Download Excel File List of World Heritage Sites in Canada

SNo,Site,Location,Criteria,Area,Year,Description,,,,ha (acre),,1,Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks,"CanadaAlberta and British Columbia,",Natural:,"2,306,884 (5,700,430)",1984,"With high peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, the National Parks that make up this site exemplify the exceptional features of the Rocky Mountains. Furthermore, one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, the Burgess Shale Formation is located within the inscribed property.",,Canada,"(vii), (viii)",,,,,5125?N 11629?W? / ?51.417N 116.483W,,,,2,Dinosaur Provincial Park,"CanadaAlberta,",Natural:,"7,493 (18,520)",1979,The park is noted for the beauty of its badland landscape and as a major fossil site. Specimens of every group of cretaceous dinosaurs have been found here including those of 35 species dating more than 75 Million years ago.,,Canada,"(vii), (viii)",,,,,5046?4?N 11129?32?W? / ?50.76778N 111.49222W,,,,3,Gros Morne National Park,"CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador,",Natural:,"180,500 (446,000)",1987,"With deep ocean crust and rocks of the earth's mantle lying exposed, the park illustrates continental drift. Landlocked freshwater fjords, glacier-scoured headlands in an ocean setting contribute to the natural beauty of this wilderness area.",,Canada,"(vii), (viii)",,,,,4937?N 5732?W? / ?49.617N 57.533W,,,,4,Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump,CanadaAlberta,Cultural:,,1981,"The property consists of remains of a camp, of trails and a tumulus of bones of the American bison bearing testimony to nearly 6000 years of communal hunting in which the bisons were driven over a cliff, a practice known as buffalo jump.",,Canada,(vi),,,,,4944?58?N 11337?26?W? / ?49.74944N 113.62389W,,,,5,Historic District of Old Qubec,"CanadaQuebec City, Quebec",Cultural:,,1985,"Founded by the French in the 17th century, the urban ensemble of Old Qubec is the most complete example of a European fortified town north of Mexico.",,Canada,"(iv), (vi)",,,,,4648?34?N 7112?38?W? / ?46.80944N 71.21056W,,,,6,Joggins Fossil Cliffs,CanadaNova Scotia,Natural:,"689 (1,700); buffer zone 29 (72)",2008,This paleontological site contains the most complete terrestrial fossil record of the Carboniferous period including tracks of early animals and of the rainforest they lived in.,,Canada,(viii),,,,,4542?35?N 6426?9?W? / ?45.70972N 64.43583W,,,,7,Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek,"CanadaBritish Columbia and Yukon, Canada*;",Natural:,"9,839,121 (24,313,000)",1979,"These parks comprise the world's largest non-polar icefield, some of the largest glaciers and a tectonically active mountain landscape. They are home to a number of species endangered elsewhere such as bears, wolves, caribou and Dall sheep.",,"Alaska, United States*","(vii), (viii), (ix), (x)",,,,,6112?N 1410?W? / ?61.200N 141.000W,,,,8,Landscape of Grand-Pr,"CanadaNova Scotia,",Cultural:,"1,323 (3,270)",2012,"The Grand Pr landscape is an exceptional example of the adaptation of the first European settlers to the conditions of the North American Atlantic coast. The site is also inscribed as a memorial to the Acadian way of life and deportation, which started in 1755, known as the Grand Drangement.",,Canada,"(v), (vi)",,,,,5046?4?N 11129?32?W? / ?50.76778N 111.49222W,,,,9,LAnse aux Meadows National Historic Site,CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador,Cultural:,,1978,These remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement are the first and only known site of Norse presence and the earliest known European settlement in America outside of Greenland.,,Canada,(vi),,,,,5128?0?N 5537?0?W? / ?51.46667N 55.61667W,,,,10,Miguasha National Park,"CanadaGasp Peninsula, Quebec",Natural:,87 (210),1999,,,Canada,(viii),,,,,486?18?N 6621?11?W? / ?48.10500N 66.35306W,,,,11,Nahanni National Park,CanadaNorthwest Territories,Natural:,"476,560 (1,177,600)",1978,,,Canada,"(vii), (viii)",,,,,6133?N 12535?W? / ?61.550N 125.583W,,,,12,Old Town Lunenburg,CanadaNova Scotia,Cultural:,,1995,,,Canada,"(iv), (v)",,,,,4422?34?N 6418?33?W? / ?44.37611N 64.30917W,,,,13,Red Bay Basque Whaling Station,"CanadaRed Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador",Cultural:,313 (770),2013,"Between 1550 and the early 17th century, Red Bay was a major Basque whaling area. The site is home to three Basque whaling galleons and four small chalupas used in the capture of whales. The discovery of these vessels makes Red Bay one of the most precious underwater archaeological sites in the Americas.",,Canada,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,5143?55?N 5625?32?W? / ?51.73194N 56.42556W,,,,14,Rideau Canal,CanadaOntario,Cultural:,"21,455 (53,020); buffer zone 2,363 (5,840)",2007,"The Rideau Canal (French: Canal Rideau), also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and is still in use today, with most of its original structures intact. The canal system uses sections of major rivers, including the Rideau and the Cataraqui, as well as some lakes. It is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America.",,Canada,"(i), (iv)",,,,,450?N 7546?W? / ?45.000N 75.767W,,,,15,SGang Gwaay,"CanadaBritish Columbia,",Cultural:,,1981,,,Canada,(iii),,,,,525?42?N 13113?13?W? / ?52.09500N 131.22028W,,,,16,Waterton Glacier International Peace Park,"CanadaAlberta, Canada*;",Natural:,"457,614 (1,130,790)",1995,,,"Montana, United States*","(vii), (ix)",,,,,490?N 11354?W? / ?49.000N 113.900W,,,,17,Wood Buffalo National Park,"CanadaAlberta and Northwest Territories,",Natural:,"4,480,000 (11,100,000)",1983,,,Canada,"(vii), (ix), (x)",,,,,5922?N 11218?W? / ?59.367N 112.300W,,,,,,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Canada,,,,,,