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Arctic Fox
Photo: Megan Lorenz

Arctic Fox

The arctic fox Alopex lagopus, or white fox as it is often called, is a member of the canid family and is related to other foxes, wolves, and dogs.It weighs from 2.5 to 9 kg and measures between 75 and 115 cm...

Beluga
Photo: Wolfgang Jansen

Beluga Whale

With its pure white skin and prominent, bulging forehead, the beluga whale is easy to spot. Beluga actually means ‘the white one’ in Russian. However, only adult belugas are white; calves are born brown or dark grey and gradually pale...

American Eel
Photo: Parks Canada / Parcs Canada

American Eel

The American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a fascinating migratory fish with a very complex life cycle. Like salmon, it lives both in freshwater and saltwater. But its life-cycle is exactly the reverse of salmon’s: the eel is a catadromous species....

Pronghorn
Photo: Amber Fortowsky
long-billed curlew
Photo: Ken Risi
Wolf
Photo: Megan Lorenz

Wolf

It is virtually impossible to describe the typical appearance of the wolf Canis lupus. Wolves of many large arctic islands and Greenland usually appear snow-white from a distance, but closer up often reveal grey, black, or reddish shades. Wolves of...

Welcome to the Web site for Hinterland Who’s Who

It all started in 1963, with black-and-white vignettes about the loon, the moose, the gannet and the beaver. For more than 50 years, Hinterland Who’s Who has proudly been bringing Canada’s iconic wildlife directly into Canadians’ homes. Re-launched in 2003, the new series serves to rebuild the connection thousands of viewers made with wildlife through the original series.

Welcome to our new website! Have a look around, and learn how you can help ensure that wildlife remains part of what it means to be Canadian.