🇨🇦Vancouver & British Columbia

Wilderness right outside the city

Stanley Park alone covers 1,000 acres of temperate rainforest, beaches, and seawall trails right in the heart of Vancouver. Your kids can spot totem poles, peer into centuries-old hollow cedar trees, and walk trails where wild bears have occasionally been seen after dark. It is the kind of nature experience most cities simply cannot offer.

A coastline built for exploration

British Columbia's Pacific coast is rugged, dramatic, and endlessly fascinating for curious kids. Strong tidal variations mean rock pools are full of life at low tide, and the ocean views are stunning at every turn. Kitsilano Beach even has Canada's longest outdoor saltwater pool perched right on the water's edge.

A city that celebrates diversity

Vancouver is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in Canada, and you'll experience that through its brilliant food scene. The restaurants blend West Coast seafood, Japanese, Chinese, and Indigenous culinary traditions into something genuinely unique. The Richmond Night Market, North America's largest, is a brilliant summer evening out for families.

Culture with real depth

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC holds one of the world's finest First Nations collections, and Gastown's cobblestone streets and Victorian architecture give kids a tangible sense of the city's history. Vancouver's Chinatown is the largest in Canada, and the neighbourhood of Granville Island buzzes with artisan markets and street performers.

Adventure at every level

Whether your family wants to zip-line across the Capilano River gorge, take a gondola up Grouse Mountain for panoramic views, or simply cycle the Stanley Park seawall, British Columbia delivers outdoor adventure that scales beautifully to different ages and confidence levels. You will never run out of things to do.