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Special Events

JANUARY
• TWENTY VALLEY WINTER WINEFEST,
JORDAN
FEBRUARY
• VOYAGEUR WINTER CARNIVAL,
THUNDER BAY
• WINTERLUDE, OTTAWA
MAY
• CANADIAN TULIP FESTIVAL, OTTAWA
• FESTIVAL OF BIRDS, POINT PELEE
NATIONAL PARK
JUNE
• LUMINATO, TORONTO
JUNE – JULY
• TD OTTAWA JAZZ FESTIVAL
JULY
• HONDA INDY, TORONTO
• RBC ROYAL BANK BLUESFEST, OTTAWA
ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE, ELECTRICITY SHOW • VANDER GRAPH
JULY – AUGUST
• TORONTO CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL
Block and the Government Conference National Park (www.parkscanada.gc.ca/
AUGUST
• FERGUS SCOTTISH FESTIVAL AND Centre, respectively—are available (visit. thousandislands ).
HIGHLAND GAMES parl.ca). The Hill overlooks the Rideau The Ontario Parks’ Learn to Camp
• SIEGE AT FORT ERIE Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage site that program off ers hands-on practice in pitching

SEPTEMBER draws cyclists, boaters and skaters (www. a tent and cooking outdoors at seven of
• CINÉFEST SUDBURY INTERNATIONAL parkscanada.gc.ca/rideau ). Nearby, farmers’ Ontario’s provincial parks (www.ontario
FILM FESTIVAL stalls, independent boutiques and popular parks.com/learntocamp).
• TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL nightclubs keep the ByWard Market Wherever you go, you can choose from
• WESTERN FAIR, LONDON humming from morning to night (www. an incredible range of adventures. Train

OCTOBER byward-market.com ). TD Place at Lansdowne your binoculars on migrating birds at the
• ALGOMA FALL FESTIVAL, Park is home to the city’s Canadian Football Pelee Island Bird Observatory (pibo.ca/en).
SAULT STE. MARIE
League franchise, the Ottawa REDBLACKS Walk high above the forest fl oor in the
• KITCHENER-WATERLOO OKTOBERFEST (www.ottawaredblacks.com ), as well as the Ganaraska Forest (www.treetoptrekking.
• NUIT BLANCHE, TORONTO
Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League com/parks/ganaraska ). Hunt for rare stones
• PUMPKINFERNO, MORRISBURG AND
(www.ottawa67s.com ). in Bancroft (www.hastingscounty.com/visit/
SUDBURY
The excellent attractions in the rockhounding ) or hike an outstanding
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
province’s smaller cities range from the long-distance trail (www.ontariotrails.on.
• INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS,
Art Gallery of Hamilton (www.artgalleryof ca ). The Canadian Canoe Route (owl-mkc.
TORONTO
hamilton.com), the Canadian Canoe Museum ca/mkc/info/thecdncanoeroute) starts in
NOVEMBER
in Peterborough (www.canoemuseum.ca ) Toronto and fi nishes in Ottawa. Go cross-
• ROYAL AGRICULTURAL WINTER FAIR,
TORONTO and the Canadian Bushplane Heritage country or downhill skiing near Collingwood,
Centre in Sault Ste. Marie (www.bushplane. on the scenic shores of Georgian Bay (www.
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER
com ) to public markets such as the Kingston visitsouthgeorgianbay.ca ). Dive among
• FIRST LIGHT AT SAINTE-MARIE AMONG
THE HURONS, MIDLAND Public Market (www.kingstonpublicmarket. shipwrecks at Fathom Five National Marine
NOVEMBER – JANUARY ca ), the Covent Garden Market in London Park near Tobermory (www.parkscanada.gc.
• RIVER LIGHTS WINTER FESTIVAL, (www.coventmarket.com ) and the St. Jacobs ca/fathomfi ve ) or in the St. Lawrence River
AMHERSTBURG Farmers’ Market in the heart of Mennonite (www.1000islands.com/sunken-treasures-
• WINTER FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, country (www.stjacobsmarket.com ). the-wrecks-of-the-1000-islands ). Zip through
NIAGARA FALLS the trees at Skywood Eco Adventure near
THE GREAT OUTDOORS Brockville (www.skywoodzip.com ) or Long
www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca
Whether you’re a nature novice or a Point Eco-Adventures in St. Williams (www.
seasoned outdoor adventurer, Ontario has lpfun.ca ), or fl y 67 m (220 ft.) above the
soccer—Toronto has it all. wilderness space for you—and many ways Niagara Gorge on WildPlay’s MistRider
In Ottawa, the fi rst stop for many is to help you enjoy it. Zipline to the Falls (www.niagarafalls.wild
Parliament Hill. The Centre Block is closed Unspoiled landscapes vary from the play.com/mistrider-zipline). Try cycling,
for extensive renovations, but tours of remote lakes and rivers of fl y-in fi shing sailing, kayaking, rock climbing, spelunk-
the temporary homes of the House of camps (www.visitsunsetcountry.com ) to the ing, snowmobiling, dogsledding, ice
Commons and the Senate—in the West quaint cottage country of Thousand Islands fi shing, snowshoeing or snowboarding!