Camping and accommodations at Parks Canada

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Accommodations by category

A father and son eating s’mores at an oTENTik in Cheticamp Campground.
oTENTik
A couple enjoys coffee at sunrise outside their tent, near the water at Cavendish Campground.
Tent and RV camping
A Parks Canada Ôasis accommodation installed in the forest canopy with an access ramp.
Ôasis
A visitor sits at a table on the deck of a MicrOcube.
MicrOcube
A yurt deck provides plenty of space to relax in deck chairs, cook or keep warm by the fire.
Yurt
Sleeping bags, a sleeping pad, a camping stove, a lantern and a tent placed at a campsite.
Equipped camping
A child runs to his mother as two men sit in front of a rustic wooden cabin.
Cabin
A woman drinks coffee as she sits on the window sill of a period building located in the heart of a fortified town.
Historic stay
Two visitors gaze at the Big Dipper outside a tipi on a starry night.
Tipi
A woman sitting in her tent, looking out at a group of nearby tents.
Backcountry camping
Two visitors setting up camp at Omega Lakes.
Group camping
Boats moored at the locks of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal.
Overnight mooring

Accommodations by region

Western Canada

British Columbia
Yoho National Park
250-343-6783
yoho.info@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
Cabin Contact to reserve
Mount Revelstoke National Park
250-837-7500
mrg.information@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
Cabin
MicrOcube New!
Glacier National Park
250-837-7500
mrg.information@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
Cabin Contact to reserve
Kootenay National Park
250-347-9505
kootenayinfo-infokootenay@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Group camping Contact to reserve
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
250-654-4000
gulfinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
250-726-4212
pacrim.info@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Fort St. James National Historic Site
250-996-7191
stjames@pc.gc.ca
Historic stay Contact to reserve
Fort Langley National Historic Site
604-513-4777
fortlangley@pc.gc.ca
oTENTik
Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites
250-478-5849
fortrodd@pc.gc.ca
oTENTik
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site
250-559-8818
gwaiihaanas@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site
1-800-661-0486
867-667-3910
chilkootinfo@pc.gc.ca
Backcountry camping Contact to reserve
Alberta
Elk Island National Park
780-922-5790
pnelkisland-elkislandnp@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Group camping Contact to reserve
Waterton Lakes National Park
403-859-5133
waterton.info@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
Group camping Contact to reserve
Cabin Contact to reserve
Banff National Park
Banff Visitor Centre
403-762-1550
banffinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik 
Equipped camping 
Group camping
Jasper National Park
780-852-6176
jasperinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Historic stay
Group camping
Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site
403-845-2412
rockyinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Tipi
Cabin
Equipped camping Contact to reserve
Historic stay
Group camping Contact to reserve

Canadian Prairies

Saskatchewan
Prince Albert National Park
306-663-4522
princealbertinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Group camping Contact to reserve
Grasslands National Park
East Block visitor centre: 306-476-2018
West Block visitor centre: 1-877-345-2257
infopnprairies-grasslandsnpinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Historic stay: equestrian camping
Manitoba
Riding Mountain National Park
204-848-7275
rmnp.info@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Yurt
Group camping Contact to reserve
MicrOcube
York Factory National Historic Site
204-675-8863
manitoba@pc.gc.ca
Camping

