Best Family Events

The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth — rodeo, chuckwagons, and a city in Stetsons.

The world's largest winter carnival — ice palaces, night parades and Bonhomme himself.

The largest jazz festival on Earth — 3,000 artists, hundreds of free outdoor shows.

TIFF — a launchpad for Oscar contenders and one of the world's great film festivals.

Skate the world's largest skating rink and wander a city of ice sculptures.

The world's longest offshore fireworks competition lights up English Bay.

Four days of folk, roots and global sound in the Gallagher Park amphitheatre.

Cape Breton at peak foliage with the world's great Celtic musicians in village halls.

Canada's iconic 100-year-old agricultural fair — champion livestock, food and the Royal Horse Show.

Yukon First Nations arts, music, dance, and storytelling celebration.

One of Western Canada's largest powwows on Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc land.

Humpback, finback, minke, and endangered right whales feed in the world's highest tides.

Canada's biggest kitchen party on the Charlottetown waterfront.

Authentic German-style Christkindlmarkt at Jack Poole Plaza.

Nathan Phillips Square lights up with Toronto's official tree, skating, and fireworks.

Vancouver's iconic waterfront market — 50+ food, produce, and artisan vendors.

National Geographic's #1 food market — a Toronto institution since 1803.

Canada's largest outdoor agricultural fair — 80,000+ visitors and a working tented city.

Majestic sailing vessels line the Halifax waterfront in a rare and spectacular gathering.

World-class ice-carving competition on the frozen Lake Louise shoreline.

North America's largest Caribbean festival — 1.3M revellers along the Lakeshore.

A gathering of Canadian RVers with campfire concerts, gear demos, and rally caravans.