Canada, eh? Amazing list of 150 Children's books set in Canada

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In 2017 Canada celebrated 150 years of confederation. In honor of those 150 years I curated this awesome list of 150 Canada Books for Kids. There are books by age, by province, and by series. There’s something for everyone.

So to honor of 150 years of Canada, I present to you (drumroll) – 150+ children’s books set in Canada (loud applause).

Enjoy.

Please note: There are at least 150 different books listed below. However, I do list some books more than once if I notice that they fit more than one category. And sometimes I miss that they fit more than one category, so they’re only listed in one.

Please also note: Clicking on the book title will most likely take you straight to the link on Amazon. From there you can look at the book’s cover, read a description, see similar books, and buy it if you like it. There is at least one instance where clicking on the book title will take you to the creator’s website.

Please note this third thing: Some of the books listed below are also available on the Epic App. In a nutshell, Epic is like a Netflix of Children’s books. For a fee of $5 a month, you get access to a ton of books and other fun materials for kids. The app is free for the first month, so test it out if you see a bunch of Canada books that you want to read. If it is available on the Epic App, I’ll link to the Epic sign-up page. Click on the book title to go to the books Amazon link. If the book is also available via the Epic! App (an awesome app of children’s books that’s free to try and $5 after the first month) I’ll have a link to Epic! after the title. Pretty cool way to access a ton of books for free.

Also: This is a long post.

150+ Children’s books set in Canada

Putting these books in any kind of order that would make sense to a parent was hard. There’s a diverse range of books represented below. Sorting by category became very difficult… there’s a ton of them. Instead, I opted to have two main sections:

Books about Canada as a whole (or where the specific place within Canada isn’t as obvious), organized into ages. These age ranges are just an estimate, so if your child straddles two of the groups, you may find the perfect fit by looking at the other list.
Books organized by the Province they are more obviously set in

There are several books that are part of a series listed below. Just click on the series and it will take you to the bottom of the page where I share several titles from that series. Then click “back to the top” to continue reading.

Children’s books set in Canada, by age

Children’s books set in Canada, age range 0-5

The Canada Concepts Series are a set of board books based on different aspects of Canada. Click here for the whole series.
Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee
Canada ABCs by Paul Covello
Good Morning, Canada by Andrea Lynn Beck
Good Night Canada by Adam Gamble and David Adams, Illustrated by Cooper Kelly
Good Night Montreal by Adam Gamble, Illustrated by Cooper Kelly
Good Night Toronto by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper, Illustrated by Cooper Kelly
Let’s Explore Canada by Baby Professor
Little Canada by Matt Napier, (Epic!)
Night Cars by Teddy Jam
O Canada by Ted Harrison
Ride the Big Machines Across Canada by Carmen Moc
Why I Love Canada by Canadian Children, Illustrated by Daniel Howarth

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Children’s books set in Canada, age range 5-10

The Canadian Flyer Adventure Series. Click here for the whole series.
The Kids Books of Canada Series, Non-Fiction. Click here for the whole series.
The 12 Days of Christmas in Canada by Ellen Warwick, Illustrated by Kim Smith
Adventures in Canada, by the Educational Tourist, Non-Fiction
Canadian Cat by Samantha Swamy
Canadian Jingle Bells by Helaine Becker
Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot, Illustrated by Ian Wallace
Cultural Traditions in Canada by Molly Aloian, Non-Fiction (Epic!)
Diary of a Canadian Kid by Sleeping Bear Press, Illustrated by Cyd Moore
Eh to Zed, by Kevin Major, Illustrated by Alan Daniel
Find It Canada by Jeff Sinclair
Flat Stanley, The Intrepid Canadian Experience by Jeff Brown (Epic!)
Hey Canada by Vivien Bowers and Milan Pavlovic, Non-Fiction
The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, Illustrated by Sheldon Cohen, Translated by Sheila Fischman
How Does the Canadian Government Work? by Ellen Rodger, Non-Fiction (Epic!)
I am Canada by Heather Patterson, Non-fiction
I am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, Illustrated by Gillian Newland
Loonies and Toonies by Michael Ulmer, Illustrated by Melanie Rose
M is for Mountie by Polly Horvath (Epic!)
M is for Maple by Michael Ulmer (Epic!)
A Moose Goes a-Mummering by Lisa Dalrymple
A Moose in a Maple Tree by Troy Townsin, Illustrated by Jennifer Harrington
Our Canadian Flag by Maxine Trotter and Brian Deines
Our Flag: The Story of Canada’s Maple Leaf by Owens and Yealland, Non-Fiction (Epic!)
A Porcupine in a Pine Tree by Helaine Becker
Race the Wild, Arctic Freeze by Kristin Earhart
Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola I. Campbell, Illustrated by Kim LaFave
Shin-chi’s Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell, Illustrated by Kim LaFave
Strawberry Moon by Becky Citra (Epic!)
The Day I Became Canadian by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet, Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang
Til All the Stars Have Fallen: Canadian Poems for Children by David Booth
Wacky Canada by Jeff Sinclair, Non-Fiction
Wow Canada! by Vivien Bowers, Illustrated by Dan Hobbs and Dianne Eastman

