Seven Wonders of Canada

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This article is about Canada's Wonders. For other Seven Wonders, see Wonders of the World (disambiguation).

The Seven Wonders of Canada was a 2007 competition sponsored by CBC Television's The National and CBC Radio One's Sounds Like Canada. They sought to determine Canada's "seven wonders" by receiving nominations from viewers, and then from on-line voting of the short list. After the vote, a panel of judges, Ra McGuire, Roy MacGregor and Roberta L. Jamieson, picked the winners based on geographic and poetic criteria. Their seven picks were revealed on The National on June 7, 2007.

[edit] CBC's Seven Wonders of Canada

Nominee	Location	Province or territory	Number of votes
The Canoe			17,470
The Igloo	Northern Canada		11,082
Niagara Falls	Niagara River	Ontario	81,818
Old Quebec	Quebec City	Quebec	20,880
Pier 21	Halifax Regional Municipality	Nova Scotia	11,225
Prairie Skies	Canadian Prairies		14,836
The Rockies	Western Canada	Alberta & British Columbia	55,630

[edit] Top seven as voted by Canada

Nominee	Location	Province or territory	Number of votes
Sleeping Giant	Thunder Bay	Ontario	177,305
Niagara Falls	Niagara River	Ontario	81,818
Bay of Fundy	Atlantic Canada	New Brunswick, Nova Scotia	67,670
Nahanni National Park Reserve	Northern Canada	Northwest Territories	64,920
Northern Lights	Northern Canada		61,417
The Rockies	Western Canada	Alberta & British Columbia	55,630
Cabot Trail	Cape Breton Island	Nova Scotia	44,073

Full voting results

[edit] Short list

Nominee	Location	Province or territory	Number of votes
Cathedral Grove	MacMillan Provincial Park	British Columbia	21,472
CN Tower	Toronto	Ontario	26,740
Confederation Bridge	Northumberland Strait	Prince Edward Island & New Brunswick	27,791
Crooked Trees	Thickwood Hills	Saskatchewan	6,843
Cypress Hills	Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park	Saskatchewan & Alberta	10,535
Dawson City		Yukon	4,846
Dempster Highway	Northern Canada	Yukon and Northwest Territories	4,538
Drumheller	Red Deer River	Alberta	31,828
Grand Beach	Lake Winnipeg	Manitoba	6,182
Gros Morne National Park	Western Newfoundland	Newfoundland & Labrador	41,034
Haida Gwaii - Queen Charlotte Islands	Northwest British Columbia	British Columbia	14,501
Hartland Covered Bridge	Hartland	New Brunswick	11,390
Ice Roads	Northern Canada		14,650
L'Anse Amour - Village of Seven	Labrador	Newfoundland & Labrador	12,111
Library of Parliament	Ottawa	Ontario	7,411
Manicouagan crater	Northern Quebec	Quebec	5,550
Manitoba Legislative Building	Winnipeg	Manitoba	3,650
Manitoulin Island	Lake Huron	Ontario	25,775
The Montreal bagel	Montreal	Quebec	3,981
Mount Thor	Auyuittuq National Park	Nunavut	5,750
Mum's House	Scarborough	Ontario	3,383
Museum of Civilization	Gatineau	Quebec	15,015
Narcisse Snake Dens	Narcisse	Manitoba	5,407
Nonosabasut Rock	Grand Falls-Windsor	Newfoundland & Labrador	8,563
Northwest Passage	Arctic Canada		10,117
Number 5 Road	Richmond	British Columbia	2,343
Percé Rock	Gaspé	Quebec	10,417
Porcupine Caribou Herd	Northern Canada		8,001
Rankin Inlet Inukshuk	Rankin Inlet	Nunavut	7,531
Rideau Canal	Ottawa River	Ontario	12,163
Saguenay Fjord	Laurentian Highlands	Quebec	7,590
Saugeen Shores sunsets	Saugeen Shores	Ontario	7,493
Singing Sands Beach	Basin Head	Prince Edward Island	8,232
Spiral Tunnels	Canadian Rockies	British Columbia	8,755
The Stanley Cup			19,581
Trans-Canada Highway			14,753
Tuktoyaktuk Pingos	Tuktoyaktuk	Northwest Territories	5,987
Vegreville Egg	Vegreville	Alberta	5,444
Vimy Memorial	France		15,462
Wreck Beach	Pacific Spirit Regional Park	British Columbia	7,143