Steeltown stewardship: How Hamilton, Ont. plans to protect its waterfalls
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Places
How swimming returned to downtown Ottawa
Once considered too polluted for bathers, the capital’s River House and Dow’s Lake swimming areas give city swimmers new places to beat the heat
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Places
The largest (charred) burl in the world, and other roadside charms of northern Vancouver Island
A road trip “up island” reveals outsized curiosities with backstories to match
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Travel
Inside Montreal’s magical Moment Factory
This uniquely Canadian studio illuminates bucket lists around the world, complete with enchanted night walks and mind-boggling displays
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Environment
It was a family ranch for generations. Now, it’s protected as native prairie grassland
An Albertan with deep roots in the Prairies donated 507 hectares of native prairie grassland along the Oldman River to be conserved under the federal government’s Ecological Gifts Program, which offers significant tax benefits for landowners willing to donate ecologically sensitive land
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Exploring protected areas in Canada
Wildlife
By the numbers: Protected landscapes and the birds that live there
National wildlife areas and migratory bird sanctuaries form a vast conservation network across the country. Here are a few surprising facts about these protected landscapes and the bird species that live there
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Places
A visit to Quebec’s Baie de L’Isle-Verte National Wildlife Area, where life moves with the tides
A team of volunteers and scientists has carefully nurtured this landscape, making it a sanctuary for wildlife on the St. Lawrence
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Places
It used to host heavy industry. Now, Big Glace Bay Lake, N.S. is flourishing as a home for wildlife
The 2022 designation of Big Glace Bay Lake as a national wildlife area is a key step in a decades-long effort to help piping plovers recover and thrive. It also protects crucial fall migration habitat for many species of waterfowl.
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Mapping
For the birds! Mapping Canada’s 92 migratory bird sanctuaries
These federally protected areas are located along avian superhighways — also known as flyways — traversed by millions of birds on their annual migrations. They provide vital stopover sites and breeding grounds.
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Go Habs Go
People & Culture
Elbows Up! Hockey, politics and patriotism with Roy MacGregor
Episode 101
The award-winning journalist explores the intersection of hockey, politics and patriotism, highlighting Canada’s 2025 4 Nations Face-Off victory over the U.S. amid tensions from Trump’s tariff war
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People & Culture
Go Habs Go — A hockey story about much more than hockey
Episode 13
Hockey is more than just a game in Montreal; it’s a window to Quebec culture whether you’re a hockey fan or not
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People & Culture
Excerpt from The Greatest Comeback: How Team Canada fought back, took the Summit Series, and reinvented hockey
Through fresh reporting and new perspectives, best-selling author John U. Bacon captures some of the best moments in Canadian sports history
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History
Remembering Canada’s first Olympic hockey gold
Winning gold 100 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Canada’s team set a standard for Olympic hockey dominance that would last for three more successive Games
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Wildlife in focus
Wildlife
The long climb back: Saving the Vancouver Island marmot
A small army of scientists, conservationists and volunteers cooperate to ensure the successful rebound of Canada’s most endangered mammal
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Wildlife
When the wild goes quiet
“Winter has a way of softening the forest”
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Wildlife
Yukon ghosts: the silent presence of northern wildlife
In the immense landscapes of the North, animals are everywhere — hiding in plain sight
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Wildlife
Do not disturb: Practicing ethical wildlife photography
Wildlife photographers on the thrill of the chase — and the importance of setting ethical guidelines
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Calling all wildlife photographers
Enter the 2026 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year competition!
Canadian Geographic’s highly-anticipated Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year competition is back and we’re looking for your BEST shots!
Whether it’s wings in flight, life beneath the surface, wildlife on the land, or the world of flora and fungi, we want to see what you’ve got.
The Competition ends at 11:59 p.m. ET July 3, 2026.
Artemis missions
Science & Tech
Canada’s ‘moon joy’ will continue long past Artemis II. Here’s what’s next for our space program
While Jeremy Hansen’s mission is complete, Canadian scientists and astronauts will be involved in future space missions – including to the moon
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Science & Tech
Artemis II astronauts have returned safely to Earth following historic mission around the moon
Canadian Geographic is following this history-making mission, which saw Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen become the first Canadian to fly around the moon
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Science & Tech
Who is Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian tapped by NASA to fly around the moon?
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen will soon be blasting off on NASA’s Artemis II mission. How did he get from an imaginary treehouse spaceship in rural Ontario to the real thing?
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Exploration
From Labrador to Luna: Training future moon explorers
With the Artemis II mission set to blast off next spring, humanity is one step closer to returning to the moon. In the meantime, astronauts are honing their skills in a Labrador meteorite crater.
