Events at Parks Canada

Find Parks Canada events throughout the year, whether you’re looking for winter and holiday events or summer fun. Check back periodically to learn more about workshops, festivals, concerts, markets, holiday-themed events, and more!

You can also view the full list of activities and events at your favourite destination. Use the search tool to find a location.

Free admission and discounted overnight stays

Parks Canada is offering free admission and discounted overnight stays at participating locations, from June 20 to September 2, 2025 inclusive.


 A starry sky with the Milky Way overhanging a vast coastal landscape.

Night sky celebration

Location: Terra Nova National Park, Glovertown

Celebrate the night sky with indoor activity stations at Newman Sound campground and outdoor night sky observation sessions at Sandy Pond.

Dates: August 22 to 23, 2025
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Go stargazing


Guides in period costumes are preparing to fire a cannon.

Emancipation Day

Location: Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Louisbourg

Take part in a procession, a special cannon firing, a commemorative flag raising, or a special guided tour exploring Black history and enslavement at the site.

Dates: August 1, 2025
Times: 12 pm to 1 pm

Celebrate Emancipation Day

Guides in period costumes carrying an Acadian flag walk past historic buildings.

Acadian Day

Location: Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Louisbourg

Join the lively tintamarre procession before the noon cannon firing, then dive into the rich Acadian connections to the fortress with our expert guides.

Dates: August 15, 2025
Times: 11:40 am to 4 pm

Celebrate Acadian Day

Two runners are passing through an arch at the fortress.

Race through time

Location: Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Louisbourg

Take part in this 12-kilometres race between two towns separated by 303 years of history!

Dates: August 16, 2025
Times: 6 pm to 10 pm

Learn more

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Fête de Saint-Louis

Location: Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Louisbourg

Join us! Eat, drink and be merry as we celebrate this traditional feast day honouring the patron saint of France!

Dates: August 25, 2025
Times: 11 am to 5 pm

Come celebrate

Two young children pose with Parka the mascot, with tents and a historic building in the background.

Parka’s great sleepover

Location: Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Louisbourg

You are invited to spend the night at the fortress for an evening of family-friendly games presented by Parks Canada and the Fortress Louisbourg Association.

Dates: August 30 to 31, 2025
Times: 5:30 pm (overnight event)

Learn more


A Parks Canada guide and visitors in a rabaska canoe on a tree-lined canal.

Learn-to-Paddle voyageur canoe experience

Location: The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site, Lachine

Would you like to know how voyageurs got around in the fur trade era?  This summer, take part in an introductory voyageur canoe paddling activity presented by guides from Parks Canada.

Dates: From June 21 to August 31, 2025, every Saturday and Sunday
Times: 10 am and 2 pm (2.5-hour activity)

Learn how to paddle

An Indigenous guide leads a workshop in a shelter, with visitors and a kayak in the background.

Meeting Karl Chevrier

Location: Obadjiwan–Fort Témiscamingue National Historic Site, Duhamel-Ouest

Enjoy demonstrations of Algonquin crafts and watch Algonquin craftsman Karl Chevrier build a bark kayak.

Dates: June 25 to August 31, 2025, Wednesdays through Sundays
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Learn more

An Indigenous person in traditional dress dances on a grassy area.

Short film screening by Wapikoni

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

Wapikoni is heading to Coteau-du-Lac! On the agenda: screenings of Indigenous short films and a post-screening discussion with the audience.

Dates: July 12,  2025
Times: 7 pm

Discover Wapikoni

Part of the exterior wall of the Papineau manor house, including windows and dormer windows.

Historic Places Days 2025

Location: Manoir Papineau National Historic Site, Montebello

Discover the fabulous history of the Papineau manor and enjoy tea in the garden while celebrating the 175th anniversary of the manor's construction.

Dates: July 13, 2025
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Celebrate Historic Places Days

A path crosses a tree-lined grassy area and leads to historic buildings.

Basket-making workshop

Location: Obadjiwan–Fort Témiscamingue National Historic Site, Duhamel-Ouest

Attend a white pine needle basket-making workshop and enjoy boreal cuisine with Marché Mycélia.

Dates: July 19 and August 9, 2025
Times: 1 pm to 4 pm

Attend the workshop

An Indigenous person dressed in traditional costume dances on a grassy area.

Short film screening by Wapikoni

Location: Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site, Trois-Rivières

Wapikoni is heading to the Forges! On the agenda: screenings of Indigenous short films and a post-screening discussion with the audience.

Dates: August 2, 2025
Times: 7:30 pm

Discover Wapikoni

Children drawing on the poster for the ‘Our climate quest’ exhibition.

