Canadian Geographic

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

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

Land of the second sky
An island-hopping journey through Tahiti reveals the incredible tones and traditions of French Polynesia

A truly wild island
Bonaire is renowned as a diving and snorkelling destination, but inland from all its surf, sand and scuba is an untamed island unlike any other in the Caribbean

Perfect pairings
Ski, sip and spa on a winter tour in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley

Made in the Keys
Whether it’s brewing homegrown craft beer or putting an invasive species on the menu, a new generation of locavores in the Florida Keys is helping redefine the region’s food and drink scene

‘This is expedition golf’
Beach landings in a Zodiac, seawater spray on your nine-iron and some of the best courses in Canada are just part of an incredible East Coast golfing cruise

OUTBREAK
The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we’re preparing for the next great pandemic

THE ULTIMATE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY QUIZ: THE 49TH
In honour of the 200th anniversary of our straight southern boundary, here are 49 questions to test your border brains

LIFE OF EREBUS
The irresistible pull of the legendary polar ship

‘EITHER YOU CHOOSE TO SHOOT GULLS OR YOU CHOOSE TO LET THAT TERN COLONY DISAPPEAR’
On New Brunswick’s Machias Seal Island, predatory gulls are pushing endangered Arctic tern colonies to the brink. Should we kill one bird to save another?

FLYING HIGH
Montreal’s contemporary Cirque Éloize celebrates 25 years of showcasing acrobatic arts in theatres around the world

RES·O·LUTE
adjective | Admirably purposeful, determined and unwavering. Meet the new RCGS Resolute.

THE POWER OF THE NAIL
From blacksmithing to Indigenous legends to Parliament Hill, how one class forged an unforgettable relationship with Canada’s past

DELTA FORCES
Can nature and development coexist on the Fraser River Delta, the ecological hot spot that’s home to ever-expanding Metro Vancouver?

STAMPEDE NATIONS
Beyond the rodeo and the chuckwagon races, the Calgary Stampede is one of the country’s longest-running public celebrations of Indigenous cultures

KLEINES KANADA
It means “small Canada” — a reference to the pockets of this country that still exist in Germany 25 years after Canadian Cold War-era bases there closed for good

SHOW US YOUR RIDING
Presenting the winning images from CPAC and Canadian Geographic’s democracy-themed photo competition

THE EXPEDITIONS
A look at the latest expeditions funded by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

FOR THE LOVE OF PRONGHORNS
The story of a biologist’s lifelong study of an endangered species — and its future

EEYOU ISTCHEE
The residents of ‘the people’s land’ are opening their territory — culture, waters, polar bears and all — to visitors. The only question is, will they come?

THE PARK AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
Isolated at the northern tip of Vancouver Island, the staff at Cape Scott Provincial Park spend their summers trail building, trekking hundreds of kilometres and putting their physical and mental endurance to the test

A TRIBUTE TO LOUIE KAMOOKAK
A reflection on the life of the renowned historian, who was instrumental in fi nding Sir John Franklin’s ships

THE ULTIMATE GREAT TRAIL QUIZ
25 questions to test your knowledge of Canada’s country-crossing, coast-connecting trail system

HOW DID A CANADIAN END UP ON A QUEST TO SOLVE ONE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREAT MYSTERIES?
Archeologist Dougald O’Reilly leads the effort to answer questions about Laos’s puzzling Plain of Jars

TRACING THE NILE
This August will mark the 160th anniversary of John Hanning Speke’s claim to have found the source of the world’s longest river, an assertion that created one of the great myths and legacies of Victorian-era exploration

MAMMOTH MOVE
The Royal Alberta Museum will move into its new downtown Edmonton home this year, a massive logistical task captured in this behind-the-scenes photo essay

‘THEY’RE OUT THERE’
After decades of conflict between humans and wolves, the Yukon is finding its balance with the top predator, which is thriving across the territory

PHOTO FINISH
Presenting the winners of Canadian Geographic’s 32nd Annual Photo Competition

FOLLOWING FUNDY
New Brunswick’s Fundy Footpath traverses some of Atlantic Canada’s last coastal wilderness, but increasing tourism and other development is always close at hand. How does the footpath find its balance?

‘OVER THE LAND’
It’s the meaning of Itijjagiaq, the trail that connects the communities of Iqaluit and Kimmirut across southern Baffin Island, spanning both age-old traditions and recent change

ALONG THE GREAT SEA
A photo essay celebrating the 1,000-kilometre Lake Superior Water Trail, the canoe route that skirts the ancient shores of the world’s greatest freshwater expanse

RIBBON OF GREEN
It’s an apt moniker for the Edmonton River Valley Trail, a route that plays an active role in the lives of many in the city

COWICHAN CONNECTION
Built on the legacy of former rail lines and logging routes, the Cowichan Valley Trail now links its users to Vancouver Island’s history, cultures and communities

THE ULTIMATE GREAT TRAIL QUIZ
25 questions to test your knowledge of Canada’s country-crossing, coast-connecting trail system