ARCHEOLOGY
How a dedicated West Coast team unearthed the oldest archeological sites in Canada

CANADA’S COOLEST SCHOOL TRIP 2019
From teepee building to dancing Métis jigs, students from Teslin, Yukon, experience the best of Manitoba’s Parks Canada sites while tracing the history of the region’s Indigenous Peoples

TREASURES OF THE SOCIETY
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society collections contain a number of prized artifacts from Canadian exploration history. Here are a few of them.

GUARDIANS OF THE GRASSLANDS
How conservationists and ranchers in Saskatchewan are working to slow the loss of an endangered ecosystem

HERO. HERETIC. NATION BUILDER.
A reflection on the real Louis Riel, Métis leader and Manitoba founder, on the 150th anniversary of the Red River Resistance and the 175th of his birth

MAP QUEST
Exploring the amazing cartographic connections behind video games

WELCOME TO CLIMBING CAMP
Camaraderie, conversation and conservation are key at the Alpine Club of Canada’s annual General Mountaineering Camp

IT’S OFFICIAL!
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society celebrates its new headquarters with an official VIP opening

Friluftsliv
It’s Norwegian for ‘free air life,’ and there is perhaps no purer expression of it than spring skiing in Finnmark — especially when you sail to the slopes

The Magdalen Way
Exploring the culture and cuisine of the Magdalen Islands

The gorillas and the Batwa
A journey into the mountains of Uganda, where gorilla-safari tourism is helping the displaced Batwa people find a place they can call their own

The Borderlands
A road trip along the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland reveals a land of myth and legend that somehow remains one of the island’s best-kept secrets

¡Viva Oaxaca!
The crowds haven’t discovered this stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast, where laid-back towns, vibrant fiestas and on-resort wildlife conservation show off a side of the country you’ve never seen before

LIFE AT THE SINAAQ
Welcome to the floe edge, where landfast ice meets open Arctic Ocean and species thrive

WITHIN WATER
A legendary deep-sea explorer shares thoughts on ‘the lethal, limitless, life-giving frontier’

RETURN TO THE PEEL
How retracing an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed left three explorers with a new-found appreciation for the region

STREET REPAIRS
The once-ideal big leafy yard faces off against housing density as Canada’s first suburbs evolve

PHOTO FINISH
Canadian Geographic presents the winners of its 33rd annual photo competition

RIVERS OF HISTORY
Exploring millennia of Indigenous culture and history at the junction of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers, today a spot home to The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s headquarters

OUR LAND, OUR STRENGTH
Reflecting on 20 years of Canada’s newest territory, Nunavut

VOLCANO ALLEY
Unbeknownst to the millions who pass through them every year, the mountains of southwestern British Columbia form an active volcanic region that could be on the brink of cataclysmic change

PARK PROTECTORS
Six species at risk that the unsung heroes of Parks Canada are striving to save

TOUT LE MONDE À TABLE
Welcome to the Quinan Wild Game Evening and Auction, an annual Nova Scotian tradition celebrating local Acadian and Indigenous connections to the land

THE INN THAT BUILT TOFINO
How a tiny town on the edge of the continent went from stormy outpost to revered eco-tourism hot spot

‘IT’S KIND OF WHAT I IMAGINE OUTER SPACE TO BE LIKE’
Exploring the underwater world beneath the frozen surface of Ontario’s Georgian Bay

THE EARTH WALL
50 Sussex, Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration, is home to the country’s only Google Earth Wall, technology that allows you to explore Canada and the globe in new ways — and on a grand scale

THE BEAR THAT DISAPPEARS
Searching for the legendary and mysterious glacier bears of northwestern Canada

10,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF REMOTE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. ROUTINE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. AVALANCHE-PRONE SLOPES. MORE THAN 200 RUNS. AND JUST FIVE GUIDES.
Heli-skiing the Skeena Tenure

FLAT EARTH 101*
*Do your own research

THE THAW
Permafrost is slowly disappearing. How that affects global warming will be critical to communities and habitats across Canada’s North — and the world.

THE HUNT FOR NOVA ZEMBLA
How a Royal Canadian Geographical Society flag expedition made the first-ever discovery of a whaling shipwreck in the High Arctic — and shed light on a little-understood chapter of Canada’s past

WILD THINGS
Canadian Geographic and the Canadian Museum of Nature present the winning images of the annual Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition

50 SUSSEX
Welcome to Canada’s new Centre for Geography and Exploration

WATER WORLDS
Canada’s marine protected areas offer new hope for marine life and coastal communities

INDIGENOUS GUARDIANS OF THE NUXALK
How one British Columbia First Nation is building its vision of the guardian conservation model being adopted by Indigenous Peoples across Canada

PARK PROTECTORS
Six species at risk that the unsung heroes of Parks Canada are striving to save

THE PLASTIC GENERATION
The renowned Canadian artist Douglas Coupland discusses how his love of plastic morphed into an art exhibit about ocean pollution

IT’S HAPPENING HERE
From floods to fires, drought and coastal erosion, climate change is already having an impact on Canada’s communities, landscapes and wildlife

THE GREAT EIGHT
The amazing places vying to be named Canada’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Sites