Best Places to Visit in Canada

Canada, stretching from the U.S. in the south to the Arctic Circle in the north, is filled with vibrant cities including massive, multicultural Toronto; predominantly French-speaking Montréal and Québec City; Vancouver and Halifax on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, respectively; and Ottawa, the capital. It’s also crossed by the Rocky Mountains and home to vast swaths of protected wilderness.

What you need to know

Capital: Ottawa

Dialing Code: +1

ISO Code: CAN

Currency: Canadian Dollar

Official Languages: English and French

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York.

Info:

Address: Niagara Falls, NY 14303, United States 
Height: 51 m 
Elevation: 51 m 
Number of drops: 3
Watercourse: Niagara River 
Bridges: Rainbow Bridge, Whirlpool Rapids Bridge 
Islands: Luna Island
Phone: +1 716-286-8579

Nearby hotel: Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview Hotel & Spa | 4-star hotel | 6740 Fallsview Blvd, Niagara Falls, ON L2G 3W6, Canada | +1 905-357-7300

Banff National Park

Banff National Park /ˈbæmf/ is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains.

Info:

Address: Alberta T0L, Canada 
Area: 6,641 km2 
Province: Alberta 
Phone: +1 403-762-1550 
Established: 1885 
Management: Parks Canada

Nearby hotel: Not Available

CN Tower

Landmark, over 553-metre tower featuring a glass floor & a revolving eatery with panoramic views.

Info:

Address: 301 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2T6, Canada 
Height: 553 m 
Construction started: 1973 
Opened: October 2, 1976 
Surpassed by: Burj Khalifa
Province: Ontario 
Architect: John Andrews
Phone: +1 416-868-6937

Nearby hotel: Renaissance Toronto Downtown Hotel | 4-star hotel | 1 Blue Jays Way, Toronto, ON M5V 1J4, Canada | +1 416-341-7100

Stanley Park

Stanley Park is a 1,001-acre public park that borders the downtown of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada and is almost entirely surrounded by waters of Vancouver Harbour and English Bay.

Info:

Address: Vancouver, BC V6G 1Z4, Canada 
Area: 4.05 km2
Phone: +1 604-681-6728 
Established: 1888

Nearby hotel: The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver | 4-star hotel | 1601 Bayshore Dr, Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4, Canada | +1 604-682-3377

Royal Ontario Museum

The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America, the largest in Canada.

Info:

Address: 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada 
Province: Ontario
Architecture firm: Chapman and Oxley 
Architectural styles: Byzantine Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture 
Architects: Frank Darling, John A. Pearson 
Founders: Charles Trick Currelly, Byron Edmund Walker
Phone: +1 416-586-8000

Nearby hotel: InterContinental Toronto Yorkville | 4-star hotel | 220 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1T8, Canada | +1 416-960-5200

Canada's Wonderland

Canada's Wonderland is a 330-acre theme park located in Vaughan, Ontario, a suburb approximately 40 kilometres north of Toronto.

Info:

Address: 9580 Jane St, Vaughan, ON L6A 1S6, Canada 
Opened: May 23, 1981 Area: 130 ha 
Province: Ontario 
Phone: +1 905-832-7000 
Owners: Cedar Fair Entertainment Company 
Roller coasters: 16

Nearby hotel: Aloft Vaughan Mills | 3-star hotel | 151 Bass Pro Mills Drive, Vaughan, ON L4K 0E6, Canada | +1 905-695-0500

Notre-Dame Basilica

Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street.

Info:

Address: 110 Rue Notre-Dame O, Montréal, QC H2Y 1T2, Canada 
Opened: 1830 
Height: 60 m
Phone: +1 514-842-2925 
Architectural style: Gothic Revival architecture 
Status: Basilica 
Architects: James O'Donnell, François Baillairgé

Nearby hotel: Not Available

Canadian War Museum

The Canadian War Museum is Canada's national museum of military history. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the museum covers all facets of Canada's military past.

Info:

Address: 1 Vimy Pl, Ottawa, ON K1A 0M8, Canada 
Opened: May 8, 2005
Company: Canadian Museum of History 
Phone: +1 800-555-5621 
Architecture firms: Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects, Moriyama & Teshima Architects

Nearby hotel: Not Available

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario (French: Lac Ontario) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is surrounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the American state of New York, whose water boundaries meet in the middle of the lake. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot (Huron) language, ontarío means “Lake of Shining Waters”. Its primary inlet is the Niagara River from Lake Erie. The last in the Great Lakes chain, Lake Ontario serves as the outlet to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River.

Info:

Address: Lake Ontario, Toronto
Area: 18,960 km² 
Length: 310.6 km 
Surface elevation: 74 m 
Group: Great Lakes 
Outflow location: Saint Lawrence River 
Fish: Coho salmon, Chinook salmon, Walleye
Phone: Not Available

Nearby hotel: Prince of Wales | 4-star hotel | 6 Picton St, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0, Canada | +1 905-468-3246

Butchart Gardens

The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive close to a million visitors each year.

Info:

Address: 800 Benvenuto Ave, Brentwood Bay, BC V8M 1J8, Canada

Phone: +1 250-652-4422

Nearby hotel: Brentwood Bay Resort & Spa | 5-star hotel | 849 Verdier Ave, Victoria, BC V8M 1C5, Canada | +1 250-544-2079

Did You Know?

• Canada is the second largest country in the world, right after Russia.
• Canada is the World's Most Educated Country: over half its residents have college degrees.
• Canada's lowest recorded temperature was -81.4 degrees Fahrenheit (-63 C) in 1947.
• Canada consumes more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world.
• Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world's lakes combined.
• Licence plates in the Canadian Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears.
• In 2010, a Canadian man rescued a newborn baby from a dumpster, only to find out he was the father.
• Canada has the largest coastline in the world.
• With 1,896 km (1,178 mi), the Yonge Street in Canada, is the longest street in the world.

References

• Wikipedia
• Google
• Fact Slides
• Niagara Falls State Park