Parks Canada Closes Access To Parks Including Backcountry Camping
Update April 15th, 2020: Parks Canada has extended the closure until May 31st, 2020. Parks Canada will not be taking new reservations until at least June 1, 2020. All existing reservations set to take place prior to May 31, 2020, will be automatically cancelled and refunded in full.
Parks Canada has temporarily suspended all motor vehicle access by visitors at all of their national parks, national historic sites, and national marine conservation areas effective 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. All visitor services remain suspended and all visitor facilities remain closed.
This means that all parking lots, vehicle services, washrooms, day use facilities, showers, visitor centres, and camping facilities, including oTENTiks, yurts and backcountry camping are closed until further notice.
Many trails and day use areas across the Parks Canada network are also closed for public health or public safety reasons, to protect ecological or cultural resources, to protect the health and safety of employees, or due to limited availability of search and rescue response.
Highways and roadways which pass through Parks Canada places will remain open.
