Canada
Canada is one of the 193 UN member states, in Northern America. UN Tourism counted 32.4 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 91% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 32.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 19th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 9%
- Area
- 9,894,454 km² (3,820,267 sq mi)
- Population
- 37.6 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 13in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 252with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 22on Globestamp’s list
Does Canada count as a country?
Yes. Canada is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts Canada? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Canada, Prince Edward Island |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Canada stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Canada’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 32.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Canada is more visited than 91% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Canada
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Canada when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in Canada you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Canada, from 22 World Heritage Sites to 11 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 22
L'Anse aux Meadows (1978) · Wood Buffalo National Park (1983) · Nahanni National Park Reserve (1978) · Gros Morne National Park (1987) · Dinosaur Provincial Park (1979) · Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (1995) · Kluane / Wrangell – St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979) · Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site (1984) · Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981) · Miguasha National Park (1999) and 12 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 16
Banff National Park · Wood Buffalo National Park · Jasper National Park · Nahanni National Park Reserve · Gros Morne National Park · Kluane National Park and Reserve · Yoho National Park · Kootenay National Park and 8 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 3
CN Tower · Moraine Lake · Château Frontenac. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 11
Mount Garibaldi · Mount Cayley · The Volcano · Mount Boucherie · Coffee Crater · Cocoa Crater and 5 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 82
Cypress Mountain Ski Area · Whistler Blackcomb · Grouse Mountain · Mont-Sainte-Anne · Nakiska · Le Massif and 76 more. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 7
Niagara-on-the-Lake · Inniskillin · Blasted Church Vineyards · Gaspereau Vineyards · Henry of Pelham Winery · Jackson-Triggs and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 18
Canada's Wonderland · Ontario Place · La Ronde · Galaxyland · Centreville Amusement Park · Calaway Park and 12 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 38
Toronto Zoo · Calgary Zoo · Vancouver Aquarium · Montreal Biodome and 34 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 24
Butchart Gardens · Montreal Botanical Garden · Muttart Conservatory · Royal Botanical Gardens and 20 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 13
Canada Science and Technology Museum · Montreal Science Centre · Science World · Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium and 9 more. On the bucket list →
Events in Canada
Total solar eclipses over Canada that the app knows: 1 August 2008, 8 April 2024. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Toronto | 5,213,000 |
| Montréal | 3,678,000 |
| Vancouver | 2,313,328 |
| Ottawa | 1,145,000 |
| Calgary | 1,110,000 |
| Edmonton | 1,058,000 |
| Hamilton | 721,053 |
| Winnipeg | 632,063 |
Airports
Canada has 252 airports with scheduled flights, 15 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
13 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Canada into 13 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 13
Alberta · British Columbia · Manitoba · New Brunswick · Newfoundland and Labrador · Northwest Territories · Nova Scotia · Nunavut · Ontario · Prince Edward Island · Quebec · Saskatchewan · Yukon
Questions people ask
Is Canada a country?
Yes. Canada is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit Canada a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 32,430,000 international arrivals in Canada in 2019, the 19th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Canada stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 9% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Canada count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Canada, and counts Prince Edward Island as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Canada
Near Canada
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.