Ontario and Quebec

Ontario
Pukaskwa National Park
807-229-0801
pukaskwaont@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Thousand Islands National Park
613-923-5261
pnmille-iles-thousandislandsnp@pc.gc.ca
Camping
oTENTik
Bruce Peninsula National Park
519-596-2233
bruce-fathomfive@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
Yurt
Group camping Contact to reserve
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
705-527-7200
info.gbi-ibg@pc.gc.ca
Camping
oTENTik
Cabin
Group camping Contact to reserve
Rideau Canal National Historic Site
613-283-5170
rideaucanal.info@pc.gc.ca
Camping
oTENTik
Historic stay Contact to reserve
Equipped camping
Overnight mooring
Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site
705-750-4900
trentsevern@pc.gc.ca
Camping
oTENTik
Cabin
Ôasis New!
Overnight mooring
Point Pelee National Park
519-322-2365
pelee.info@pc.gc.ca
oTENTik
Rouge National Urban Park
416-264-2020
rouge@pc.gc.ca
Camping
oTENTik Contact to reserve
Quebec
La Mauricie National Park
1-888-773-8888
information@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Historic stay Contact to reserve
Group camping Contact to reserve
Forillon National Park
418-368-5505
information@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
MicrOcube
Ôasis New!
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reseve
418-538-3285
information@pc.gc.ca
Camping
oTENTik
Group camping Contact to reserve
Historic stay Contact to reserve
Ôasis New!
Saint-Ours Canal National Historic Site
450-785-2212
infocanalqc@pc.gc.ca
oTENTik
Overnight mooring
Lachine Canal National Historic Site
514-283-6054
infocanalqc@pc.gc.ca
Overnight mooring
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site
514-457-5546
infocanalqc@pc.gc.ca
Overnight mooring
Chambly Canal National Historic Site
450 658-4381
450 348-3392
infocanalqc@pc.gc.ca
Overnight mooring
Carillon Canal National Historic Site
450-537-3534
infocanalqc@pc.gc.ca
Overnight mooring

Atlantic Canada

Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
902-224-2306
cbinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Equipped camping
Group camping Contact to reserve
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
902-682-2772
kejimkujik@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Yurt
Cabin
Ôasis New!
Group camping Contact to reserve
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
902-733-3552
louisbourg.info@pc.gc.ca
Historic stay Contact to reserve
Equipped camping Contact to reserve
Grand-Pré National Historic Site
902-542-3631
grandpre@pc.gc.ca
oTENTik New!
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island National Park
902-672-6350
pnipe-peinp@pc.gc.ca
Camping
oTENTik
Equipped camping 
Cabin
New Brunswick
Fundy National Park
506-887-6000
fundy@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
Yurt
oTENTik
Cabin
Group camping Contact to reserve
Ôasis
Kouchibouguac National Park
506-876-2443
kouchibouguac@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Cabin Contact to reserve
Group camping
Ôasis
Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site
506-364-5080
fortbc@pc.gc.ca
Equipped camping
Newfoundland and Labrador
Torngat Mountains National Park
1-888-922-1290
infopntorngats-torngatsnpinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Base camp Contact to reserve
Gros Morne National Park
709-458-2417
grosmorne@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Cabin
Group camping Contact to reserve
oTENTik
Terra Nova National Park
709-533-2801
infopnterra-nova-terranovanpinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Group camping Contact to reserve
Ôasis

Northern Canada

Yukon
Kluane National Park
867-634-7207
kluaneinfo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
oTENTik
Vuntut National Park
867-667-3910
infopnvuntut-vuntutnpinfo@pc.gc.ca
Backcountry camping Contact to reserve
Ivvavik National Park
867-777-8800
infoinuvik-inuvikinfo@pc.gc.ca
Base camp Contact to reserve
Northwest Territories
Aulavik National Park
867-777-8800
infoinuvik-inuvikinfo@pc.gc.ca
Backcountry camping Contact to reserve
Tuktut Nogait National Park
867-580-3233
infoinuvik-inuvikinfo@pc.gc.ca
Backcountry camping Contact to reserve
Nahanni National Park Reserve
867-695-7750
nahanni.info@pc.gc.ca
Backcountry camping Contact to reserve
Wood Buffalo National Park
Fort Smith visitor centre: 867-872-7960
woodbuffaloinfo-infowoodbuffalo@pc.gc.ca
Camping
Backcountry camping
Cabin
Group camping Contact to reserve
Nunavut
Auyuittuq National Park
Pangnirtung: 867-473-2500
Qikiqtarjuaq: 867-927-8834
nunavut.info@pc.gc.ca
Backcountry camping Contact to reserve
Sirmilik National Park
867-899-8092
sirmilik.info@pc.gc.ca
Backcountry camping Contact to reserve
Quttinirpaaq National Park
867-975-4673
nunavut.info@pc.gc.ca
Contact to reserve Backcountry camping
Reservations

National reservation service

1-877-RESERVE (737-3783)

Outside of North America: 519-826-5391

Contact to reserve

Some accommodations must be reserved by contacting the location directly and some are first-come, first-served.

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