Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children is Canada's most research-intensive hospital, known for its progressive practice of integrating specialized care, research, and teaching. Access to good medical care is priority for the Canadian government, which provides healthcare for all of its 33 million citizens.

Montreal's Biosphere, the world's largest geodesic dome, features dozens of environmental exhibits about climate change, water conservation, and sustainable development. The structure's highest point, Visions Hall, offers visitors a spectacular 360-degree view of Montreal.

The glass-walled city hall building of Medicine Hat makes the most of the abundant sun in the southern Alberta town, known as Canada's sunniest city. Residents of the province of Alberta enjoy a wealth of unspoiled natural terrain, including boreal forests, ancient glaciers, grasslands, thousands of lakes and rivers, and the mountains of the Canadian Rockies.