Things to Do in Canada 205 (Happy New Year)

January 01, 2025

Happy New Year!

Did you know? Like many countries, Canada follows the Gregorian calendar, which means we celebrate the New Year on January 1st. However, not every country follows this calendar. Ethiopia, for example, celebrates on September 11th. The Islamic New Year is usually in the spring. The Jewish New Year is in the fall. In China, it changes each year and will be on January 29th in 2025. So if you like New Year parties, perhaps you can travel the world and celebrate throughout the year. That would be fun!

Regardless of how or when you celebrate the holiday, we hope you had (or have) a great time with friends and family. If you’re planning to jot down some resolutions, make sure you develop a plan so that you can achieve them throughout 2025. While I have some goals underway, one of them is to finally publish a children’s book. It has already been written and professionally edited, so now I just need to self-publish or find a publisher. If anyone reading this works for a children’s book publisher or knows someone in that field, please let me know.

Enjoy the 205th edition of the Weekly Goose!

Read

Although the New Year’s parties are now mostly over, we thought you’d find it interesting that not everyone celebrates it the same way. Below is an article by our friend Robin Esrock, explaining some of the different ways other cultures bring in the new year. Also, since people often celebrate the coming year with resolutions, hopes, and dreams, I wanted to share an article I wrote on my personal blog about the 150-day road trip that led to a business based on our passion for travel. However, there are all sorts of articles about chasing dreams and crossing off bucket list goals, so if you need some inspiration, give it a browse.

The Many Ways New Year’s Eve is Celebrated Around the World

From fireworks in Toronto to ringing bells in Tokyo, Robin Esrock explores the history, traditions and quirks of year-end celebrations 

canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-many-ways-new-years-eve-is-celebrated-around-the-world

How a Road Trip Across Canada Created a Passion Business

I felt that I could no longer wait and so, after my third year, I left. I rented out my apartment at a major loss, took a year off from university, and jumped on a plane to New Zealand. 

www.livelimitless.net/passion-to-profit-passion-business

Watch

Perhaps we’ll need to make a video about New Year’s Eve parties but until then, maybe you’ll enjoy the story of how Must Do Canada came to be.

Beaver Bites

  • Destination Canada has launched four new tourism corridors to invest in to make Canada a top 7 global tourism destination by 2030. This includes Saskatchewa and Manitoba agritourism, cycling in Ontario and Quebec, Northern Canada experiences, and the beautiful Juan de Fuca area between British Columbia and Washington State.

  • If witnessing the Northern Lights has long been on your bucket list, you might want to cross it off in the next few months. The 2024/2025 winter season will be the peak of the peak when it comes to the Aurora Borealis. For the best chances, head to the Yukon or the Northwest Territories.

  • Niagara Falls is getting a new attraction next summer. This must-see attraction will invite all visitors to discover Niagara from a completely new perspective! Thanks to cutting-edge drone footage and technologies, guests will fly high above swirling whirlpool rapids and championship golf courses, through epic battle reenactments and get closer than ever before to the thundering Horseshoe Falls.

  • Canada’s Wonderland is also getting a new roller coaster called AlpenFury, which will be Canada’s longest, tallest, and fastest launch coaster. Fun!

  • “Second City” travel is becoming popular and we can see why. These “second cities” are often cheaper, have fewer crowds, and offer a more authentic experience. Talk about a win/win/win.

  • You’ve probably heard the term “regenerative tourism”. Well, this is what it means.

Just for Fun

  • Here are three Canadian animal species that are now at risk of extinction. One of them is the black-tailed prairie dog, which can be found in Saskatchewan’s Grasslands National Park.

  • Remember the whole Y2K scare at the end of 1999? We certainly do. Now you can relive it funnily with this retro horror-comedy by SNL alum Kyle Mooney. The movie looks at an alternate world where the apocalypse did happen on NYE 1999.