List of botanical gardens in Canada

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Alberta

The Muttart Conservatories in Edmonton, Alberta
The Japanese garden in Edmonton's Devonian Botanic Garden
  • Alberta Horticultural Research Center
Route 1
Brooks Alberta
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E1
Established 1959
TD Square, Calgary
Established 1977
POB 751
Lethbridge Alberta TlJ 3Z6
Established 1967
Japanese Gardens
POB 2359 98 Avenue and 96A Street
Edmonton Alberta
  • Olds College Botanic Garden, Olds, Alberta[1]
  • Swimming Point Botanical Garden
Swimming Point Reindeer Corral
Richards Island Alberta
Established 1975
Native Arctic Plants
World's most northern Botanical Garden

British Columbia

POB 4010 Station A
Victoria B.C. V8X 3X4
Established 1904
35 acres (14.2 ha)
  • Crown Forest Industries Arboretum and Museum
Route 1 Ladysmith British Columbia
505 Quayle Road
Victoria B.C. V9E 2J7
Established 1979
8.7 acres (3.5 ha)
1200 Cotton Road
North Vancouver B.C. V7J Lcl
Established 1969
3 acres (1.2 ha)
Bloedel Floral Conservatory
Cambie and ~West 33rd Avenue
Vancouver B.C. V6G lZ5
Established 1939,1969
  • Royal Roads University Botanical Gardens, Victoria B.C.
  • Summerland Research Station
Summerland B.C. VOH LZO
Established 1916
200 taxa
6804 SW Marine Drive
Vancouver B.C. V6T 1Z4
Established 1916
110 acres (44.5 ha)
  • Tofino Botanical Gardens
1084 Pacific Rim Highway
Tofino B.C. V0R 2Z0
Within the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
110 acres (44.5 ha)
5251 Oak Street
Vancouver B.C.
5000 taxa on 55.5 acres (22.5 ha)
  • Woodland Gardens Arboretum
172nd Street
Surrey British Columbia

Manitoba

2355 Corydon Avenue
Winnipeg Manitoba R3P OR5
Established 1904
200 taxa on 375 acres (151.8 ha)
  • Manitoba Horticultural Association Arboretum
Canadian Loop Road
Boissevain, Manitoba
POB 3001
Morden, Manitoba ROG LJO
Established 1915
3500 taxa 5000 plants
Open May - September

New Brunswick

Located adjacent to Odell Park (Frederiction)
Fredericton, NB E3B 4Y2
Open year-round
Saint-Jacques, NB E7B 1A3
Open every day of the season (May to September)
Official website
St. Andrews NB E5B 1Y8

Newfoundland

Memorial University
St. John's Newfoundland
AlC 5S7
Established 1971
Open May 1 - November 30

Nova Scotia

Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia
Bible Hill
Truro Nova Scotia

Ontario

19 Horticultural Avenue
Toronto Ontario M5A 2P2
RR# 1 Sebringville Ontario N0K 1X0
2000 species
Established 1858
  • [3] Bruce Botanical Food Gardens
Park Street
Ripley, Ontario
Established 2012, Opening 2013
Rare, Endangered, Heirloom and Ethnocultural Food Plants

[4]

1600 Dease Street
Thunder Bay Ontario P7C 5H4
Established 1967
151 Elmcrest Road
Etobicoke Ontario
Established 1969
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa Ontario KIA OC6i
Established 1886
2000 taxa
1219 Queen Street East
Sault Saint Marie Ontario
P6A 5M7
Established 1971
London, Ontario
205 Humber College Blvd.
Toronto Ontario M9W 5L7
250 taxa on 250 acres (101.2 ha)
Established 1977
RR 1
Kakabeka Falls Ontario
POT 1W0
439 University Avenue
Toronto Ontario
POB 15O
Niagara Falls Ontario
Established 1936
3,000 acres (1,214.1 ha)
  • Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens[5]
155 Arena St
Oshawa Ontario
Home of the Wally Gilbert Peony Collection
  • Ottawa Valley Native Plant Botanical Garden[6]
Connaught Nursery & Gardens
1671 Micksburg Road
Cobden Ontario K0J 1K0
270 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa Ontario L1G 4T5
Established 1920's
12 acres (4.9 ha) on Parkwood Estate ground
  • Plant Paradise Country Gardens[7]
16258 Humber Station Road
Caledon, ON L7E 0Y9
Organic Perennial Nursery, Botanical Display Gardens & Garden Center
680 Plains Road West
Burlington Ontario L8N 3H8
Established 1930
6500 taxa on 2,000 acres (809.4 ha)
Oxford Street West
London Ontario
777 Lawrence Avenue East
Toronto Ontario M3C 1P2
Established 2003
17 award-winning themed gardens on 4 acres
Guelph Ontario NlG 2Wl
Established 1968
330 acres (133.5 ha)
Erindale College Conservatory
Mississauga Road North
Mississauga Ontario
POB 280
West Hill Ontario
Established 1973
750 acres (303.5 ha)
Sherwood Fox Arboretum
Biology Geology Building
London Ontario
3836 trees and shrubs
  • Vineland Research Station
Vineland Ontario LOR 2EO

Quebec

  • Belle Terre Botanic Garden / Jardins de Métis / Reford Gardens[8]
Otter Lake Quebec
cp 242
Mont-Joli Quebec G5H 3Ll
4101 est Rue Sherbrooke
Montreal Quebec HlX 2B2
20,000 plants on 180 acres (72.8 ha)
Established 1931

Grand-Métis, Quebec

  • Jardin Van Den Hende
Faculte d' Agriculture
Université Laval
Ste-Foy Quebec GlK 7P4
2000 species
Established 1978
500 acres (202.3 ha)
Established 1872
Notre Dame Island
40 acres
Established 1967
  • Morgan Arboretum
Macdonald Campus of McGill University
PO Box 500
Ste Anne de Belleview Quebec H9X 2B2
600 acres (242.8 ha)
Established 1952

Saskatchewan

  • PFRA Tree Nursery
Indian Head Saskatchewan SOG 2KO
200 taxa
Established (Ross Arboretum) 1942
  • University of Saskatchewan Gardens
Saskatoon Saskatchewan
  • Wascana Centre Authority
3475 Albert Street POB 7111
Regina Saskatchewan S4P 357
  • Regina Floral Conservatory
1450B 4th Ave
Regina, Saskatchewan
(306) 781-4769

References and notes

  • (1981) Arboreta and Botanical Gardens of North America: a travellers guide HMS Press ISBN 0-919957-25-0