“Our Climate Quest” by Science North

Location: Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site, Trois-Rivières

This exhibition is coming to the Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site! Enjoy a family day out and help change the world.

Dates: August 6 to September 1, 2025
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Discover the exhibition 

An Indigenous person dressed in traditional costume dances on a grassy area.

Short film screening by Wapikoni

Location: Fort Chambly National Historic Site, Chambly

Wapikoni is heading to Fort Chambly! On the agenda: screenings of Indigenous short films and a post-screening discussion with the audience.

Dates: August 9, 2025
Times: 2 pm

Discover Wapikoni

A man in period costume, holding a lantern, stands in a room of the Papineau manor house.

"Tales from the shadow" guided tour

Location: Manoir Papineau National Historic Site, Montebello

Visit the site by lantern light! Take a walk down the seigneurial alley at dusk, then let the gardener reveal the secrets and legends of the manor.

Dates: August 29 to 31, 2025
Times: Tours take place between 7:30 pm and 10:30 pm (each tour is 90 minutes)

Join the tour

Re-enactors in soldier's uniforms march past to the beat of the drum.

Historical re-enactment 

Location: Fort Chambly National Historic Site, Chambly

Would you like to know how French soldiers lived in the 18th century? Now's your chance! The Compagnie de Lacorne is coming to Fort Chambly for the weekend.

Dates: August 30 to 31, 2025
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Attend the re-enactment


Seven women dressed in various period costumes pose for the camera.

Women of war

Location: HMCS Haida National Historic Site, Hamilton

Women of War Weekend commemorates and celebrates the many ways that women contributed to Canada's war effort during the Second World War.

Dates: July 26 and July 27, 2025
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Join the event

A soldier in uniform demonstrates to a family and children around a table.

Fort Malden Living History Festival

Location: Fort Malden National Historic Site, Amherstburgt

Visit period encampments as re-enactors and volunteers recreate the lifestyles of several different time periods.

Dates: August 2 and August 3, 2025
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Attend the festival

A young woman in period costume has a surprised expression.

Murder mystery

Location: Fort Malden National Historic Site, Amherstburg

Channel your inner detective as you help uncover a murderer in a classic “whodunnit?” with an historical twist!

Dates: August 16, 2025
Times: 6 pm to 8 pm

Solve the murder mystery

People in soldier's uniforms, with rifles on their shoulders, line up in front of historic buildings.

Fife & Drum Muster & Soldiers’ Field Day

Location: Fort George National Historic Site, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Fife and drum corps and infantry units converge at Fort George, showcasing the military music and drills of the early 19th century.

Dates: August 16 and 17, 2025
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Watch the re-enactment

The Tribal class destroyer HMCS Haida moored in port.

Birthday weekend

Location: HMCS Haida National Historic Site, Hamilton

Celebrate the 81st anniversary of the commissioning of “Canada’s fightingest ship”.

Dates: August 23 and 24, 2025
Times: 10 am to 5 pm

Come celebrate



Parks Canada Interpreters dressed in historic costumes fire a cannon.

Fort Walsh 150

Location: Fort Walsh National Historic Site, Maple Creek

Join us to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Fort Walsh in a celebration that brings history to life!

Dates: July 26, 2025
Times: 1 pm to 4:30 pm

Learn more


A group of people walking through a forest trail as part of a guided tour.

Métis plant identification walk

Location: Cave and Basin National Historic Site, Banf

Enjoy a leisurely walk to identify local plants from an Indigenous perspective.

Dates: July 13, and August 17, 2025
Times: 1 pm to 2 pm

Join the hike

A child has a butterfly on his hand.

Butterfly BioBlitz volunteer event

Location: Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton

Help staff net butterflies for experts to identify, count and release unharmed. This is our most popular family-friendly volunteering activity.

Dates: July 19, 2025
Times: 8 am to 5 pm

Register now

A group of volunteers and Parks Canada employees pose for a photo.

Knapweed rodeo volunteer event

Location: Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton

The rodeo is back! Help us corral this invasive species. Come on down for door prizes from community businesses, a free BBQ-style lunch, friendly competitions 

Dates: July 26, 2025
Times: 9 am to 4 pm

Register now

Two volunteers clean up a shoreline.

Shoreline cleanup volunteer event

Location: Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton

Join the volunteer team and become a citizen scientist for the day. We will be scouring the shorelines to collect all the garbage we can find and recording our findings.

Dates: September 6, 2025
Times: 10 am to 2:30 pm

Register now


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