Canada’s Landmarks is a comprehensive social studies resource that introduces students to important natural, cultural, and historical landmarks across Canada. Each landmark includes a detailed informational passage written at a Grade 3 level, followed by a comprehension activity that reinforces key reading skills such as recalling details, sequencing events, interpreting vocabulary, and using context clues. The teacher introduction explains that the unit develops “noting and recalling details, recalling events and information, sequencing, context clues, vocabulary development, and comprehending oral information,” ensuring strong literacy integration alongside social studies content.

The resource also supports geographic literacy by encouraging students to locate each landmark on a map and build a visual understanding of Canada’s regions. Students explore national parks, historic sites, geological formations, and culturally significant places, fostering pride and awareness of Canada’s heritage. With its blend of reading, mapping, research, and critical thinking, Canada’s Landmarks aligns with every Canadian province and territory’s Grade 3 Social Studies expectations for heritage, identity, and geography.

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Canadian Landmarks:

Acadian Historical Village

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Park

Auyuittuq National Park

Badlands and Bones

Barkerville Historic Town

The Big Muddy Badlands

Cape Spear Lighthouse

The CN Tower

Famous Cabins of the North

Fundy Bay and the Hopewell Rocks

Giant Easter Egg

Green Gables

Gros Morne National Park

Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

The Hartland Covered Bridge

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Iqaluit: Capital of Nunavut

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

L'Anse aux Meadows

Mennonite Heritage Village

Montmorency Falls Park

Nahanni National Park

Niagara Falls

Peggy's Cove

Perce Rock

Province House

Quebec City

Queen Charlotte Islands

Stern-wheelers of the Far North

Ste. Marie Among the Hurons

Vancouver's Bridges

World's Largest Tomahawk

Yellowknife

York Factory National Historic Site

Provincial & Territorial Curriculum Alignment

Canada’s Landmarks meets expectations in every province and territory because it teaches:

• Canadian geography (location of landmarks, mapping skills)
• Heritage & identity (historic sites, cultural stories, Indigenous history)
• Communities & culture (regional differences, local stories, human-environment interaction)
• Inquiry & research skills (reading informational text, locating places, interpreting visuals, sequencing, vocabulary)

Province-by-Province Alignment

Ontario (Grade 3 – Social Studies: A & B)

• A1.1–A1.4, A2.1–A2.3 (communities in Canada, identity, heritage)
• B1.1–B1.3, B2.1–B2.3 (mapping, landforms, regions, physical geography) 

British Columbia (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Human-environment interaction
• Indigenous knowledge & cultural landmarks
• Regional geography of BC and Canada
• Continuity & change in communities

Alberta (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Communities in Canada
• Geography & natural regions
• History of Alberta landmarks (Badlands, Buffalo Jump)

Saskatchewan (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Communities & environments
• Cultural heritage
• Landforms & physical geography

Manitoba (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Communities of Canada
• Heritage sites
• Human-environment relationships

New Brunswick (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Provincial heritage
• Landmarks & cultural identity
• Mapping & regional geography

Nova Scotia (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Heritage & identity
• Landmarks (Citadel, Peggy’s Cove, Bell Museum)
• Geography of Atlantic Canada

Prince Edward Island (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Provincial identity
• Confederation history
• Landmarks (Province House, Green Gables)

Newfoundland & Labrador (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Provincial heritage
• Geography & landforms
• Historic sites (L’Anse aux Meadows, Gros Morne)

Yukon (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Communities of the North
• Gold Rush history
• Landmarks (S.S. Klondike, cabins)

Northwest Territories (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Northern communities
• Geography & landforms
• Natural landmarks (Nahanni)

Nunavut (Grade 3 – Social Studies)

• Northern identity
• Landforms & climate
• Landmarks (Iqaluit, Auyuittuq) 

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