Summer Activities
This popular summer activity involves setting up a tent and sleeping under the stars.
What is camping?
Many people celebrate July 1st with this delicious type of outdoor event, often accompanied by fireworks.
What is a BBQ?
Canadians often enjoy cooling off during hot summer days by swimming in these natural or man-made bodies of water.
What are lakes?
In Quebec, this traditional summer event celebrates French Canadian culture with music, dancing, and feasting on pork and maple syrup.
What is the Festival d'été de Québec?
Canadians love to enjoy this frozen treat on hot summer days, often served in a cone or cup with various flavors and toppings.
What is ice cream?
This sport, popular in Canada during the summer months, involves hitting a small, hard ball into a hole using various clubs.
What is golf?
Canadians celebrate the arrival of summer with this event on June 21st, the longest day of the year.
What is National Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly known as National Aboriginal Day)?
This famous Canadian festival in Calgary features rodeo events, concerts, and a midway with rides and games
What is the Calgary Stampede?
In Toronto, this annual event held in late June celebrates diversity with a large parade and festival.
What is Pride Toronto (Pride Parade)?
Canadians head to these outdoor venues in summer to watch movies under the stars.
What are outdoor cinemas (or drive-in theaters)?
Canadians often spend summer weekends at these outdoor recreational areas, which offer activities like hiking, picnicking, and wildlife viewing.
What are national parks?
This music festival in Montreal is one of the largest jazz festivals in the world, attracting top musicians and enthusiasts alike, including our fellow Cooper team member, Trey Smith from St. Laurent (Q01).
What is the Montreal International Jazz Festival?
Canadians enjoy this summer activity of floating down rivers or streams on inflatable rafts or tubes.
What is tubing?
This small town in British Columbia is known for its annual Elvis Festival, held every summer to celebrate the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
What is Penticton?
Canadians flock to this national park in Alberta during the summer to marvel at its turquoise lakes and stunning mountain scenery.
What is Banff National Park?
In Newfoundland and Labrador, this outdoor activity involves hiking through rugged landscapes and camping in remote areas along the coast.
What is coastal backpacking (or coastal hiking)?
This city in Saskatchewan hosts an annual summer fair known for its grandstand shows, midway rides, and agricultural exhibits.
What is Saskatoon (for the Saskatoon Exhibition)?
In Ontario, this outdoor activity involves exploring underwater shipwrecks and marine life using scuba diving equipment during the summer season.
What is shipwreck diving?
This city in Ontario hosts a major summer music festival each July, attracting artists and fans from around the world.
What is Ottawa (for the Ottawa Bluesfest)?
This summer activity, popular in the Canadian Rockies, involves trekking across glaciers and navigating crevasses with specialized equipment.
What is glacier trekking?
Canadians who seek unique cultural experiences can participate in this traditional Indigenous summer activity, which involves harvesting wild rice in marshy areas.
What is wild rice harvesting?
This northern city in Canada celebrates summer with a week-long festival that includes events like sandcastle building contests and salmon barbecues.
What is Whitehorse (for the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous)?
Canadians participate in this outdoor recreational activity, which involves navigating through rivers and lakes in a small, lightweight boat.
What is canoeing?
This maritime province celebrates summer with a seafood festival in Shediac, known for its giant lobster sculpture.
What is New Brunswick?
Canadians looking for a challenge in the wilderness can participate in this activity, which involves climbing steep rock faces without the aid of ropes or harnesses.
What is free solo rock climbing?