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, making the official Seven Wonders of Canada, the Canoe, the Igloo, Niagara Falls, Old Quebec City, Pier 21 Halifax, Prairie Skies, and the Rockies. CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge commented on the top winner, “it’s hard to imagine Canada being Canada without the canoe. Explorers, missionaries, fur traders and First Nations—they’re all linked by this subtle and simple craft. To many, the quintessential Canadian experience begins by picking up a paddle. That’s why the canoe is one of the seven wonders” (Osler 2014). There were over 25,000 nominations and 1 million votes cast, according to the CBC website. The top audience votes were the Sleeping Giant, Niagara Falls, the Bay of Fundy, Nahanni National Park Reserve, the Northern Lights, the Rockies, and the Cabot Trail. The CBC website has a dedicated section for the Seven Wonders of Canada (https://www.cbc.ca/sevenwonders/index.html).

CBC's Seven Wonders of Canada

Image 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 Nova Scotia 11,225 Prairie Skies Canadian Prairies14,836 The Rockies Western Canada Alberta and British Columbia 55,630

Top seven in voting

Image 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 and 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 and British Columbia 55,630 Cabot Trail Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia 44,073

Full voting results

Short list

Image 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 and New Brunswick 27,791 Crooked Trees Thickwood Hills Saskatchewan 6,843 Cypress Hills Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Saskatchewan and 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 and 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 and Labrador 12,111 Library of Parliament Ottawa Ontario 7,411 Manicouagan Reservoir 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 Toronto 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 Eastern Ontario 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 Canada, France 15,462 Wreck Beach Pacific Spirit Regional Park British Columbia 7,143

See also

Wonders of the World (disambiguation) Wonders of the World

References

Sanford, Osler (2013). Canoe Crossings: Understanding the Craft that Helped Shape British Columbia. Heritage House Publishing, Victoria, British Columbia. CBC website, Seven Wonders of Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/sevenwonders/index.html