Family friendly tours and programs

Explore at your own pace or go on a guided tour: museums, exhibits, farms, kid zone's and more family friendly activities await!

Featured activities by region

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Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

Junior naturalists

Location : Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador

Touch tank

Location : Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador

Stargazing kit

Location : Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador

Kite-making

Location : Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

Science experiments

Location : Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

Citadel Adventures - Spy Kit

Location : Halifax Citadel National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

Explore program

Location : Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia

Rookie Tour

Location : Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

Gardens and farm animals

Location : Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

Stargazing kit

Location : Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

Wigwam gathering

Location : Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick

Interactive activities and demonstrations

Location : Prince Edward Island National Park, Prince Edward Island

Ni'n na L'nu hands-on exhibition

Location : Prince Edward Island National Park, Prince Edward Island

Crafts, songs, stories and traditional games

Location : Green Gables Heritage Site, Prince Edward Island

Hands-on exhibit

Location : Green Gables Heritage Site, Prince Edward Island

Behind the sea

Location : Saguenay—St. Lawrence Marine Park, Quebec

Sailor’s stop

Location : Saguenay—St. Lawrence Marine Park, Quebec

The legend of the talking walls

Location : Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site, Quebec

Visit to Fort No.1

Location : Lévis Forts National Historic Site, Quebec

Family corner

Location : Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site, Quebec

Uniform demonstration

Location : Fort Lennox National Historic Site

Uniform demonstration

Location : Fort Chambly National Historic Site

Dark Sky nights

Location : Point Pelee National Park

WWI trench

Location : Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site

Mobile guided tours of animals at risk

Location : Thousand Islands National Park

Visitor center and observation tower

Location : Bruce Peninsula National Park

Historic bites and musket firing

Location : Fort George National Historic Site

Historic demonstrations: musket, cooking, blacksmithing

Location : Fort Malden National Historic Site

Full steam ahead to adventure

Location : HMCS Haida National Historic Site

Guided tours, games and historical clothes

Location : Woodside National Historic Site

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

A day's work at the fort

Location : Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site, Manitoba

Parka activities

Location : The Forks National Historic Site, Manitoba

From field to fork

Location : Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site, Saskatchewan

Farm animals

Location : Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site, Saskatchewan

Day camps

Location : Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site, Saskatchewan

A journey through time

Location : Batoche National Historic Site, Saskatchewan

Nature centre

Location : Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan

Alberta and British Columbia

Dreamcatcher workshop

Location : Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site, Alberta

Discovery kits

Location : Elk Island National Park, Alberta

Natural history museum

Location : Banff Park Museum National Historic Site, Alberta

Parks Canada under the Salish Sea

Location : Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, British Columbia

Children's activities and farm animals

Location : Fort Langley National Historic Site, British Columbia

Kids’ corner

Location : Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, British Columbia

“Escape the Fort Challenge”

Location : Fort St. James National Historic Site, British Columbia

Farm animals and chicken races

Location : Fort St. James National Historic Site, British Columbia

Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon

Escape Room: Catching the Klondike Killers

Location : Klondike National Historic Sites, Yukon

Escape Room: Shipwreck Escape

Location : S. S. Klondike National Historic Site, Yukon