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From sea otters to ice cave rappelling, these are the winning Canadian Photographer of the Year photos
The Canadian Geographic’s Canadian Photos of the Year for 2025 include a salmon fleeing a black bear, sea otters on train tracks in Vancouver and a climber rappelling into an ice cave at Jasper National Park.
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Anthony Bucci was greeted by this sea otter each morning for months at the Port McNeill marina on Vancouver Island.
(Anthony Bucci / Canadian Geographic)
Mist hangs over mountain peaks in the Rugged Mountain Range, as seen from Zeballos, a remote valley on Vancouver Island.
(Anthony Bucci / Canadian Geographic)
Anthony Bucci didn’t realize he captured a salmon fleeing from a black bear until he looked through the viewfinder afterwards.
(Anthony Bucci / Canadian Geographic)
Anthony Bucci drove to a frozen lake near his home and captured this halo as the moon crested the hill.
(Anthony Bucci / Canadian Geographic)
Winner: Eli Wolpin
A candy stripe shrimp shelters from predators among the stinging tentacles of a crimson anemone.
(Eli Wolpin / Canadian Geographic)
Runner-up: Cari Siebrits
A family of river otters pauses for a brief moment on train tracks in West Vancouver before scurrying back to the safety of Burrard Inlet.
(Cari Siebrits / Canadian Geographic)
Honourable mention: Stephen Shikaze
A pair of cougar cubs follow closely behind their mother through a mossy spruce bog forest in Alberta’s Foothills County.
( Stephen Shikaze / Canadian Geographic)
Honourable mention: Kristian Wolowidnyk
A bighorn sheep pauses to bask in a sun ray while wandering with its herd through the forest near Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park.
( Kristian Wolowidnyk / Canadian Geographic)
Winner: Ash Voykin
The last light of day falls across Monica Meadows and the Horseshoe Glacier in the Purcell Mountains of the West Kootenay region in British Columbia.
( Ash Voykin / Canadian Geographic)
Runner-up: Safayaat Ul Alam
Low tide on the St. Lawrence River reveals the carved wooden figures of “Le Grand Rassemblement” (The Big Gathering), an art installation by Marcel Gagnon at Sainte-Flavie, Que.
(Safayaat Ul Alam / Canadian Geographic)
Honourable mention: Peter Robinson
A brief break in the early morning fog reveals the downtown Vancouver skyline, as seen from Cypress Lookout in West Vancouver.
(Peter Robinson / Canadian Geographic)
Honourable mention: Samuel Choy
The photographer captured the iconic geodesic dome that houses Science World perfectly aligned with Georgia St. while flying in a helicopter over downtown Vancouver.
(Peter Robinson / Canadian Geographic)
Winner: Will Lambert
Climber Simon Ennals rappels into an ice cave on the Dome Glacier in the heart of Jasper National Park.
(Will Lambert / Canadian Geographic)
Runner-up: Peter Baumgarten
A canoeist paddles along the shoreline of Mahzenazing Lake in Point Grondine Park near Killarney, Ont. on a misty September morning.
(Peter Baumgarten / Canadian Geographic)
Honourable mention: Patrick Kilburn
A pair of canoeists paddle through the early morning mist on Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ont.
(Patrick Kilburn / Canadian Geographic)
Winner: Matt Melnyk
Lightning strikes as a severe storm tracks southeast of Calgary on a summer afternoon.
(Matt Melnyk / Canadian Geographic)
Runner-up: Shane Turgeon
The Milky Way sets over the Salmon Glacier near Stewart, B.C.
(Shane Turgeon / Canadian Geographic)
Honourable mention: Monika Deviat
Comet Lemmon streaks above the iconic Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, Alta.
(Monika Deviat / Canadian Geographic)
Honourable mention: Jeff Wizniak
A tornadic thunderstorm looms like an alien mothership over the fields near Radisson, Sask.
(Jeff Wizniak / Canadian Geographic)