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For the birders
Wildlife
What’s in a name? New documentary explores the history of bird names
Documentary film producer Aliza Sovani discusses her latest film Bird Names and the importance of changing bird names associated with harmful legacies
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Travel
Birding the road less travelled in British Columbia
On this Eagle-Eye Tours adventure from Vancouver to Kelowna, rare birds and responsible travel go hand in hand
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People & Culture
The biggest year in Canadian birds
A tale of joy and persistence: Logging Bruce Di Labio’s birding “big years” almost 50 years apart
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Wildlife
Melissa Hafting on the healing power of birds
The ecologist, photographer, activist and birding guide discusses her fascination with birds, bringing people together and how birdwatching can help people deal with grief
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Canadian Photos of the Year
People & Culture
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
Canadian Geographic honours the photographers who captured some of the best pictures of 2025
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People & Culture
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
Canadian Geographic honours 14 photographers who captured some of the best shots of 2024
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People & Culture
Announcing the winners of the 2023 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
Canadian Geographic is proud to recognize 13 outstanding photographers who captured some of the best images of 2023
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People & Culture
Announcing the winners of the 2022 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
Canadian Geographic is proud to recognize 13 outstanding photographers who captured some of the best images of 2022
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People & Culture
Announcing the winners of the 2021 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
Canadian Geographic is proud to recognize 13 outstanding photographers who captured some of the best images of 2021
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ICYMI: Highlights from our recent issues
History
“It made the Wild West look tame:” A look back at the birth of Bytown
Balancing reflection, remembrance and reconciliation as Ottawa commemorates its bicentennial
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Wildlife
Filmmaker Nick Hawkins’ fight to save wild Atlantic salmon, one frame at a time
As wild Atlantic salmon numbers plummet, Hawkins is using powerful imagery to bring attention to one of Canada’s most threatened fish
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People & Culture
Emma Cook-Clarke on her career as a mountain athlete
The former wildland firefighter- turned-mountain athlete shares her experience as a female in sports, the importance of representation and more
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Places
The Copper Store: Newfoundland and Labrador’s first co-operative
More than a century ago, fishermen in Red Bay, N.L., united to establish the region’s first co-op — and take control of their own economy
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Mapping
State of the bears: Charting the world’s polar bear subpopulations
As Arctic sea ice declines, scientists and Inuit communities are tracking the changing status of polar bear subpopulations and what it means for conservation and safety
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Discovery Language
People & Culture
Pitewey and cookies: a Mi’kmaw auntie’s fight to revitalize her language
Katrina Clair is teaching Mi’kmaw to ensure kids like her children always have access to the language
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People & Culture
Inuktuusuunguvit? (Do you speak Inuktut?)
Ottawa is home to a booming Inuit community reclaiming their language and culture
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People & Culture
Unspoken: The Cree code talkers of the prairies
nêhiyawak soldiers bent their language to help secure the Allied victory in the Second World War, but their service is often forgotten
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People & Culture
The birth of a language speaker
In the first part of Canadian Geographic’s Discovery Language series, one Kanyen’kehá:ka family shares what it takes to raise a language speaker
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Our places, our voices
Our Country - Notre Pays
For nearly 15 years, Canadian Geographic has been asking notable Canadians to share their favourite place in Canada. From lakeside family retreats to urban hideaways, the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains to the endless horizon of the Arctic tundra, the rocky shores of Newfoundland to the windswept beaches of western Vancouver Island, their answers highlight the geographic diversity of Canada and the love that unites us. These are our places. This is our country,
Recent Podcast Episodes
People & Culture
At the edge of the world with Louise K. Blight
Episode 127
The conservation scientist and seabird researcher shares her insights on studying Adélie penguins in Antarctica and what it’s like to live in one of Earth’s most remote research stations
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Exploration
Into the Carpathians: Skiing Ukraine’s highest peaks with Laval St. Germain
Episode 126
The Canadian explorer highlights the impacts of war on wildlife as well as people, what Kyiv is like today, and Ukraine’s shifting landscape
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Exploration
The hidden life of Canada’s frozen lakes with Andrew Budziak and Andy Bramburger
Episode 125
In the frigid underwater ecosystems of Canada’s frozen lakes, these explorers are revealing what lies beneath the ice. Plus, climate impacts, citizen science, and what it’s really like to dive below the surface.
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People & Culture
Searching for life beyond Earth with Sara Seager
Episode 124
The Toronto-born astrophysicist and MIT planetary scientist shares her thoughts on deep space, leading robot missions to Venus and more
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Shipwrecks
Exploration
Finding Quest
Inside the expedition that found famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed last ship
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Travel
Chasing storms and shipwrecks on the Oregon Coast
Offering something for everyone, this 584-kilometre wind-swept shoreline is packed with historical sites, isolated beaches, quiet seaside towns and more
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Travel
Diving Kingston’s shipwrecks: The hidden histories of Lake Ontario
Taking a closer look at Kingston’s museums below the surface
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History
The hunt for the Franklin Expedition shipwrecks
Parks Canada’s Ryan Harris searches for wreckage
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Food & Drink
People & Culture
A little Lebanon: From man’eesh to knafeh, a community sustained by food
Edmonton’s north side has sustained both appetite and tradition for more than half a century
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People & Culture
Film food: World-class cuisine meets cinematic excellence in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
How a tiny town in the Annapolis Valley became host to the largest film food festival in the world
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Travel
Canada’s non-alcoholic revolution
Robin Esrock investigates the growing trend of alcohol-free wine, beer and spirits
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People & Culture
An appetite for life: A Greek immigrant’s journey of hearty food and hospitality
The story of Peter Kontolemos’ decision to open a steak restaurant in Mackenzie, B.C., as told by his daughter
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Travel
Cooking with crickets: A sustainable food option packed with protein
Plus 10 of our favourite ways to eat crickets
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Iconic Interviews
People & Culture
Maia Wikler on memory, resistance and the hidden scourge of “fast furniture”
How the young activist and filmmaker is using storytelling as a wake-up call for awareness and action
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People & Culture
Julian Brave NoiseCat on his Oscar-shortlisted documentary
The filmmaker and writer discusses his documentary Sugarcane, which investigates the abuse and missing children at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School
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People & Culture
Interview with Margaret Atwood
We caught up with Margaret Atwood at The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2015 College of Fellows Annual Dinner to talk about Canada’s geography, climate change and how to get away with murder in the Arctic.
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People & Culture
Louie Kamookak on the importance of Inuit oral history
Louie Kamookak awarded medal from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society for enhancing the Society’s ability to make Canada better known.
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