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Canada is the second largest country in the world and the largest in North America. Renowned worldwide for its vast, untouched landscape, its unique blend of cultures and multifaceted history, Canada is a major tourist destination and one of the world's wealthiest countries.

Source: Wikitravel

Top Five goals in Canada:

Visit Vancouver

Visit Montreal

Go Whale Watching in Newfoundland

See Niagara Falls from the Canadian side

Visit Banff National Park

Festivals and Events in Canada:

Attend the Toronto International Film Festival

Attend the Toronto Film Festival

Witness Montreal's Cirque du Soleil

Attend the Montreal International Jazz Festival

Attend the Oktoberfest in Waterloo

Attend the Evolve Music Festival in Nova Scotia

Participate in Quebec City’s 17-day Carnaval

Watch chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede agricultural fair

Watch a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet troupe

Sing and dance with local artists at the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik

Attend the George Street Music Festival in St. Johns, Newfoundland

Attend the Jack Frost Winter Festival in Quebec

Attend theatre performances at the Shaw Festival

Eat cotton candy and ride the Ferris wheel at the Carp Fair

Party at the Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin

Attend the annual Rubberhead Mountain Bike Festival in Rossland

Learn techniques at the sandcastle workshops during the Iles de la Madeleine event

Attend the Jazz and Blues Music Festival in Charlottetown

Other Things To Do in Canada:

Go to Vancouver

Visit the Bay of Fundy

Take the train across Canada

Visit British Columbia

Visit Ottawa

Visit the CN Tower

Visit Nova Scotia

Go to the Toronto Zoo

Do a Maid of the Mist boat tour for a close-up view of Niagara Falls

Take a dip in B.C. hot spring when there’s snow all around

Experience the Shubenacadie tidal bore

Skate on the Rideau Canal

Visit the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site

Visit the Historic District of Quebec

Visit Dinosaur Provincial Park

Visit Quebec City

Climb the stairs at the CN Tower

Explore the Metro Toronto Zoo

Skate on the Rideau Canal, the longest skating rink in the world

Take a train through the Rocky Mountains

Visit all provinces and territories of Canada

Witness the Northern Lights in Churchill, Manitoba

Ride the Polar Bear Express train from Cochrane to Moosonee

Explore Montreal

Explore Quebec City’s old buidings and cobblestone streets (UNESCO)

Drive across the Confederation Bridge from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island

Visit the Rideau Canal

Go on an artic safari to see belugas and bears

See a game at the Rogers Centre

Visit the Green Gables at Cavendish

Watch the Toronto Blue Jays play at the Rogers Centre

Camp in Algonquin Park

Watch musicals and live theatre in Toronto

Stroll on the beaches of Toronto’s Centre Island

Have a picnic at the banks of the Great Lakes in Toronto

Spot mummies and dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum

Step back in time by visiting the Casa Loma castle in Toronto

Take a Thousand-Islands boat cruise out of Gananoque

Have a picnic on the lawns around Ottawa River

See Bay of Fundy’s Hopewell Rocks

Walk the sea floor around the Bay of Fundy islands

Visit Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

Visit Gros Morne National Park

Kiss a cod and throw back a screech of rum in a St. John’s pub to become an honorary Newfoundlander

Explore the fishing village of Peggy’s Cove

Visit Old Town Lunenburg

Look out for Killer Whales in the B.C. Coast

Bike along Vancouver's sea wall through Stanley Park

Witness tide-carved caves at Fundy National Park

See the Anne of Green Gables musical in Charlottetown

Have a picture taken with a scarlet-clad Mountie

Visit the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Quebec

Lick maple taffy at a working maple farm

Tour Ontario’s microbreweries

Canoe across the lakes in Algonquin Park

Hike the 75 kilometre West Coast Trail

Visit Wood Buffalo National Park

Visit L'Anse aux Meadows

Skate the entire length of the Rideau Canal

Hike the Cabot Trail hugging the seaside cliffs of Cape Breton Island

Sleep in the northernmost lodge in the world -- Arctic Watch Lodge

Attend the LGBTQ Pride March in Toronto

Take a wildlife tour by dog-sled from Iqaluit

Climb Signal Hill and Cabot Tower

See the site of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Alberta (UNESCO)

See the remote lakeside cabin of Grey Owlin Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan

Witness the grandeur of the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal

Hike up Mont Royal

Chew on hot bagels and Montreal smoked meat at Schwartz's

Visit Montreal’s Planetarium and Biodome

Walk from the Plains of Abraham to the Citadel (fort) in Quebec City

See a bronze statue of Winnipeg the Bear (inspiration for Winnie the Pooh) in Assiniboine Park

Go white-water rafting on the Ottawa River

Hike the Bruce Trail in the ancient Niagara Escarpment

Go four storeys underground at the Diefenbunker build in case of nuclear war

Hear wolves howl at the Riding Mountain National Park

Make a wish while going through the world’s longest covered bridge at Hartland

Stroll through Montreal’s Botanical Garden and Insectarium

Take a ride on one of the horse-drawn caleches in Montreal

Savour home-made Saskatoon (berry) pie at Saskatchewan

See the remains of the Haida villages in B.C.

Do a wine tour of the wineries in the Okanagan Valley in B.C.