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Children’s books set in Canada, age range 10-15

Baseball Bats for Christmas by Michael Kusugak
Canada for Kids 1000 Awesome Facts by Aaron Kylie
Canada: The Culture by Bobbie Kalman (Epic!)
Canada: The Land by Bobbie Kalman (Epic!)
Canada: the People by Bobbie Kalman (Epic!)
Canada Year By Year by Elizabeth Macleod, Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Crazy Canadian Trivia by Pat Hancock
From Anna by Jean Little
Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs (Epic!)
Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling
Pier 21: Gateway of Hope by Lindy Granfield
A Pioneer Story, The daily life of a Canadian Family in 1840 by Barbara Greenwood, Illustrated by Heather Collins
The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup by Roy MacGregor
The Spirit of Canada: Canada’s Story in Legends, Fiction, Poems, and Songs by Barbara Hehner
The Story of Canada by Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore, Illustrated by Alan Daniel
Who Runs this Country Anyway? by Joanne Stanbridge

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Children’s books set in Canada, organized by Province

Children’s books set in Alberta

C is for Chinook by Dawn Welykochy, Illustrated by Lorna Bennett (Epic!)
The Girl from Turtle Mountain by Deborah Ellis

Children’s books set in British Columbia

A Mountain Alphabet by Margriet Ruurs
Oliver in Vancouver by Helena McShane, Illustrated by Mattias Peterberg
S is for Spirit Bear by G.Gregory Roberts and Bob Doucet (Epic!)
Sir Pigglesworth’s Adventures in Vancouver by JoAnn Wagner
Vancouver Kids by Lesley McKnight
Vancouver’s Song by Penelope Dyan, Photographed by John Weigand
The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson

Children’s books set in Manitoba

Eenie Meenie Manitoba by Robert Heidbreder
G is for Goldenboy by Larry Verstraete , Illustrated by Brian Lund (Epic!)

Children’s books set in New Brunswick

F is for Fiddlehead by Marilyn Lohnes, Illustrated by Susan Tooke Epic!

Children’s books set in Newfoundland and Labrador

Duncan’s Way by Ian Wallace
P is for Puffin by Janet Skirving, Illustrated by Odell Archibald (Epic!)

Children’s books set in Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon

Adventures of Riley, Polar Bear Puzzle by Amanda Lumry
A Call to Battle: The War of 1812, Alexander MacKay, Upper Canada, 1812 by Gillian Chan
Children of the Yukon by Ted Harrison
The Delta is My Home by Tom McLeod and Mindy Willett, Photographed by Tessa Macintosh
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (Epic!)
Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition by John Wilson
Hide and Sneak by Michael Kusugak, Illustrated by Vladyana Krykora
Joy of Apex by Napatsi Folger
Living Stories by Therese Zoe, Philip Zoe, and Mindy Willett, Photographed by Tessa Macintosh
My Arctic 123 by Michael Kusugak, Illustrated by Vladyana Krykora
No Borders by Darla Evyagotailak
Northern Lights: the Soccer Trails by Michael Kusugak, Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard and Vladyana Krykora
The Old Ways by Susan Margaret Chapman
Once Upon a Northern Night by Jean E. Pendziwol
Painted Skies by Carolyn Mallory, Illustrated by Amei Zhao
T is for Territories by Michael Kusugak, Illustrated by Iris Churcher (Epic!)
Travels with Gannon and Wyatt: Great Bear Rainforest by Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet
A Walk on the Tundra by Rebecca Hainnu and Anna Ziegler, Illustrated by Qin Leng

Children’s books set in Nova Scotia

B is for Bluenose by Susan Tooke (Epic!)
A Fiddle for Angus by Budge Wilson, Illustrated by Susan Tooke
Up Home by Shauntay Grant, Illustrated by Susan Tooke

