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Alberta isn't the only Canadian province that digs dinos. Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Saskatchewan all have active dig sites:

1. Fundy Geological Museum, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

Located on the Bay of Fundy, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia is the site of one of North America's largest fossil finds: 100,000 pieces of bone from reptiles, dinosaurs and fish from the Triassic-Jurassic period. Visitors can watch researchers uncover a 200 million-year-old skeleton of a prosauropod dinosaur, or check out rare fossils of dinosaur footprints. The museum also boasts the jawbone of Trithelodont, a very rare, mammal-like reptile.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fgm/programs/programs.html

2. Tumbler Ridge Museum, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia

In 2002, two boys stumbled across dinosaur footprints in a canyon near Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Palaeontologists soon made an incredible discovery — BC's first dinosaur skeletons. One hundred and seventy bones have been uncovered to date. Specimens are on display at the Tumbler Ridge Community Centre, pending construction of the Tumbler Ridge Museum and Dinosaur Centre. The Museum Foundation presents winter and summer lecture series in co-operation with the Tumbler Ridge Public Library, as well as six one-week "dino camps" for children aged 7-12. Guided tours of the canyon are also available, where visitors can see fossils footprints and dinosaur skin impressions.
http://www.tumblerridgemuseum.com/activities.html

3. The Royal Saskatchewan Museum's T.rex Discovery Centre, Eastend, Saskatchewan

The T.rex Discovery Centre offers dig programs — anywhere from a half-day to a full week — and tours of an active fossil quarry during the summer. The day dig program runs from July 1 to August 31. Tours of the Centre and a variety of educational programs are offered throughout the year. Visitors can learn about the discovery of "Scotty", the Tyrannosaurus rex, and observe palaeontologists working on fossils collected from southwest Saskatchewan.
http://www.dinocountry.com/t-rex_center.html

Several Canadian museums have dino-inspired displays as part of their permanent exhibits:

• Calgary Zoo and Prehistoric Park, Calgary, Alberta

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
  Please note that the Dinosaur Gallery closed for renovation until 2006.

• Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature

• Provincial Museum of Alberta