From lynx in snowy forests to a moose wading through misty waters, and moss glowing under wildfire flames, these award-winning photos showcase Canada’s stunning wildlife and landscapes.
From lynx in snowy forests to a moose wading through misty waters, and moss glowing under wildfire flames, these award-winning photos showcase Canada’s stunning wildlife and landscapes.0 of 20 The 2025 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year winners offer a glimpse into the hidden lives of animals and the forces shaping our natural world.
One photographer’s work stood above the rest, according to judges John E. Marriott, Ryan Tidman, Jenny Wong, and the Canadian Geographic editorial team. Maxime Légaré-Vézina of Quebec City has been named the 2025 Canadian Wildlife Photographer of the Year and will begin a two-year term as Canadian Geographic’s Audain emerging photographer-in-residence, thanks to the Audain Foundation. In the early morning light along northern Vancouver Island, Maxime Légaré-Vézina quietly moved along the rocky shore, hoping to photograph bears. After spotting a lone black bear silhouetted against the sunrise, he captured this striking portrait with half the bear’s face glowing gold and the other half in shadow, calling it one of his top 10 photos of all time. What started as a hobby became a full-time passion three years ago when the 36-year-old left his banking job to focus on wildlife photography, studying animal behavior and perfecting the patience needed for striking portraits in their natural habitats. A Canada lynx guides her kittens through the northern Ontario forest amid a heavy snowfall. A young raccoon, drenched from a recent rain, searches for food at Marthaville Habitat Management Area in Petrolia, Ont. A common merganser chick dives for juvenile bass in the waters of Quebec’s Lake Memphremagog, a risky move, says the photographer. “Several times, adult bass tried to eat the chicks, but the mother rescued them just in time!” Salmon swim upstream in B.C.’s Campbell River to spawn, while Maxwel Hohn concealed himself in the canyon’s shadows to capture the swift-moving fish. In June, as crews battled a wildfire near Squamish, B.C., Jillian Brown captured the striking sight of flames engulfing moss on a rock face. An aerial view of an algal bloom in Dog Lake near Kingston, Ont., resembles an abstract painting. Once considered a problem only in heavily polluted waters, algae overgrowth is now appearing even in remote lakes, driven by landscape disturbances and climate change. A northern spreadwing, covered in morning dew, perches in B.C.’s South Chilcotin Mountains. This damselfly is found in high elevations and areas near ponds and lakes across Canada. Using low-level flash, Trevor Lowthers captured a female wood duck seemingly “disco dancing” against the backdrop of a Dartmouth, N.S., sunset. A squat lobster stands watch at the entrance of its beer bottle home in Whytecliff Park, a protected area and popular dive site in West Vancouver, B.C. A metallic sweat bee gathers pollen from a lily’s anther in the photographer’s garden in Kemptville, Ont. An Arctic hare rests on a hillside in the shadow of Mount Thor on Baffin Island, Nunavut. Its coat gradually shifts from brown to white with the approach of autumn, providing camouflage. Fresh vegetation begins to reclaim land scorched by wildfire near Tumbler Ridge, B.C. A sea otter pup snuggles close to its mother near Port Alice, B.C. Jean-Christophe Lemay came across this red fox near a fast-food restaurant in Rimouski, Que. While urban foxes have adapted to city life, they face a higher risk of injury or death from traffic. A series of images captures hundreds of fireflies lighting up as dusk settles on a late spring night near Lakefield, Ont. Amanda Peyton-Noseworthy was drawn to the lush moss carpeting the forest floor along a trail in Birchy Bay, N.L.
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