List of Canadian provincial parks
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Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

Alberta's provincial parks are managed by Alberta Parks and Alberta Government's Tourism, Parks, and Recreation ministry whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

. As of December 2005, the province of Alberta manages 69 provincial parks.
See List of Alberta provincial parks

British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

Provincial parks in British Columbia are under the jurisdiction for the British Columbia Ministry of Environment.
See List of British Columbia Provincial Parks

Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

Provincial parks in Manitoba are the responsibility of the Manitoba Ministry of Conservation.
  • Asessippi Provincial Park
    Asessippi Provincial Park
    Asessippi Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Manitoba, Canada about 100 km west of Dauphin. The Park is 23.2 km2 . The focal point is the Lake of the Prairies also known as Shellmouth Reservoir. The lake has one of the largest walleye fisheries in Manitoba...

  • Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park
    Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park
    Atikaki Provincial Park is located in Manitoba, Canada, and was partially mapped out by Marc Wermager, and is designated as a wilderness park. This means that there are no roads, logging areas, or major developments in the park. It is located east of Lake Winnipeg, along the Ontario border in the...

  • Bakers Narrows Provincial Park
  • Beaudry Provincial Park
  • Beaver Creek Provincial Park
    Beaver Creek Provincial Park (Manitoba)
    Beaver Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada....

  • Bell Lake Provincial Park
  • Birch Point Provincial Park
  • Birds Hill Provincial Park
    Birds Hill Provincial Park
    Birds Hill Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. It is located 24 kilometres north of Winnipeg on Highway 59, and covers approximately 8300 acres . The area is named after Dr. Curtis Bird, first speaker of the Manitoba provincial legislature in 1873, whose father had been a...

  • Burge Lake Provincial Park
  • Camp Morton Provincial Park
  • Caribou River Provincial Wilderness Park
  • Clearwater Lake Provincial Park
  • Duck Mountain Provincial Park
    Duck Mountain Provincial Park
    Duck Mountain Provincial Park may refer to*Duck Mountain Provincial Park *Duck Mountain Provincial Park...

  • Duff Roblin Provincial Park
  • Elk Island Provincial Park
  • Grand Beach Provincial Park
    Grand Beach Provincial Park
    Grand Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. It is located on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg, and has large white sand dunes and ancient beaches from the end of the last ice age...

  • Grass River Provincial Park
    Grass River Provincial Park
    Grass River Provincial Park is a 2,279 km2 provincial park in Northwestern Manitoba, Canada. Designated in 1963, the park is approximately 75 km north of The Pas and is centered on the Grass River. The southern part of the park includes portions of the dolomitic Manitoba Lowlands portion of the...

  • Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park
    Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park
    Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Manitoba, Canada.Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park comprises Hecla Island, Grindstone , Black Island and a number of other small islands...

  • Hnausa Beach Provincial Park
  • Kettle Stones Provincial Park
  • Lake St. George Provincial Park
  • Lockport Provincial Heritage Park
  • Lundar Beach Provincial Park
    Lundar Beach Provincial Park
    Lundar Beach is a provincial park on the east shore of Lake Manitoba in Manitoba, Canada.-External links:* on the Manitoba government website...

  • Manipogo Provincial Park
  • Moose Lake Provincial Park
  • Nopiming Provincial Park
    Nopiming Provincial Park
    Nopiming Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. It is located on the southeast side of the province, along the border with Ontario....

  • Norris Lake Provincial Park
  • North Steeprock Lake Provincial Park
  • Numaykoos Lake Provincial Wilderness Park
  • Paint Lake Provincial Park
  • Pembina Valley Provincial Park
    Pembina Valley Provincial Park
    is a provincial park in southern Manitoba, Canada. It is located 47 kilometres south-west of Morden, Manitoba, Canada on Highway 3, Highway 31, and Highway 201, and covers approximately 440 acres . The park was officially opened on October 5, 2001 by Premier Gary Doer and James Richardson,...

  • Pinawa Dam Provincial Heritage Park 
  • Pisew Falls Provincial Park
    Pisew Falls Provincial Park
    Pisew Falls Provincial Park in Manitoba is located at the approximate mid-point between the small community of Wabowden and the much larger industrial and service centre of Thompson....

  • Rainbow Beach Provincial Park
    Rainbow Beach Provincial Park
    Rainbow Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park on Dauphin Lake, located in Manitoba, Canada. It has seasonal camping available, both serviced and unserviced. It is located 15 km east of Dauphin, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Ochre River....

  • River Road Provincial Heritage Park
  • Rivers Provincial Park
  • Sand Lakes Provincial Wilderness Park
  • Spruce Woods Provincial Park
    Spruce Woods Provincial Park
    Spruce Woods Provincial Park is located in south-central Manitoba, Canada. This park has large sand dunes and the Assiniboine River passes through it.-History:The park was established in 1970...

  • St. Ambroise Beach Provincial Park
    St. Ambroise Beach Provincial Park
    St. Ambroise Beach Campground is located on the southern shores of lake Manitoba. This campground offers 122 sites perfect for wilderness adventures. There are several picnic areas and a playground located within the park...

  • St. Malo Provincial Park
  • St. Norbert Provincial Heritage Park
  • Stephenfield Provincial Park 
  • Trappist Monastery Provincial Heritage Park
  • Provincial Heritage Park
  • Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
    Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
    Turtle Mountain Provincial Park is a provincial park located in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Within it is the Adam Lake and Max Lake campgrounds. The Park is known for its bike trails, fishing, back country cabins and canoe routes...

  • Watchorn Provincial Park
  • Wekusko Falls Provincial Park
    Wekusko Falls Provincial Park
    Wekusko Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park straddling the Grass River and Wekusko Lake, located in central Manitoba on Manitoba Provincial Road 392 near Snow Lake, Manitoba.-External links:**...

  • Whitefish Lake Provincial Park
  • Whitemouth Provincial Park
    Whitemouth Provincial Park
    Whitemouth River RV Park is located south of the TransCanada highway, in Eastern Manitoba. The remote and very quiet park has ski trails, hiking trails nearby, and is located along the Whitemouth River in the Sandilands Provincial Forest. The main road is paved, and an interpretive centre is...

  • Whiteshell Provincial Park
    Whiteshell Provincial Park
    Whiteshell Provincial Park is a 2,729 km2 park centrally located in Canada in the province of Manitoba. It can be found in the southeast of the province along the Manitoba-Ontario border, approximately 130 km east of Winnipeg. The park is located in the Canadian Shield region and has many...

  • William Lake Provincial Park
    William Lake Provincial Park
    William Lake Provincial Park is located in South East Manitoba on Turtle Mountain. Its sister park, Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, is to the West....

  • Winnipeg Beach Provincial Park
    Winnipeg Beach Provincial Park
    Winnipeg Beach is located on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is a popular swimming and cottage destination that began mainly in the early 1900s with train access to the area from Winnipeg. The small town of Winnipeg Beach once had a dance hall, roller coaster, luxurious hotel, and...

  • Zed Lake Provincial Park

New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

New Brunswick's provincial parks are the responsibility of the New Brunswick Ministry of Tourism and Parks.

  • Les Jardins de la République Provincial Park - Edmundston
  • Herring Cove Provincial Park
    Herring Cove Provincial Park
    Herring Cove Provincial Park is a provincial park located on Campobello Island near the New Brunswick - Maine border.-External links:*...

     - Campobello Island
  • Mactaquac Provincial Park
    Mactaquac Provincial Park
    Mactaquac Provincial Park is a Canadian provincial park with an area of 5.25 km² . It is located on the Saint John River 15 kilometres west of Fredericton, New Brunswick in the community of Mactaquac....

     - Mactaquac (near Fredericton)
  • Mount Carleton Provincial Park
    Mount Carleton Provincial Park
    Mount Carleton Provincial Park, established in 1970, is the largest provincial park in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. Encompassing 174 km² in the remote highlands of north-central New Brunswick, the park's dominant natural features include the highest peak in the Maritimes, Mount...

     - St. Quentin
  • Murray Beach Provincial Park - Murray Corner
  • New River Beach Provincial Park - New River Beach (Near Saint John
    Saint John, New Brunswick
    City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...

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  • Parlee Beach Provincial Park - Shediac
  • Sugarloaf Provincial Park
    Sugarloaf Provincial Park
    Sugarloaf Provincial Park is a all-season park located in Campbellton, New Brunswick. It is situated on the north side of Sugarloaf Mountain, part of the Northern Appalachian Mountains and an extinct late Devonian volcano. The park is accessible by two roads, one which goes up the mountain and the...

