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Dark skies of Canada.

68 sky guides in Canada, out of 201 places we know there.

1Bortle90mountainBarbeau PeakCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle85islandAxel Heiberg IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle85islandEllesmere IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle84mountainThor PeakCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle84islandBylot IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle83islandDevon IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle83islandHans IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle83islandBanks IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle83dark-sky preserveCypress Hills Interprovincial ParkCanadaCanada21.88 mag/arcsec² · Feb, Sep–Dec1Bortle83mountainMount LucaniaCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle83islandBathurst IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle82dark-sky preserveGrasslands National ParkCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct, Dec–Feb1Bortle82islandEllef Ringnes IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle82mountainMount AsgardCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle82islandVictoria IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle82mountainMount RobsonCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb1Bortle82mountainMount WaddingtonCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct, Dec–Feb1Bortle82mountainMount LoganCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Nov–Feb1Bortle82islandSomerset IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle82mountainMount ColumbiaCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb1Bortle82islandPrince of Wales IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle81mountainMount OdinCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle81mountainKing PeakCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Nov–Feb1Bortle81islandMelville IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle81dark-sky preserveJasper National ParkCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb2Bortle81dark-sky preserveMount Carleton Provincial ParkCanadaCanada21.88 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Feb1Bortle81dark-sky preserveWood Buffalo National ParkCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb1Bortle81islandPrince Patrick IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle80islandBaffin IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle80lakeGreat Slave LakeCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb1Bortle80islandSouthampton IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle80lakeNettilling LakeCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle80lakeLake NipigonCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb1Bortle80lakeReindeer LakeCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb1Bortle80islandKing William IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle80lakeLake of the WoodsCanadaCanada21.86 mag/arcsec² · Sep, Dec–Feb1Bortle79islandAnticosti IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Dec2Bortle79astronomical observatoryMont Mégantic ObservatoryCanadaCanada21.74 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Sep2Bortle79lakeLake ManitobaCanadaCanada21.88 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb1Bortle79lakeLake AthabascaCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle79lakeLake WinnipegosisCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle79desertCarcross DesertCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb2Bortle79canyonOuimet CanyonCanadaCanada21.87 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Feb2Bortle78astronomical observatoryAlgonquin Radio ObservatoryCanadaCanada21.78 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Sep1Bortle78canyonCanyon EatonCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb2Bortle78canyonFraser CanyonCanadaCanada21.77 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Feb, Sep–Oct2Bortle78lakeLake LouiseCanadaCanada21.87 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb2Bortle78astronomical observatoryDominion Radio Astrophysical ObservatoryCanadaCanada21.71 mag/arcsec² · Feb, Sep–Oct2Bortle78lakeMoraine LakeCanadaCanada21.87 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb2Bortle78dark-sky preserveFundy National ParkCanadaCanada21.82 mag/arcsec² · Jan, Sep–Oct3Bortle78dark-sky preserveNorth FrontenacCanadaCanada21.67 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Sep1Bortle78lakeLake WinnipegCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle77islandNewfoundlandCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Jan, Sep–Nov2Bortle77islandVancouver IslandCanadaCanada21.85 mag/arcsec² · Sep2Bortle77beachCavendish BeachCanadaCanada21.83 mag/arcsec² · Sep2Bortle77islandCape Breton IslandCanadaCanada21.86 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct2Bortle76dark-sky preserveBruce Peninsula National ParkCanadaCanada21.76 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct3Bortle75dark-sky preserveTorrance BarrensCanadaCanada21.55 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Sep3Bortle74beachSombrio BeachCanadaCanada21.68 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct3Bortle74dark-sky preserveElk Island National ParkCanadaCanada21.38 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct, Dec–Feb2Bortle74canyonHells GateCanadaCanada21.74 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct, Dec–Feb4Bortle70astronomical observatorySudbury Neutrino ObservatoryCanadaCanada21.11 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Sep4Bortle70International Dark Sky CommunityBon AccordCanadaCanada21.11 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb4Bortle65dark-sky preserveMcDonald ParkCanadaCanada20.81 mag/arcsec² · Sep4Bortle65dark-sky preservePoint Pelee National ParkCanadaCanada20.73 mag/arcsec² · Sep5Bortle61astronomical observatoryDominion Astrophysical ObservatoryCanadaCanada20.43 mag/arcsec² · Sep9Bortle21astronomical observatoryDavid Dunlap ObservatoryCanadaCanada17.55 mag/arcsec² · Sep9Bortle18astronomical observatoryLouis B. Stewart ObservatoryCanadaCanada17.45 mag/arcsec² · Sep

Other places in Canada

  • Great Bear LakeBortle 1
  • Prince Charles IslandBortle 1
  • Cornwallis IslandBortle 1
  • Amund Ringnes IslandBortle 1
  • Sable IslandBortle 1
  • Akimiski IslandBortle 1
  • Borden IslandBortle 1
  • Coats IslandBortle 1
  • Stefansson IslandBortle 1
  • Mackenzie King IslandBortle 1
  • Manicouagan ReservoirBortle 1
  • Peyto LakeBortle 2
  • Rainy LakeBortle 2
  • Atlin LakeBortle 1
  • Lake ManitouBortle 2
  • Lake ClaireBortle 1
  • Wollaston LakeBortle 1
  • Mount SteeleBortle 1
  • Abraham LakeBortle 2
  • Mount VancouverBortle 1
  • Amadjuak LakeBortle 1
  • Williston LakeBortle 1
  • Cedar LakeBortle 1
  • Baker LakeBortle 1

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