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Bison in Canada
The thunder of the prairie — a shaggy-headed giant that once numbered in the tens of millions across North America.
The species
The American bison is the largest land mammal in North America, with bulls weighing over 900 kilograms and sporting massive heads covered in thick wool. They can run at 65 km/h and jump nearly two metres vertically — surprising agility for an animal that looks like a living boulder.
Habitat in Canada
Grassland, prairie, and open woodland across the western US and Canada suit bison. Yellowstone National Park holds the only continuously wild population that has never been domesticated.
Where to spot one
Churchill, Manitoba
Hudson Bay Coast
The polar bear capital of the world — bears gather on the tundra each autumn waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze.
Banff & Jasper National Parks
Alberta
Rocky Mountain wilderness — elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, and turquoise lakes beneath glacier peaks.
Algonquin Provincial Park
Ontario
Classic Canadian Shield country — moose in misty lakes at dawn, loons on the water, wolves howling at night.
Great Bear Rainforest
British Columbia
Temperate rainforest coast — grizzlies fishing salmon, humpback whales offshore, and the rare white spirit bear.
Conservation status
American bison are Near Threatened as a wild species, though large numbers exist in commercial herds. True wild genetics survive mainly in Yellowstone and a handful of other conservation herds.
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