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Tour Canada Off-Season

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Canadians: share your favourite off-season place

The inn that stays open through November. The trail that is better after the summer rush. Tell us where you go when nobody else does.

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What changes outside summer, and what should a visitor know?

Places Canadians have shared

A growing set of specific places for the quieter months.

  • Haida Gwaii
    British ColumbiaShared by Sasha

    Haida Gwaii

    • May
    • Sep

    Shoulder season means the ferries are quiet and the totem sites at Gwaii Haanas feel like you have them alone.

  • Prince Edward County
    OntarioShared by Daniel

    Prince Edward County

    • Apr
    • May
    • Oct

    Wineries without the summer crowds, Sandbanks beach to yourself, and rooms at a third of August prices.

  • Île d’Orléans
    QuebecShared by Marie-Ève

    Île d’Orléans

    • Oct
    • Nov

    The apple orchards and cider houses stay open into November and the island goes quiet once the leaf-peepers leave. Bring a bike.