How to Travel to Canada with Kids

As the second-largest country in the world, Canada is an amazing place for every generation to explore together. Spanning spectacular national parks, cool cosmopolitan cities and beautiful towns in between, Canadian family vacation ideas are vast and encompass options for all kinds of travelers.

But while the Great White North boasts so much to see, there's also a whole lot to know about planning Canada travel with kids. Below, we'll cover some of your biggest questions, point you in the right direction for answers and show you our top pick for families ready to take on a true Canadian adventure.

What You Should Know Before You Go to Canada with Children:

• Research and Choose Your Destinations Carefully – Vacation destinations in Canada can vary from physically active to culturally minded. Ensure everyone is happy by picking locations that align with your family's vacation style.

• Select a Suitable Itinerary or Canada Family Vacation Package – Your itinerary and/or Canada tour company should be kid friendly, and it should also accommodate and appeal directly to your group's different ages, interests, activity and mobility levels, and other personal needs. Most of all, it should be balanced for maximum enjoyability — and minimal hassle and anxiety.

• Collect the Correct Documents – Our guests often ask common questions. What does a child need to travel to Canada? Can a child enter Canada without a passport? Do you need a notarized letter to travel with a child to Canada? There are many factors involved in figuring out your particular needs for Canada travel documentation with kids.
  
  For the correct and most up-to-date, complete instructions, consult official government agencies like the Canadian Border Services Agency, or speak to your tour operator. To avoid any issues or disruption, be sure to have all documents for your entire group gathered well in advance of your trip. Note that if you are traveling as the one parent of, or as the guardian of, a child, there will likely be additional documentation to complete and bring along.

• Get the Best Tips for Traveling with Kids – Our Tips for Traveling with Kids provides wonderful hints on traveling internationally with kids, and just in general. Learn how to involve children in the planning process, create excitement, pack properly, minimize stress points, select flights and more. For additional family travel tips, check out the Family Vacation Planner section too!

Our Top Pick for a Canada Family Adventure

Whether it's your first family trip to Canada, or you've visited before, our Tauck Bridges 7-day Wonders of the Canadian Rockies promises one-of-a-kind thrills and a great list of places to visit in Canada with your family. Explore western Canada's stunning mountains and actually stay overnight inside Canada's Banff National Park and Jasper National Park! You'll settle in to accommodations including renowned alpine resort — The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and The Fairmont Banff Springs.

This summertime journey finds you beginning and ending your itinerary via Calgary. From there, you'll "oooh" and "ahhh" over each extraordinary experience. Board a specially designed Ice Explorer to ride way up atop the Athabasca Glacier, where ice began as snow 400-plus years ago. You'll also go whitewater rafting on the glacier-fed Athabasca River.

Unearth fossils in a canyon once covered by a prehistoric sea. Take a guided hike of Maligne Canyon and dine in the Canyon's Wilderness Kitchen. Bike, boat and more at The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. Check out museums and historic sites with a Banff Heritage Passport. Enjoy Canadian-style 5-pin bowling at the farewell party and ride the Banff Gondola for nighttime views en route to dinner on the Sulphur Mountain summit.
 
Throughout, keep your eyes peeled for Canadian wildlife, like moose, elk, bald eagles, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, deer and hawks. You never know what remarkable sights you'll see on this tour. Click here for the full itinerary.

Our Kid-Friendly Canada Tour Is Specially Designed for Families 

Our Canada family vacation package above features an all-inclusive itinerary led by our Tour Directors and local guides, encompassing private and exclusive activities, as well as meals, hotels, transportation, transfers and excursions. It's intended to accommodate and interest your group's different ages, and balanced for maximum enjoyability — and minimal hassle and anxiety. We're here to help with traveling to Canada with kids, so just reach out!