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Places to visit in Canada

52 towns, cities and natural areas we have written up, with our picks first.

A waterfront view of a city skyline featuring a large construction crane on the left, modern glass buildings, and a row of red-roofed buildings on a pier in the foreground, with the word "MURPHY'S" visible on one of the pier buildings.

Nova Scotia

Halifax

Nova Scotian port city with historic star-shaped fort
Queen Street and the clock tower in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Ontario

Niagara-on-the-lake

Victorian town with historic architecture and wineries
Floatplane at the dock on Tofino Inlet with the Tofino waterfront behind

British Columbia

Tofino

Surf town on Vancouver Island's wild west coast, gateway to Pacific Rim
A calm lake surrounded by coniferous and deciduous trees with a forested hill in the background, viewed through foreground foliage.

Quebec

Tremblant

Mountain resort with year-round alpine activities
A street scene showing a row of brick buildings with colorful bunting strung overhead, including a sign for "King of Spades" and a Canadian flag banner.

Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's

Historic Atlantic harbor with colorful streets and coastal culture
An aerial view of a city waterfront featuring a marina with boats, a large red brick building, a harbor market area with blue roofs, and a parking lot adjacent to a park with a Canadian flag.

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown

Capital city and birthplace of Canadian Confederation
A coastal scene featuring red sandstone cliffs and rock formations in the foreground, with a sandy beach, dunes, and a line of trees and houses in the background under a clear sky.

Prince Edward Island

Cavendish

Prince Edward Island village known for Anne of Green Gables
An aerial view of a forested peninsula jutting into the ocean, featuring a white lighthouse with a red lantern room at its tip and a small cluster of houses and roads inland.

Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Island

Island destination with dramatic coastal views
A large, ornate Victorian-style building with white siding, black trim, and a red roof, identified by a sign on the facade as the "Lunenburg Academy".

Nova Scotia

Lunenburg

UNESCO World Heritage site with colorful colonial architecture
A coastal town scene featuring a large, distinctive sea stack rising from the water on the left, a lighthouse on a grassy headland in the center, and a town with a main road in the foreground.

Quebec

Percé

UNESCO site with iconic rock formation
A coastal landscape featuring a grassy foreground with purple and white wildflowers, a rocky breakwater, and a small town with buildings along the shoreline under a cloudy sky.

Quebec

Gaspé

Gaspesie coast, Perce Rock, and the Chic-Choc Mountains
The image shows the Kingston City Hall, a historic stone building with a central clock tower and cupola, situated on a brick-paved square with a Canadian flag flying to the left.

Ontario

Kingston

Ontario city with historic fortifications

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