Visit the Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown

Visit the Bata Shoe Museum

Visit Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Visit Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

Pack a breakfast picnic and watch the sun rise at Cape Sear

Explore a coal mine in Glace Bay

See the red sandstone cliffs at Prince Edward Island National Park

Go deep-sea fishing off the coast of Prince Edward Island

Visit the Fortress of Louisbourg

See Alexander Graham Bell’s vacation home in Baddeck

See the fossil forests of Joggins

See the archaeological sites at Grand-Pre at Nova Scotia

See an inunkshuk stone tower on Mallik Island near Cape Dorset

Dodge icebergs on a boat tour of Newfoundland’s Iceberg Alley

Climb Mount Logan

Drive the Dempster gravel highway through mountains and across the Arctic Circle

Visit SGang Gwaay (Ninstints)

Ride every rollercoaster at Wonderland

Visit Miguasha National Park

Visit Nahanni National Park

Visit the Joggins Fossil Cliffs

Visit Canada's Wonderland

Take the heli-jet from downtown Vancouver to Victoria

Get lost in the West Edmonton Mall's water parks

Explore the Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island

Wander through 22 hectares of flowers at Butchart Gardens in Victoria

Watch a storm unfold on Vancouver Island

See dino skeletons in the Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta

Revel in dinosaur history in the Royal Tyrrell Museum

Ride a luge down the Olympic run at Calgary's Olympic Park

Go wildlife-spotting in the Rocky Mountains Parks World Heritage Site

Marvel at the highest hydraulic lift lock in the world on the Trent Canal in Peterborough

Dig for amethysts near Lake Superior near Thunder Bay

Watch for whales where the Saguenay River meets the St. Lawrence

Sleep in the West Point Lighthouse

Spot polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba

See local artists at work in the Niagara-on-the-Lake

Take a midway’s log ride in Toronto’s Centre Island

Watch the Toronto Raptors play a home game

Enjoy Canadian art at the McMichael Gallery

Fly in by floatplane to marvel at the Athabasca Sand Dunes

Tour the Royal Canadian Mint in Manitoba

Do a covered wagon tour of the Spirit Sands Desert in Spruce Woods Provincial Park

Learn about native cultures at Circle of Life Thunderbird House

Take river cruises at The Forks in Winnipeg

See Devonian fossils at Miguasha Park

Scuba dive around the shipwrecks at Tobermory

Feel the drumbeats at a native powwow on Manitoulin Island

Witness gorgeous vistas on a fall train ride through the Agawa Canyon

Tour the oil sands near Fort McMurray in Alberta

Visit the Maple Grove Farm in Saskatchewan

Eat perogies and halopchies in Vegreville

Drive across the Saskatchewan prairies

Try salmon fishing off a tugboat

Pamper your senses at a floating lodge at a B.C. resort

Camp on the banks of Lake O’Hara

Visit the Diefenbunker

Spot the famous Porcupine caribou herd at Herschell Island Park

Pan for gold at one of the mines in Yukon

Relive the gold rush by hiking the Chilkoot Trail

Explore the ancient L’Anse aux Meadows Viking settlement

Explore the Northwest Passage Territorial Historic Park

Go sea-kayaking in the north of the country

Spot bison at the Wood Buffalo National Park

See fjords carved by glaciers at the Gros Morne National Park

Walk along the golden beaches at the Prince Edward Island National Park

Tour the decks and go for a cruise on the Bluenose II

Play a round of golf at the Highlands Links in Cape Breton Highlands National Park

See a prehistoric Inuit Site

Greet the summer solstice in Arctic Bay, the northernmost point of Baffin Island

Canoe down the South Nahanni River through four canyons at the Nahanni National Park (UNESCO)

Explore the 16th-century Basque whaling station at Red Bay, Labrador

Tour the Inuit workshops at the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative

Meet tapestry makers at the Uqqurmiut Centre of Weaving and Printmaking in Pangnirtung

Travel the Northwest Passage by icebreaker

Explore Dawson City in Yukon

Visit Ile d'Orleans

Ride the Leviathan

Go heli-skiing or boarding in the Bugaboos in B.C.

Explore Sgaang Gwaii in Anthony Island (UNESCO)

Roam through the Queen Charlotte Islands by ferry or cruise

Sip tea and nibble scones with clotted cream at a formal afternoon tea party in Victoria

Spot grizzlies in the Yoho National Park

Visit the Batoche National Historic Site in Saskatchewan

Listen to colourful folklore about horse thieves and stagecoach robbers at The Big Muddy Badlands

Tour the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Museum in Saskatchewan

Witness a RCMP sunset ceremony at the Saskatchewan

See pictograph rock art in the Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in Alberta

Spot monarch butterflies at the Point Pelee National Park

Visit Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the restored home of Josiah Henson

See the Perce Rock at the tip of Gaspe Peninsula

Explore the salt marshes and sheltered lagoons at Kouchibouguac National Park

Pet a sea cucumber at the Shippagan Marine Centre

Explore the Prince of Wales Fort in Manitoba

Body surf through Ottawa River’s rapids using a river-board

Join a day-long archaeological dig for dinosaur bones at the T.Rex Discovery Centre in Saskatchewan

Stroll the perennial gardens at The Forks in Winnipeg

Cheer your favourite hockey team in Brantford

Attend the Tintamarre Acadian Parade

Discover the birth place of Canada in the Province House

Haul in the lobster traps aboard a Shediac Bay cruise

Compete in a lobster-eating contest during the lobster festival in Shediac

Jump over a 9 metre pool of slush at Banff’s annual Slush Cup in Alberta

Discover the Doukhobour way of life at the Heritage Village near Veregin

Mountain bike in the Kootenays

Try out Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Hall

Tour the underground hydroelectric power station at Churchill Falls

Learn about the Dene culture during an educational tour

Travel with an aboriginal family on the trapline

Sample muskox and arctic char

Toronto International Film Festival Canada

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a publicly attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Attend the Toronto International Film Festival

Source: ibtimes.com

Explore Canada by Train Canada

The Canada train trips on this list offer stunning scenery and are considered more than just transportation from point A to B. Although train travel tends to be more expensive than bus or even air travel, train travel is relaxing and scenic. The romance of the train is alive and well on Canada's major rail systems.

Take the train across Canada

Source: gocanada.about.com

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