Caribou

Closest Relatives at Jasper National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	60–70%
2	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
3	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
4	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	30–40%
5	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
6	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
7	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	20–30%
8	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
9	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
10	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
11	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
12	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Caribou in Jasper National Park?

About 13% of visitor-days record a Caribou sighting in Jasper National Park, based on 21 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Caribou in Jasper National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Caribou in Jasper National Park in our monthly data.