Far Northern Canada Ecosystem

Northern Canada’s wilderness hosts iconic large game: massive barren-ground caribou herds, shaggy muskox on the tundra, and moose in boreal forests. Wood bison—North America’s heaviest land mammal—roam Yukon/NWT, while grizzlies and Arctic wolves hunt the rugged terrain. Polar bears dominate coastal ice, and Dall sheep cling to mountain cliffs. These species sustain Indigenous traditions but face strict conservation rules. From migratory caribou to elusive mountain goats, the North offers Earth’s last great game ecosystems.