Bucket List 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.

Polar bears gather along Hudson Bay awaiting sea ice — the world's most accessible viewing.

Canada's marquee indie/alt/hip-hop festival on Île Sainte-Hélène.

The CFL's championship weekend — a week-long party in the host city.

The NHL's Canadian outdoor game — hockey under the open sky.

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

The world's coldest electronic-music festival — dance parties in the Old Port at −20 °C.

1,000-mile sled-dog race — the toughest in the world — between Whitehorse and Fairbanks.

Daylight-only luxury rail journeys through the Canadian Rockies.