     - Campbellton
    Campbellton
    -Canada:* Campbellton, New Brunswick* Campbellton, Newfoundland and Labrador* Campbellton-Restigouche Centre, a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada-United States:* Campbellton, Florida* Campbellton, Georgia...

  • The Anchorage Provincial Park - Grand Manan

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

Provincial parks in Newfoundland and Labrador are the responsibility of the Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Environment and Conservation.
See List of Newfoundland and Labrador parks

Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

Nova Scotia's provincial parks are the responsibility of the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.
See List of parks in Nova Scotia

Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

Ontario Parks
Ontario Parks
Ontario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Parks system covers over 78,000 square kilometres , about 10 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia...

 is responsible for provincial parks in Ontario and responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)
Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)
The Ministry of Natural Resources is a government ministry of the Canadian province of Ontario that responsible for Ontario’s provincial parks, forests, fisheries, wildlife, mineral aggregates and the Crown lands and waters that make up 87 per cent of the province...

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See List of Ontario Parks

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

Provincial parks are the responsibility of the Prince Edward Island Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
See List of Prince Edward Island Parks

Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

Provincial national parks in Quebec are managed by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec
Société des établissements de plein air du Québec
The Société des établissements de plein air du Québec is the agency of the Government of Quebec that manages parks and wildlife reserves...

 under the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks (Quebec)
Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks (Quebec)
The Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks is responsible for the provincial reserves, parks and, environmental policy and land development in the province of Quebec.The current minister is Pierre Arcand.-External links:*...

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See List of Quebec national parks

Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

Provincial parks in Saskatchewan are under the responsibility of Saskatchewan Parks under the Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport.

  • Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park
    Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park
    Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park is a unique geophysical land feature in the boreal shield ecosystem of the province of Saskatchewan. It first came to attention that it should be a protected area in 1969, finally becoming the Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Wilderness Park on August 24, 1992. ...

  • BlackStrap Provincial Park
    Blackstrap Provincial Park
    Blackstrap Provincial Park is a conservation area with a man made lake, a provincial campground, and a man made mountain; Blackstrap Ski Hill. Blackstrap Provincial Park is located east of Dundurn and accessed via Saskatchewan Highway 211 which is approximately 7 km long...

  • Buffalo Pound Provincial Park
    Buffalo Pound Provincial Park
    Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is a Saskatchewan Provincial Park located in southern Saskatchewan about 25 km northeast of the city of Moose Jaw.The park centres around Buffalo Pound Lake, a prairie lake formed from glaciation about 10,000 years ago...

  • Candle Lake Provincial Park
  • Cannington Manor Provincial Park
    Cannington Manor Provincial Park
    Cannington Manor Provincial Park is a historic park which was established in 1882 by Captain Edward Michell Pierce as an aristocratic English colony...

  • Clarence-Steepbank Lakes Provincial Park
  • Clearwater River Provincial Park
  • Crooked Lake Provincial Park
  • Cumberland House Provincial Park
  • Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
    Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
    Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat...

     (part in Alberta)
  • Danielson Provincial Park
  • Douglas Provincial Park
  • Duck Mountain Provincial Park
    Duck Mountain Provincial Park
    Duck Mountain Provincial Park may refer to*Duck Mountain Provincial Park *Duck Mountain Provincial Park...

  • Echo Valley Provincial Park
    Echo Valley Provincial Park
    Echo Valley Provincial Park is a provincial park in Saskatchewan, Canada, located west of the Town of Fort Qu'Appelle in the Qu'Appelle Valley between Echo Lake and Pasqua Lake.-External Links:*...

  • Fort Carlton Provincial Park
  • Fort Pitt Provincial Park
  • Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park
  • Greenwater Lake Provincial Park
  • Katepwa Point Provincial Park
  • Lac La Ronge Provincial Park
  • Last Mountain House Provincial Park
  • Makwa Lake Provincial Park
  • Meadow Lake Provincial Park
    Meadow Lake Provincial Park
    Meadow Lake Provincial Park is a northern boreal forest recreational park accessed centrally through Goodsoil. The village of Goodsoil is located approximately 78 km west of Meadow Lake. The eastern entrance to the park is located north of Dorintosh. The western gateway into the Meadow...

  • Moose Mountain Provincial Park
    Moose Mountain Provincial Park
    Moose Mountain Provincial Park is a Provincial Park, located in southeastern Saskatchewan 24 km north of the town of Carlyle. It is one of Saskatchewan's few parks with towns on the inside of the park. The only town in Moose Mountain is Kenosee Lake....