Children’s books set in Ontario

123 Toronto by Puck
A is for Algonquin by Lovenia Gorman, Illustrated by Melanie Rose Epic!
Dippers by Barbara Nichol
From Far Away by Robert Munsch and Contributor Saoussan Askar, Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
From There to Here by Laurel Croza, Illustrated by Matt James
Good Night Toronto by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper, Illustrated by Cooper Kelly
A Halloween Scare in Ottawa by Marina Le Ray Eric James
I Know Here by Laurel Croza
The Mealworm Diaries by Anna Kerz (Epic!)
Ottawa: A Kid’s Eye View by Frank Edwards, Photographed by J. Kraulis
Shadow in Hawthorne Bay by Janet Lunn

Children’s books set in Prince Edward Island

I for Island by Hugh MacDonald, Illustrated by Brenda Jones (Epic!)
The Anne of Green Gables Series. Click here for the whole series.

Children’s books set in Quebec

F is for French by Elaine Arsenault, Illustrated by Renné Benoit (Epic!)
Good Night Montreal by Adam Gamble, Illustrated by Cooper Kelly
Meet our Student from Quebec by Ann Weil (Epic!)
Owls See Clearly at Night by Julie Flett
Storm the Fortress: The Siege of Quebec, William Jenkins, New France, 1759 by Maxine Trottier

Children’s books set in Saskatchewan

From There to Here by Laurel Croza, Illustrated by Matt James
L is for Land of Living Skies by Linda Aksomitis, Illustrated by Lorna Bennett (Epic!)
See Saw Saskatchewan by Robert Heidbreder

Inuit-specific Stories

The following books are not destination specific, but are stories from or about the Inuit culture.

Alego by Ningeokuluk Teevee
Arctic Adventures: Tales from the Lives of Inuit Artists by Raquel Rivera, Illustrated by Jirina Marton
Games of Survival: Traditional Inuit Games for Elementary Students by Johnny Issaluk
The Gift of the Inuksuk by Michael Ulmer, Illustrated by Melanie Rose
I is for Inuksuk by Marry Wallace
The Inuksuk Book by Mary Wallace
Kamik: an Inuit Puppy Story by Donald Uluadluak, Illustrated by Qin Leng
Make Your Own Inuksuk by Mary Wallace
On the Shoulders of a Giant: an Inuit Folktale by Neil Christopher, Illustrated by James Nelson
Tales from the Tundra by Ibi Kaslik, Illustrated by Anthony Brennen, Translated by Louise Flaherty
Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews

Series set in or about Canada

I referenced these above. Here’s the list of all (or a large selection) of the books in the series.

Anne of Green Gables Series, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Ages 9-12

The Anne of Green Gables series holds a special place in many hearts. The story takes place in the early 1900s. Anne is an orphan mistakenly sent to Prince Edward Island to help a brother and sister on their farm. They were expecting a boy. While the novel is the best way to experience most stories, there are also films, television, musicals and plays to tell the story.

You can purchase Complete Anne of Green Gables series, get it on (Epic!), or buy them individually with these links:

Canadian Flyer Adventure Series, by Frieda Wishinsky, Ages 6-10

Through the magic of a red Canadian Flyer sled, Matt and Emily travel through time. They find themselves in various areas of Canada at important parts of the country’s history.

There are currently 17 books available in the series, here’s the first 7 to get you started:

I am Canada Series

Canada Concepts Series, by Per-Henrik Gürth, Board Book

Introducing Canada to the youngest readers-to-be is easy with the Canada Concepts Series. These colorful books look at various aspects of life in Canada, and also help kids learn the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, and more.

Many of these books are available on the kindle and Epic!

The Kids Book of…, various authors, ages 8-12

Ready to learn almost everything there is to know about Canada? The Kids Book of… series will help. The Kids Book of Canada book covers a little bit of everything. The format includes maps, timelines, people, history, and more. Follow the format in other books in the series for details on specific aspects of Canada’s story. Check out the titles below for more information:

Discover Canada Province by Province series, various authors, 5+

Using the alphabet, the Discover Canada Province by Province series dedicates each book to a different province. Focus on the places you’re most interested in to get a detailed look at the province A-Z, or collect them all to start your mission to become a Canada province expert.

The books are available free with a Kindle Unlimited Subscription, Epic!!, or individually and linked below.