Northern canada has higher possibilities of spotting the lights.
When and where to see the northern lights in canada.
Visiting yukon between december and march will almost certainly guarantee at least one sighting of the northern lights.
Robert postma courtesy tourism yukon.
It should be a clear and dark night and the best hours are around midnight.
Best time to see northern lights the best time to watch elusive northern lights are winter months of january and february.
The aurora borealis is a regular sight for those lucky enough to visit the yukon between fall and spring.
Home to one of the heaviest concentrations of aurora churchill is one of the top three places in the world to view the northern lights and january through march is the best time to go.
Thanks to its northern latitudes and minimal light pollution canada is a prime destination for viewing the northern lights or aurora borealis especially between the months of october and march.
Gordon s park is canada s first commercial dark sky preserve and a great place from which to view the northern lights.
Though the light display is visible across the territory most northern lights tourism companies are based in whitehorse.
This is especially true in the non arctic areas like the canadian rockies.
Within whitehorse there are northern lights hotels located far from the city dedicated to helping visitors get the most out of their viewing experience.
Northern lights and the onaping river.
The best months to see the aurora borealis in canada are from october to march most hours of darkness.
Visitors have a 90 percent chance of seeing the northern lights in this less populated province during the winter months.
However if we want to see the northern lights in canada in august or another summer month a high kp in the southern parts still fewer hours of darkness would give you the best chances to see aurora borealis.
That magical night took place in yoho national park british columbia.
Winter is the best time to see the northern lights in canada.
The eastern neighbor of canada s yukon is the northwest territories.
Here are some of the best canadian places to watch the ethereal green and yellow and pink if you re lucky lights dance across the night sky.
However the country is so large that there are many good areas to enjoy seeing the northern lights in canada from the hudson bay to the alaska border in whitehorse and dawson city.