
Canada is a large, diverse country and one of the most beautiful countries in the world, full of picturesque forests, mountains, and lakes that make it a fantastic place for camping, hiking, or just wandering around and admiring.
Canada is more than its hulking-mountain, craggy-coast good looks: it also cooks extraordinary meals, rocks cool culture and unfurls wild, moose-spotting road trips.
The globe's second-biggest country has an endless variety of landscapes, and nature. Sky-high mountains, glinting glaciers, spectral rainforests and remote beaches are all here, spread across six times zones.
They're the backdrop for plenty of 'ah'-inspiring moments – and for a big cast of local characters. That's big as in polar bears, grizzly bears, whales and everyone's favorite, moose.
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The terrain also makes for a fantastic playground. Whether it's snowboarding Whistler's mountains, surfing Nova Scotia's swells, wreck diving in the turquoise waters off the Bruce Peninsula
Kayaking the white-frothed South Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories, adventures abound. There are gentler options, too, such as strolling Vancouver's Stanley Park and swimming off Prince Edward Island's pink-sand beaches.
Sip a café au lait and tear into a flaky croissant at a sidewalk bistro in Montréal; slurp noodles or head to an Asian night market in the Vancouver area; explore Toronto's rich performing arts scene; join a wild-fiddling Celtic party on Cape Breton Island; and kayak between rainforest-cloaked indigenous villages on Haida Gwaii: Canada is incredibly diverse across its breadth and within its cities. You'll hear it in the music, see it in the arts and taste it in the cuisine.
Canada is a smorgasbord of local food. If you grazed from west to east across the country, you'd fill your plate with wild salmon and velvety scallops in British Columbia, poutine (French fries topped with gravy and cheese curds) in Québec, and lobster with a dab of melted butter in the Maritime provinces. Tastemakers may not tout Canadian food the way they do, say, Italian or French fare, so let's just call the distinctive seafood, piquant cheeses and fresh, seasonal fruits and veggies our little secret. Ditto for the award-winning bold reds and crisp whites produced by the country's vine-striped valleys.
The arts are an integral part of Canada's cultural landscape, from the International Fringe Theater Festival (the world's second-largest) in Edmonton to mega museums such as Ottawa's National Gallery. Montréal's Jazz Festival and Toronto's star-studded Film Festival draw global crowds
Canada – Keep Exploring!!
A City for all Seasons
Visit Royal Ontario Museum, Canada's Largest, showcases from art, archaeology to natural Science
Watch the Sunset at the CN Tower, witness a gorgeous orange glow bathe the whole of the city
A Gateway to the Outdoor & Wonders
Explore Stanley Park, one of biggest urban park & world’s longest uninterrupted waterfront path
Go on "FlyOver Canada", called Ultimate Flying Ride for an unforgettable Vancouver experience
The Gateway to the Historic Quebec
Hike Mont - Royal and take some breath-taking views of the city & St Lawrence River
Visit Basilique Notre Dame & admire its interior, gold-adorned altar and stained glass
The Heart of Nature
Wander The Magical Petit Champlain Streets And Palace Royale
See The Countryside In Fall With a Trip To Montmorency Fall and Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre