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Choosing a Metro Vancouver municipality is only the beginning of a relocation decision. The exact neighbourhood determines whether a household can walk to grocery stores, reach work without a car, enter the expected school catchment or manage its monthly budget. Part 1 of this guide compares the region’s cities and communities using Metro Vancouver’s official…

Metro Vancouver offers dense downtown neighbourhoods, suburban town centres, waterfront communities and mountain access within one region. That variety is useful, but it can also make choosing a home complicated. Two addresses described casually as “Vancouver” may have very different rents, school districts and commuting conditions. The City of Vancouver is only one municipality. Metro…

Few places in Canada experience fall and winter quite like Quebec. September brings comfortable temperatures, harvest celebrations, music, film, and cultural festivals. By late September and October, brilliant red, orange, and yellow foliage transforms parks and neighbourhoods across the province. Then comes an even bigger transformation. From mid-November, Montreal and Quebec City begin their Christmas…

Toronto is one of the best Canadian cities to visit in fall and winter, not only because of its famous landmarks but also because of its remarkably diverse festival calendar. September brings international film, street performances, cultural celebrations, and the final days of the Canadian National Exhibition. October transforms the city with contemporary art, Oktoberfest…

Alberta is often associated with the Rocky Mountains, wide-open prairie landscapes, and cold winters, but Calgary and Edmonton also have surprisingly active festival calendars throughout the fall and holiday season. After summer ends, both cities shift quickly into a different rhythm. September brings film, arts, harvest, and cultural festivals. October is dominated by pumpkins and…

Summer may be coming to an end, but the festival season in Vancouver is far from over. From September onward, Metro Vancouver takes on a completely different atmosphere. Early fall brings arts, culture, and harvest celebrations, October is filled with Halloween events, and by mid-November, Christmas markets and spectacular light displays begin transforming the region…

Canada is not a destination that looks the same throughout the year. Visit Banff in July and you may find brilliant turquoise lakes surrounded by green forests and hiking trails. Return in January and the same region can look completely different, covered in snow and filled with skiers and snowboarders. Travel through Ontario or Quebec…

A Canadian Rockies road trip is one of those journeys where the drive itself can become just as memorable as the destination. Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper are famous for turquoise lakes, enormous mountains, glaciers, wildlife and some of the most dramatic highways in Canada. But there is one thing that beautiful photographs do not…

Canada is one of those countries that is difficult to understand from a map alone. You can look at the enormous distance between Vancouver and Toronto, see photographs of turquoise lakes in Alberta, or read about the historic streets of Québec City, but none of those things fully explain how different one part of Canada…

Canada is one of the world’s great skiing destinations. From the enormous mountains of British Columbia to the spectacular Canadian Rockies and the popular resorts of Quebec and Ontario, Canada offers everything from gentle beginner slopes to deep powder, alpine bowls, glades and extreme terrain. 1. Whistler Blackcomb – British Columbia Location: Whistler, British ColumbiaSkiable…