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NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO
Niagara Falls is in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Three waterfalls are spread across the two countries but besides being a tourist attraction, the volume of water produced by this Canadian landmark makes it a source of hydroelectric power.
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CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Canadian Museum For Human Rights is at 85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Opened on September 20, 2014, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a leading-edge Canadian landmark designed to honour the concept of human rights.
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HEAD SMASHED IN BUFFALO JUMP
Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump is at secondary Highway #785, Fort MacLeod, Alberta. 6,000 years ago, Canada’s First Nations buffalo runners hunted bison by chasing them to the precipice where the bison leapt to their deaths at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
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THE BIG NICKEL
The Big Nickel is a landmark in the mining city of Sudbury in northern Ontario which was once home to the largest nickel mine in the world. This replica of the 1951 Canadian nickel coin is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest coin.
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LAKE LOUISE, ALBERTA
Named after a British princess, the daughter of Queen Victoria, Lake Louise is just as beautiful in winter as it is at other times of the year and is a fantastic place to go skiing in Alberta.
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CHATEAU FRONTENAC
The elegant 19th Century Chateau Frontenac is an instantly recognisable as a landmark in Canada’s Quebec City.
Named after one of the governors of the New France colony, Comte de Frontenac, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company built it in 1892.
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THE BIG FIDDLE
Sydney’s world’s largest violin overlooks the Port of Sydney in Nova Scotia. The Big Fiddle serves as a fabulous example of Nova Scotia’s strong musical roots, which of course stems from the thousands of fiddlers who have called this province home.
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THE WAWA GOOSE MONUMENT
The Wawa Goose is at 93 Mission Rd, Wawa, Ontario. “Wawa” is a native Ojibwe word for wild goose. The statue is 8.5m tall.
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HOPEWELL ROCKS, NEW BRUNSWICK
Hopewell Rocks is in Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park, New Brunswick. One of Canada’s natural wonders, the Bay of Fundy is a unique landscape of rocks, dinosaur fossils, minerals and the highest tides in the world.
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CN TOWER
CN Tower is at 290 Bremner Blvd, Toronto. Built in 1974, the communication tower is 1,800-feet high and is one of the tallest towers in the world.
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OGOPOGO
Canada’s version of the Lochness monster harbours in the deep Okanagan Lake in British Columbia.
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THE GIANT BEAVER
The Giant Beaver located in Beaverlodge Alberta is one of the landmarks in Canada that was carved to celebrate the town’s 75th anniversary. The beloved sculpture of Canada’s national animal is 4.5m high and 8.5m long.
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CARCROSS DESERT, YUKON
One of the most unusual Canadian landmarks is the Carcross Desert in the Yukon, which is the world’s smallest desert.
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PARLIAMENT HILL
Parliament Hill is at Wellington St, Ottawa. Ottawa became Canada’s capital in 1858 during the reign of Queen Victoria and Parliament was chosen as the site for the parliamentary buildings.
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THE BIG APPLE
Canada’s Big Apple reigns proud outside the small, sleepy hamlet of Colborne, Ontario. Snap a photo of the big red apple, which is purportedly the world’s biggest, while others come to purchase the legendary homemade apple pies.
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THE WORLD’S LARGEST BEE
The big bee is located downtown on Main Street in Bee Park, 1 3 Ave SE, Falher, Alberta. Its creator, a local Richard Ethier built it entirely from steel in 1990 to commemorate the town’s first honey festival.
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MOUNT ROBSON, CANADIAN ROCKIES
Mount Robson is in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia. Although Mount Robson is not the tallest mountain in Canada or even British Columbia, it’s the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies.
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NOTRE DAME BASILICA
Montreal’s Notre Dame Basilica was the first Gothic Revival style church in Canada and became a basilica in 1982.
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WORLD’S LARGEST PEROGY
Head to Glendon, Alberta, the province’s Perogy Capital, to view the massive boiled dumpling objet d’art. The perogy sculpture stands eight meters tall and weighs 2700kg.
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ARBORG CURLING ROCK
The World’s Largest Curling Rock is at 417 Recreation Centre, Arborg, Manitoba. The rock was erected to recognise high school curling teams that won championships and is 3000 pounds of rock sitting on top of a steel pole.