Visitor Use Management - Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park is launching development of a Visitor Use Management Plan to adapt to increasing visitation in the park.

Thank you for your interest in Visitor Use Management in Jasper National Park. Due to the 2024 Jasper Wildfire and ongoing recovery efforts, this project was put on hold from summer 2024 until winter 2025/2026. Work has resumed on this project and further updates will be shared throughout 2026.

Visitation to Jasper National Park rose 20% from 2013-2023 and is expected to continue to rise. More people than ever before are visiting and connecting with this special place.

Higher numbers of people on the landscape are causing issues like congestion, crowding, human-wildlife conflict, and impacts to ecosystems.

Planning for visitor use management helps protect the mountain ecosystems that make Jasper National Park special while providing high quality experiences for visitors and residents alike.

Plan Scope

The Visitor Use Management Plan will focus on visitor access and use of the following busy day-use locations:

80% of Jasper's visitors arrive during the summer, so planning will focus on summer access and use only (May-September). The visitor use management planning process may be extended to other locations and times of year in the future.