Canadian National Park Passes

[Texas_Roadrunn1]

We are planning a trip to Canada this summer. I have been on the Parks Canada website and noticed that they offer a senior pass, however, I cannot tell if it is available to US citizens or not. Do any of you know the policy regarding the purchase of this pass for citizens of other countries?

[AKsilvereagle]

Wood Buffalo National Park Canada's largest national park, and UNESCO world heritage site is on the Alberta Northwest Territories border does not charge anything to enter the park, no pass is required.

Kluane National Park also does not charge a daily park fee as no pass is required either :

Sep 2015 - Kluane Nat'l Park Yukon Territory -Kathleen Lake-




Aug 2008 - Wood Buffalo Nat'l Park Northwest Territories



The only other National Parks in Canada I have visited are the Rocky Mountain four of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, and Yoho in September 2011, 2012, and 2013.....was planning to visit Parks Canada again in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 however either a health issue or mechanical issue would happen leading to lack of time constraint issue with only a yearly 3 week vacation timeframe allowed since I am still a working stiff with a long distance to cover upon a round trip...Last four years was either a turnaround or a plan B route somewhere else for me - but hey, at least I still made it to western Canada on a yearly basis since 2006 in my camper.

After 21 years of camper hauling with my 70 Ford Truck, it was forced to retire starting in 2017 as it is now an all purpose truck for the first time that I owned it...Took two of my three weeks of vacation time working on converting and upgrading my now current designated camper rig in 2017 as I did get to spend 6 days in Canada which was better than nothing in that regard, although I did not get to utilize my 2017 Parks Canada pass like I had planned to.

As noted by others, Parks Canada does not restrict senior passes to Canadian citizens.

[JKJavelin]

FWIW- It's a little late now, but at the end of the year they had 20% off passes for this year. I don't know if they do this every year or not. I happened to spot that on 12/31 on the park service website so I bought the annual family pass just in time. I believe it was $136.00 regular price minus 20% off, and about another 20% less for the U.S. exchange rate. I paid around $87.00. I don't recall if the discount also applied to the senior pass.

[TenOC]

1. If you are going to be in the parks (or combination of parks) more than 7 days, it is cheaper to get the annual pass.

2. If there is more than 2 adults, it is cheaper to get the family pass.

[fortsmithman]

Wood Buffalo National Park Canada's largest national park, and UNESCO world heritage site is on the Alberta Northwest Territories border does not charge anything to enter the park, no pass is required.

[2gypsies1]

Here's a write-up on the Senior Pass which is good for U.S. citizens:

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/can-use-golden-age-passport-banff-national-park-108274.html

[TripleE]

We were there a few years ago and purchased senior passes with no problem. Hand over the credit card and they were happy. Unless they thought CA meant Canada and not Calif?

[tony_lee]

MDKMDK wrote:


(as a demonstration of US national gratitude, could you please encourage Mr. Zinke to extend the senior's discounted America the Beautiful annual pass option to your elderly Canadian neighbors? TY 😉 )

While you are doing that, extend it to senior citizens of any country in the coalition of the willing.

[MDKMDK]

No problem. Hope you have a safe and interesting journey.

We only have about a dozen or so actual national parks all over the place, but we do have a few national historic sites and some other stuff they won't let us visit in case we vandalize it, or break something, or track mud in on the carpets.

(as a demonstration of US national gratitude, could you please encourage Mr. Zinke to extend the senior's discounted America the Beautiful annual pass option to your elderly Canadian neighbors? TY 😉 )

[Texas_Roadrunn1]

Thank you so much, yes it would be nice if there was reciprocity. I appreciate all of you who replied. We're looking forward to visiting your lovely country!

[Lwiddis]

Why just seniors, MDK?

[MDKMDK]

Too bad there's no reciprocity. I ask every year if it's changed yet.

[Boon_Docker]

The senior discount is available to all seniors no matter which country.

[explorenorth]

The Parks Canada Discovery Passes are available to anyone, and there is no restriction due to nationality for the Seniors Passes (I just followed a purchase through using a US address).

[MDKMDK]

Wouldn't it be nice if we had a cross border reciprocity agreement to allow seniors on ether side to qualify for each others annual passes?

Here, here!!:B