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Tour Canada Off-Season

Destinations

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Eleven Canadian places, with the quiet months worth planning around and the trip types each does best.

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  • Banff and Lake Louise in Jan–Feb · May–Jun · Sep–Oct

    Alberta Rockies

    Banff and Lake Louise

    The national park everyone pictures, in the weeks when you can actually park.

    • Mountains
    • Wildlife
    • Lakes
    • +1

    Jan–Feb · May–Jun · Sep–Oct

    4 trips

  • Calgary and the foothills in May–Jun · Sep–Oct

    A big-sky city with Kananaskis an hour away and no coach tours in it.

    • City
    • Mountains
    • Food
    • +1

    May–Jun · Sep–Oct

    1 trip

  • Vancouver and the BC coast in Mar–May · Sep–Oct

    Lower Mainland and Sea to Sky

    Vancouver and the BC coast

    Mountains, sea and the best Asian food in the country, without the cruise-ship weeks.

    • City
    • Coast
    • Food
    • +2

    Mar–May · Sep–Oct

    1 trip

  • Tofino in Oct–May

    Vancouver Island west coast

    Tofino

    Open Pacific, old-growth rainforest and a surf town that is better in a storm.

    • Coast
    • Wildlife
    • Indigenous-led
    • +1

    Oct–May

    2 trips

  • Okanagan in Apr–May · Sep–Oct

    Interior British Columbia

    Okanagan

    Canada’s wine valley at harvest, with the tasting rooms to yourself.

    • Wine
    • Lakes
    • Food
    • +1

    Apr–May · Sep–Oct

    No trips listed yet — tell us you're interested

  • Yukon in Feb–Mar · Aug–Sep

    Whitehorse, Kluane and the Klondike

    Yukon

    Aurora, tundra colour and 45,000 people in a territory the size of Spain.

    • Aurora
    • Wildlife
    • Winter
    • +2

    Feb–Mar · Aug–Sep

    4 trips

  • Muskoka in Jan–Feb · May–Jun · Sep–Oct

    Ontario cottage country

    Muskoka

    Lakes, granite and red maples two hours north of Toronto, once the cottagers go home.

    • Lakes
    • Food
    • Winter

    Jan–Feb · May–Jun · Sep–Oct

    4 trips

  • Niagara-on-the-Lake in Jan · May–Jun · Sep–Oct

    Niagara Peninsula

    Niagara-on-the-Lake

    Wineries, the Shaw Festival and a flat cycling road along the river, twenty minutes from the Falls.

    • Wine
    • Food
    • City

    Jan · May–Jun · Sep–Oct

    2 trips

  • Toronto in May · Sep–Oct

    Greater Toronto

    Toronto

    The most multicultural city in the world, best eaten neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

    • City
    • Food

    May · Sep–Oct

    No trips listed yet — tell us you're interested

  • Quebec City, Charlevoix and the Eastern Townships in Feb–Mar · Sep–Oct

    A walled city, a mountain coast with whales, and a lake district with its own cider route.

    • City
    • Food
    • Winter
    • +3

    Feb–Mar · Sep–Oct

    6 trips

  • Nova Scotia coast in Jun · Sep–Oct

    Atlantic Canada

    Nova Scotia coast

    The Cabot Trail at peak colour, fishing villages after the season, and the world’s highest tides.

    • Coast
    • Food
    • Wildlife
    • +1

    Jun · Sep–Oct

    6 trips