Kids’ Activities in Canada in 2026: Family-Friendly Tickets and Tours

Canada's family activity infrastructure is seriously developed and varies dramatically by region. The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto is one of North America's finest interactive science museums for children across all ages. The Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, directly across the Ottawa River from Parliament, has a dedicated Children's Museum within it that is among the best designed in the country. Calgary's Heritage Park Historical Village — a living museum of Canadian frontier life with costumed interpreters, steam train rides, and a working paddle steamer on the reservoir — is a full family day. The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve's tidal pools on Vancouver Island, the Quebec City ramparts walk for winter toboggan runs, and Churchill's beluga whale watching from a Zodiac are each family experiences of the kind only this country's scale and variety can produce.