Canada
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (17)
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Cultural (8)
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981)
- Historic District of Old Québec (1985)
- Landscape of Grand Pré (2012)
- L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (1978)
- Old Town Lunenburg (1995)
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (2013)
- Rideau Canal (2007)
- SGang Gwaay (1981)
Natural (9)
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984)
- Dinosaur Provincial Park (1979)
- Gros Morne National Park (1987)
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs (2008)
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979)
- Miguasha National Park (1999)
- Nahanni National Park (1978)
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (1995)
- Wood Buffalo National Park (1983)
Properties submitted on the Tentative List (7)
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
News (12)
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation joins Marine World Heritage Friday, November 27, 2015
- State of conservation of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico) Wednesday, May 6, 2015
- Sites in Iran, Malaysia, Canada, Slovenia, Spain, Germany, Portugal and France on UNESCO’s World Heritage List Saturday, June 30, 2012
- In Memoriam: Professor Herb Stovel, conservationist Thursday, March 15, 2012
- Parks Canada wins conservation award; celebrates 100 years Friday, May 20, 2011
Events (4)
- World Heritage-related topic for final school exams and awareness campaign using the 40th anniversary logo Jan 1, 2012
- International Expert meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic Nov 30, 2007-Dec 1, 2007
- Second session of the conference-workshop Journalism and World Heritage Nov 10, 2007-Nov 17, 2007
- Expert Meeting on Heritage Canals, Chaffey Lock, Canada, September 15-19,1994 Sep 15, 1994-Sep 19, 1994
Canada
Acceptance of the Convention:
Friday, July 23, 1976
1976-1978 1985-1991 1995-2001 2005-2009
Source: Official Relations (UNESCO/ERI)
H. E. Ms Elaine Ayotte
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
Permanent Delegation of Canada to UNESCO
www.canadainternational.gc.ca/unesco
World Heritage
Within UNESCO
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