  • Narrow Hills Provincial Park
    Narrow Hills Provincial Park
    Narrow Hills Provincial Park is provincial park in Saskatchewan Canada. It contains a series of recreational facilities and a variety of lakes within its boundaries...

  • Pike Lake Provincial Park
    Pike Lake Provincial Park
    Pike Lake Provincial Park is a primarily recreational park located approximately 32 km southwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is located at the southern terminus of Highway 60 on the shore of Pike Lake, an oxbow created by the South Saskatchewan River...

  • Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park
  • Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park
  • Stanley Mission Provincial Park
  • Steele Narrows Provincial Park
  • St. Victor Petroglyphs Provincial Park
  • The Battlefords Provincial Park
  • Touchwood Hills Post Provincial Park
  • Wildcat Hill Provincial Park
  • Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park

Territories

Nunavut's territorial parks are under Nunavut Ministry of Environment.
  • Nunavut
    Nunavut
    Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

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    • Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga (Meliadine River)
    • Katannilik
      Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve
      Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve is a territorial park in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It was established in 1993 and has an area of . The Soper River, part of the Canadian Heritage Rivers System, flows through the park.-References:*** Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve ("the...

    • Kugluk/Bloody Falls
      Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park
      Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park is located about southwest of Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada. The park is situated around the Bloody Falls on the Coppermine River and was listed as a national historic site in 1978.The park is probably best known as the site of the Bloody Falls Massacre that...

    • North West Passage
      North West Passage Territorial Park
      The Northwest Passage Territorial Park is located at Gjoa Haven, on King William Island, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. The park consists of six areas that show in part the history of the exploration of the Northwest Passage and the first successful passage by Roald Amundsen in the Gjøa.The...

    • Ovayok


Yukon's territorial parks are maintained by the Parks Branch of the Yukon Territory Ministry of Environment.
  • Yukon
    Yukon
    Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

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    • Qikiqtaruk
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Northwest Territories territorial parks are under the Northwest Territories Ministry of Industry, Tourism & Investment.
  • Northwest Territories
    Northwest Territories
    The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

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    • Blackstone Territorial Park
    • Cabin Creek (Ehjuu Njik) (See Gwich'in Territorial Park)
    • Cameron Falls Trail (See Hidden Lake Territorial Park)
    • Cameron River Crossing Territorial Park
    • Campbell Creek (Nihtak) (See Gwich'in Territorial Park)
    • CANOL Heritage Trail
      Canol Heritage Trail
      The Canol Heritage Trail is a 355 km trail running from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, through the Mackenzie Mountains, to the Yukon border. Because of its remoteness, length and river crossings, it is considered one of the most challenging trails in Canada...

    • Caribou Creek (Vadzaih) (See Gwich'in Territorial Park)
    • Chan Lake Territorial Park
    • Dory Point Territorial Park
    • Ehjuu Njik Day Use Area (See Gwich'in Territorial Park)
    • Fort Providence Territorial Park
    • Fort Simpson Territorial Park
    • Fort Smith Mission Historic Park
    • Fred Henne Territorial Park
    • Gwich'in Territorial Park
    • Happy Valley Territorial Park
    • Hay River Territorial Park
    • Hidden Lake Territorial Park
    • Jak Territorial Park
    • Kakisa River Day Use Area
    • Lady Evelyn Falls Territorial Park
    • Liard River Crossing Territorial Park
    • Little Buffalo River Crossing Territorial Park
    • Little Buffalo River Falls Day Use Area
    • Madeline Lake Day Use Area
    • McKinnon Territorial Park
    • McNallie Creek Picnic Area
    • Nihtak Day Use Area (See Gwich'in Territorial Park)
    • Nitainlaii Territorial Park
    • North Arm Territorial Park
    • Northwest Territories/Yukon Border Day Use Area
    • Pontoon Lake Day Use Area
    • Powder Point (See Hidden Lake Territorial Park)
    • Prelude Lake Territorial Park
    • Prosperous Lake Day Use Area
    • Queen Elizabeth Territorial Park
    • Reid Lake Territorial Park
    • Sambaa Deh Falls Territorial Park
    • Sixtieth Parallel Territorial Park
    • Tetlit Gwinjik Territorial Park
    • Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park
    • Vadzaih Campground (See Gwich'in Territorial Park)
    • Yellowknife River Day Use Area

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