Canadian astronomers and facilities have had a significant impact in wide-field astronomy. With community planning exercises underway this looks set to continue, with new capabilities and international collaborations in the near future.
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The Wide-field Astronomy in Canada meeting was held at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 10–12 October 2018, and was supported in partnership with the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. A.W.M. thanks R. Thacker, L. Simard, H. Kirk and P. Côte for feedback on a draft of this manuscript.
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McConnachie, A.W., Haggard, D., Hložek, R. et al. Canadian participation in wide-field astronomy. Nat Astron 3, 121–123 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0690-6
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