14 places that no city guide can reach — and the permit, season or boat each one needs.
Destinations › North America › Remote Canada
The places on this page are not day trips from anywhere. Several need a permit booked months ahead, a licensed guide, or a charter boat that only sails in a narrow season — and a few of those rules exist because the site was being damaged without them. This is the part that trip lists usually leave out.
Sorted by province. Every card carries the access rule — the permit, the cap, the guided-tour requirement or the boat — because that is what turns a twelve-hour journey into a wasted one.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Access rules, seasons and booking windows change — confirm with the park or operator before you set off.
St. John’s, Halifax, Saskatoon, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Iqaluit — the journey begins the same way. Compare how to get there from Toronto, then build the rest around the season.