Fall foliage in Canada
Canada does autumn at scale: Ontario and Quebec's maple forests around Algonquin and the Laurentians, the Maritimes' coastal color, and golden aspen parkland and larch high country out west.
84 hand-picked fall stops in Canada — leaves & views, farms & harvest, cider & donuts, Halloween haunts, towns & rides. Tap a 🍁 for its peak-color window, drag the date slider to watch the color arrive, or see every destination on the big map.
Ontario — Algonquin & Muskoka
Peak ~October 7
Algonquin Park's maple-covered ridges are Canada's classic fall postcard, with Muskoka's lake country close behind for canoe-side color.
Québec — Laurentians & Eastern Townships
Peak ~September 17
The Laurentians and Eastern Townships turn a deep, saturated red thanks to dense sugar maple stands, with Mont-Tremblant a hub for leaf-peeping drives and gondola rides.
New Brunswick
Peak ~October 11
Sugar maple ridges along the Saint John River and the Bay of Fundy coastline make New Brunswick one of Atlantic Canada's earliest and most reliable color shows.
Nova Scotia — Cape Breton
Peak ~October 13
The Cabot Trail winds through Cape Breton Highlands' maple and birch forests above the Atlantic, one of Canada's most scenic fall drives.
Newfoundland
Peak ~October 1
Newfoundland's boreal forest turns gold against fjord walls and sea cliffs, with Gros Morne's tablelands offering some of Atlantic Canada's starkest fall scenery.
British Columbia
Peak ~September 21
Larch turn gold in the alpine bowls of the BC Rockies while big-leaf maple and cottonwood color the coastal valleys, giving the province two distinct fall seasons.
Alberta — Canadian Rockies
Peak ~October 4
Golden aspen parkland gives way to larch-lit alpine basins in the Canadian Rockies, with Banff and Jasper drawing crowds for peak color each September.
Saskatchewan & Manitoba
Peak ~October 6
Aspen parkland and boreal forest turn the prairie provinces gold, with Riding Mountain and Prince Albert National Parks anchoring the season's color.
Yukon — Kluane & Interior
Peak ~August 25
Willow and aspen along the Alaska Highway turn gold beneath Kluane's icefields, with color arriving in the Yukon's short, sharp subarctic autumn by early September.