Best of Canada

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Canada. From sea to sea to sea—Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic—his vast northern dominion stretches across nearly ten million square kilometres of landscape and story. One could spend a lifetime tracing its sweep, travelling village to village, town to town, and city to city; following ancient river routes, crossing great lakes, and watching the land unfold beneath ever-changing skies.

From the rugged Pacific shores where cedar forests once sheltered thriving coastal nations, to the high Arctic where the summer sun hangs forever on the horizon; from Atlantic headlands battered by centuries of wind and salt, to the long interior plains shaped by buffalo, wheat, and railway steel?Canada’s geography reads like a chronicle of both nature and nationhood.

Crossing mountains, prairies, dunes, glaciers, barrenlands, badlands, and tundra, each region presents its own character, its own history, and its own enduring ties to the peoples who have lived here for millennia. Set amid this immense geography are our cities—modern, diverse, and ever-changing—each reflecting a unique cultural tapestry woven from Indigenous roots, French and British beginnings, and generations of newcomers who continue to reshape the Canadian story.

From this remarkable country—with all its wonder, complexity, and quiet grandeur—we have gathered a selection of photographs intended to reflect what might be thought of as the Best of Canada: a brief glimpse of a nation that continues to astonish, no matter how many times the traveller returns.

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