Editing Canadian Geographic (section)

==History and profile==
After the Society was founded in 1929, the magazine was established the next year in May 1930<ref name=ewy>{{cite book|title=Europa World Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA1025|access-date=26 November 2016|year=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|isbn=978-1-85743-254-1|page=1025}}</ref> under the name ''Canadian Geographical Journal''. The Society's objective was to produce a popular magazine primarily focusing on [[Canadian geography]]. The first editor was [[Charles Camsell]], since 1915 a fellow of the British [[Royal Geographical Society]], as well as a [[geologist]] who had been responsible for [[cartography|mapping]] large parts of [[Northern Ontario]], [[Manitoba]] and the [[Yukon]]. Originally published out of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], the magazine is now headquartered in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]].<ref name=ewy/>  The magazine adopted its current title in 1978.

Typically the magazine contains articles on physical, historical, political and environmental geography, illustrated with photographs, illustrations and maps. Controversial subjects such as [[acid rain]], clear-cut [[logging]], vanishing [[wetlands]], the [[pollution of the Great Lakes]] and energy sources of Canadians have also been covered in print and online. The magazine's website contains substantial extracts from current articles and supplementary information not published in the print edition, and a digital edition is also produced for each issue.

In addition to the ''Canadian Geographic'' title, the RCGS also publishes ''[[Géographica]]'', its French companion, and ''Canadian Geographic Travel'', which concentrates on travel topics.