North America
Canada
About 37.1M people live in Canada, on 9,984,670 km² in 13 regions; the capital is Ottawa. The highest summit is Mount Logan (5,959 m).
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
Best weather in OctoberCalgary 54
October: highs10° – 16°
Rain this month, on average86mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: May · Aug–Sep.
Canada at a glance
The atlas follows 19,497 places here month by month, with 2,272 mountains and 1,568 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are May, August and September.
Ottawa now12°CPartly cloudy · 09:31Sunrise · sunset07:29 · 18:07OttawaNext holiday25 DecemberChristmas DayEarthquakes3in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Events2525 concerts · 0 matches in 14 daysTravel adviceUS 1UK 1Exercise normal precautions
19,497places in 13 regions2,272summits, highest Mount Logan1,568monuments806museums44,172lakes1,386beaches134ski areas40festivals13,207huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Canada's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+192%13.7M in 1950 → 40.1M in 2025 → 45.6M in 2050Canada · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$66,7002025 · 24/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy82.12024 · 34/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities83 %2025 · 51/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet94 %2024 · 33/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.252024 · 187/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover42 %2024 · 73/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Canada
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Canada
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
44OctoberToronto
May–Jun · Sep
14° / 7°77 mm
42OctoberOttawa
May–Jun · Sep
13° / 4°88 mm
45OctoberEdmonton
Jul–Sep
10° / -3°22 mm
32OctoberWinnipeg
May · Aug–Sep
10° / 1°45 mm
31OctoberQuebec
Jul–Sep
11° / 3°105 mm
54OctoberCalgary
Jul–Sep
12° / 0°17 mm
38OctoberVancouver
Jul–Sep
14° / 6°227 mm
53OctoberHamilton
May–Jun · Sep
16° / 6°77 mm
13 regions
Ontario5,315 places · 37 summits · Toronto
Nova Scotia2,561 places · 28 summits · Dartmouth
Quebec2,333 places · 273 summits · Quebec
New Brunswick2,033 places · 13 summits · Saint John
Saskatchewan1,731 places · 3 summits · Saskatoon
Alberta1,591 places · 420 summits · Edmonton
British Columbia1,508 places · 529 summits · Vancouver
Manitoba849 places · 4 summits · Winnipeg
Newfoundland and Labrador721 places · 40 summits · St. John's
Prince Edward Island588 places · Charlottetown
Yukon135 places · 16 summits · Whitehorse
Northwest Territories77 places · 5 summits · Yellowknife
Nunavut55 places · 8 summits · Arviat
Canada from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Canada
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Nature in Canada
Lake44,172River1,388Waterfall1,110Glacier171Beach1,386Island17,553Cave99National park26Mountain hut5
Summit5,240 m
Mount Lucania
Summit5,073 m
Mount SteeleSummit5,959 m
Mount Logan
Lake
Lake Simcoe
Lake
Lake Nipissing
Lake
Lake AbitibiWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Canada
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Camp sites7,251Viewpoints2,086Golf courses1,808Climbing948Mountain huts757Theme parks113Zoos100Water parks71Hot springs & thermal baths34Surf spots23
Whistler Blackcomb412 km of pistes · 37 lifts
Sun Peaks Resort163 km of pistes · 13 lifts
Silver Star Mountain Resort111 km of pistes · 11 lifts
Revelstoke Mountain Resort105 km of pistes · 7 lifts
Lake Louise Ski Area102 km of pistes · 14 lifts
Panorama Mountain Resort101 km of pistes · 10 lifts
Big White Ski Resort100 km of pistes · 16 lifts
Banff Sunshine Village99 km of pistes · 14 lifts
Culture in Canada
1,568 monuments and 806 museums; the best known first.
Château FrontenacBuilt 1893 · châteauesque
Habitat 67Built 1967 · brutalist
Notre-Dame BasilicaBuilt 1829 · Gothic Revival
Banff National ParkBuilt 1885
Casa LomaBuilt 1914 · Gothic Revival
Montreal City HallBuilt 1878 · Second Empire style
Museum
Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsBuilt 1860
Museum
National Gallery of CanadaBuilt 1880The festival year
Mar
MayWinnipeg International Jazz FestivalWinnipegWinnipeg International Children's FestivalWinnipegSt-Ambroise Montreal Fringe FestivalMontreal
AugToronto International Film FestivalTorontoVancouver International Film FestivalVancouverCinéfest Sudbury International Film FestivalGreater Sudbury
SepFestival du nouveau cinémaMontrealImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts FestivalTorontoBuffer FestivalOld Toronto
OctSommets du cinéma d'animationMontrealCinemania (film festival)MontrealMontreal International Documentary FestivalMontreal
Nov
Dec
What's on in Canada
The ground and the sky in Canada
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days13magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 1950111magnitude 5+, of them 17 of 6+StrongestM7.8Daajing Giids 52 km ↓ · 2012Deadliest300deaths · 1774The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · OttawaNext eclipse20 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseOrionids~17 an hour21 October · OttawaNorthern lightsKp 0is enough somewhere in the country
Getting to Canada
15 large airports, 467 railway stations, 378 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Edmonton International AirportYEG · Edmonton
28 kmWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportYWG · Winnipeg
7.2 kmQuebec Jean Lesage International AirportYQB · Quebec
14 kmCalgary International AirportYYC · Calgary
9.3 kmVancouver International AirportYVR · Vancouver
7.8 kmJohn C. Munro Hamilton International AirportYHM · Hamilton
11 kmBloorToronto
6.8 kmOttawaOttawa
3.7 kmEdmontonEdmonton
5.2 kmWinnipegWinnipeg
1 kmQuébecQuebec
0.7 kmCalgaryCalgary
1.5 kmHullo - Vancouver→ Hullo - Nanaimo
5.3 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsAB120 V
Emergency911Calling code +1
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyCanadian DollarCAD
LanguagesEnglish · French
Local time09:31Ottawa