Canada

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981)
• Historic District of Old Québec (1985)
• L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (1978)
• Old Town Lunenburg (1995)
• Rideau Canal (2007)
• SGang Gwaay (1981)

• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984)
• Dinosaur Provincial Park (1979)
• Gros Morne National Park (1987)
• 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

• Áísínai’pi (2004)
• Atikaki / Woodland Caribou / Accord First Nations (Pimachiowin Aki) (2004)
• Grand-Pré (2004)
• Gwaii Haanas (2004)
• Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk) (2004)
• Joggins (2004)
• The Klondike (2004)
• Mistaken Point (2004)
• Quttinirpaaq (2004)
• Red Bay (2004)

News

• Apr 7, 2008
  UNESCO Director-General expresses regret over destruction by fire of historical Québec landmark
• Jun 29, 2007
  Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
• Oct 10, 2005
  Results of the election to the World Heritage Committee
• Sep 23, 2005
  Nova Scotia Provincial Government buys 17 waterfront properties in the Town of Lunenburg, Canada

Events

• Nov 30, 2007 - Dec 1, 2007
  International Expert meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic
• Nov 10, 2007 - Nov 17, 2007
  Second session of the conference-workshop Journalism and World Heritage

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1976 - 1978
• 1985 - 1991
• 1995 - 2001
• 2005 - 2009

Contacts

• H. E. Mr Gilbert Laurin
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Canada to UNESCO
  5, rue de Constantine
  75007 Paris
  Tel: 01.44.43.25.71
  Fax: 01.44.43.25.79
  EMail: dl.canada@unesco.org
  Web Site: http://www.canada-unesco.gc.ca
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Canadian Commission for UNESCO
  President: Ms Michèle Stanton Jean
  Vice President: Ms Martha B. Stone
  Secretary-General: Mr David A. Walden
  Conseillère spéciale du Secrétaire général: Ms Katherine Berg
  350, rue Albert / 350 Albert Street
  C.P. 1047 / P.O. Box 1047
  OTTAWA, (Ontario)/Ottawa, Ontario
  K1P 5V8 CANADA
  Tel: (+ 1.613) 566 44 14 (ext. 4551); From USA & Canada / A partir des USA et du Canada: (1.800) 263 55 88 ( ext. 4551)
  Fax: (+ 1.613) 566 44 05
  EMail: info@unesco.ca; david.walden@unesco.ca; michele.stanton-jean@umontreal.ca;
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.ca
  Source: UNESCO/ERC