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Family vacations in Canada: a list

An antidote to life fatigue—fun trips for you and the kids.

Some of Canada’s best offerings are perfect for pint-sized visitors. No matter which province you opt to visit, you’ll find families just like yours having fantastic experiences that celebrate summer, neighbourhoods and being outdoors.

These five do all of that, plus give you something to write home about (and a reason to do it all again next year.)

  • The Beaches International Jazz Festival (Ontario): The Beaches in Toronto are always a family magnet. Just minutes from the downtown core, kids can swing, slide, build sandcastles, kick a ball or simply sit and eat ice cream on the boardwalk. Add the annual jazz festival on the beach, and suddenly summer fun has theme music.  www.ontariotravel.net
     
  • Biking in Québec City (Quebec): Kids love bikes and Québec City was made for biking. (Bonus: You get beautiful scenery to look at while the kids have safe, paved routes to travel.) With several routes of varying lengths in and around the 400-year-old cobblestone city, families will find one that suits everyone—from trike rider to mountain biker.   www.bonjourquebec.com
     
  • Calgary Stampede (Alberta): Recipe for instant memories: Give a child a cowboy hat. Show first rodeo. Just try to keep her in her seat as she watches real cowboys and cowgirls do their stuff. Add a midway with Ferris wheels and mini-doughnuts? Hello, Parent of the Year!  www.travelalberta.com
     
  • Bay of Fundy (New Brunswick): Have a child who hates science? Skip school and take him for a walk on the beaches at the Bay of Fundy; head off to watch the whales, then come back hours later when the moon and high tide make the beach disappear under tons of seawater. Wait for the questions. Tell him to ask the teacher.  www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca
     
  • Anne’s world (PEI): Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables introduced the world to the precocious redhead. Take your kids back to Green Gables and walk the “Haunted Wood” trail, then hop over to Avonlea Village, where they can sip on Raspberry Cordial and spend time as Anne would.  www.tourismpei.com

 

video:

The Beaches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2574JzKi88s

Anne of Green Gables
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxlxZHi3JHA

Hopewell Rocks and the Bay of Fundy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoRwlncuyxk

Adventures at Cape Enrage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XljHB2heOS0

Québec UNESCO Heritage Site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpTP5UfUiXQ

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