National Historic and Cultural World Heritage Sites

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Abstract

This map locates the National Historic Sites administered by Parks Canada and the five UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Sites located in Canada. National Historic Sites are maintained to commemorate significant historic places, people and events.

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National Historic Sites and their associated artefacts are preserved to promote an appreciation of historic places, people and events, and their contribution to the Canadian identity. Since 1919, over 850 sites, 500 people and 300 national historic events have been designated by the Canadian government. Parks Canada administers the program that recognizes places of national historic importance.

Animations and guided tours are offered at many of the National Historic Sites operated by Parks Canada. The Fortress of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia recreates daily life in the largest reconstructed 18th century French fortified town in North America. Lower Fort Garry in Manitoba is a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post commemorating the 19th century fur trade. At both sites, costumed interpreters re-enact events in the daily life of the period.

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Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

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Lower Fort Garry National Historic Park, Manitoba

Cultural World Heritage Sites have outstanding universal value from an historical, aesthetic or anthropological point of view. They can be monuments, architectural work, groups of buildings or sites combining the work of man and nature. The cultural World Heritage Sites protect exceptional achievements by humankind.

Canada’s Cultural World Heritage Sites are quite diverse. The Historic District of Québec, a prime tourist destination, is the only walled city in North America. It has retained almost all of its fortification and has buildings dating back to the seventeenth century. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Alberta is the largest, oldest and best-preserved buffalo jump in North America. It has been in use by the Great Plains Indians for over 5000 years.

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Québec Historic District

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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta

The map locates more than 150 National Historic Sites administered by Parks Canada and the five UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Sites. Each site is linked to detailed information maintained by the Parks Canada Agency.