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Where to Celebrate Easter Weekend in Canada

Easter weekend is almost here.

For many Canadians, it’s the first real chance to get out, explore, and enjoy a long weekend that actually feels like spring.

Across the country, farms are reopening, hotels are planning special brunches, and communities are hosting festive family events.

If you’re looking for ideas, here are some real Easter experiences worth planning around.

Book-Now Easter Brunches Worth the Trip

If you want one guaranteed highlight during Easter weekend, make it brunch.

Across Canada, major hotels and destination restaurants go all-in with holiday menus, live music, and springtime atmosphere.

Great options to consider:

• Vancouver Brunch Options: This beautiful coastal city has many places offering a special brunch.

• Montreal Brunch Options: As one of Canada’s premier food cities, you can expect some delicious eats on Easter weekend.

• Brunch in a Castle: Experience the splendour of Toronto’s Casa Loma and explore the castle at your leisure.

• Brunch on the East Coast: Enjoy some tasty bites in Nova Scotia’s iconic Digby Pines Resort, a famous place to enjoy scallops.

• Luxury Fairmont Experiences: Whether you’re looking to enjoy Easter brunch in the Rocky Mountains at the Fairmont Banff Springs, old town charm at the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac, or coastal vibes at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria, every Fairmont hotel across Canada has a luxury Easter brunch.

• Calgary Brunch Options: Our home city also has some great options for a tasty brunch.

We can’t list them all, but wherever you are in Canada, there’s bound to be an Easter brunch for you.

👉 Adventure tip: turn brunch into an overnight stay. Eat well → explore the destination → relax the next morning.

Spring Farm Fun & Easter Family Adventures

Late March and early April mark the start of farm season in many regions.

Expect baby animals, wagon rides, outdoor play areas, and festive Easter programming.

Popular places that typically host Easter events:

• Pingle’s Farm Market (Durham Region, ON) — large egg hunts, seasonal activities, and family food experiences.

• Greendale Acres Farm (Chilliwack, BC) — spring farm reopening with kid-focused attractions and countryside views.

• Easter at the Farm (Saskatoon, SK) — outdoor fun, scavenger hunts, games, and more.

• Hatfield Farm (Hammonds Plains, NS) — ranch-style Easter experiences with wagon rides and family entertainment.

• Easter in the Okanagan (BC) — Lots of different options in BC’s Okanagan region.

Wherever you are, Google “Easter on the farm”, and see what’s taking place nearby.

These are the kinds of places where muddy boots and big smiles are part of the plan.

Egg Hunts, Community Events & Spring Traditions

Many cities and towns host festive Easter programming that’s simple, nostalgic, and surprisingly memorable.

Examples worth checking this year:

• Toronto Beaches Easter Weekend Celebration (Toronto, ON): The granddaddy of them all. Attracting over 50,000 people every year, the Toronto Easter Parade features marching bands, parade floats and costumed characters. This popular Easter parade began in 1967 and has since become the world’s largest and longest-running.

• Mt. Norquay Snow Easter Egg Hunt (Banff, AB): A unique mountain experience where thousands of chocolate treats are hidden in the snow, allowing for skiing and hunting.

• Butterfield Acres Spring Babies Festival (Calgary, AB): Celebrates the season with farm animals, petting zoos, and visits with the Easter Bunny, notes Family Fun Canada.

• Hatfield Farm Easter Celebration (Hammonds Plains, NS): A country-style, rustic weekend featuring wagon rides, pony rides, and outdoor egg hunts.

Looking for more? This immigration website has done a great job of listing many of the events taking place across the country.

👉 Tip: Many of these events are announced just weeks in advance, so local tourism sites are your best friend.

City Getaways & Early-Spring Energy

Even without a single headline event, Easter weekend is a great excuse for a simple city escape.

Good destinations to consider:

Montreal — café culture, markets, and neighbourhood wandering.
Victoria — harbour walks, gardens starting to bloom, relaxed coastal pace.
Halifax — waterfront exploring and fresh-air road trips along the South Shore.
Niagara Region — Falls views, winery stops, and chocolate shop browsing.
Canmore — mountain scenery with fewer crowds than peak summer.

Or just pick a small town nearby, book a nice boutique hotel, and just walk around and enjoy.

Want to Add a Little Adventure?

If you’d rather keep things spontaneous this long weekend, let chance decide.

Scratch one of our Adventure Cards, reveal a Canadian experience, and build a simple getaway around it.

It’s a fun way to turn Easter weekend into a story you didn’t expect.

👉 Discover your next adventure!

Wherever you celebrate — brunch table, farm field, mountain town, or city café —
This is a great weekend to start travelling again.

Happy Easter and happy exploring.

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International Departures

Have You Heard of the Florence Easter Explosion

“If Canadian Easter is brunch and egg hunts… this is Easter with fireworks.”

Every Easter Sunday, Florence hosts one of Europe’s most dramatic traditions: a historic cart filled with fireworks is ignited in front of the Duomo in a spectacle dating back centuries. The explosion symbolizes good luck and a strong harvest year — and thousands gather to watch the colourful blast light up the square.

If you’re looking for something unique to do on Easter, consider attending Scoppio del Carro in Florence, Italy.

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We don’t have an Easter video, but we found this one on YouTube, showcasing a little slice of the Toronto Beaches Easter Parade.

Beaver Bites

• Banff is breaking records once again. The world-famous mountaintown saw 4.5 million visitors over the last year, which is about 200,000 more than the year before and almost the 10th year of annual increases in visitors. Basically, visiting during the summer months will get even harder.
  
  

• Since the famous Michelin restaurant guide entered Canada over the last couple of years, some Montreal restaurants have been talking about how crazy it has become since receiving the coveted “star ranking”.
  
  

• Donald Trump is charging tourists an additional $100 to visit national parks, but Canada is doing the opposite, waiving all fees with the Canada Strong Pass this summer.
  
  

• Speaking of our Southern neighbours, the U.S. travel boycott continues, projecting an almost $6 billion loss down south and something no travel expert has ever seen before.
  
  

• Canada doesn’t have a lot of swoon-worthy airports, but Vancouver’s YVR is certainly one of them. The coastal airport was just ranked #1 in North America and 10th in the world.
  
  

• Sugar shacks and maple syrup have become synonymous with Canada, especially in Quebec, where they produce 90% of our supply. Now you can collect that heritage with a new Canada Postage set.

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