Canada with two nine year olds
 

We are planning a driving trip to Canada this summer. We live in Pennsylvania. Could anyone recommend a location in Canada that is child Friendly

I just love questions like this. As if 'Canada' is this amorphous blob 'up there' that could probably be seen in a day or in any event is no more complex than a small US state.

Mcmars, Canada is a huge country, bigger than the US and at least, if not more, varied in tyes of scenery, cultures and vacation opportunities. Virtually all of it is child friendly. Ontario is the closest Province to Pennsylvania and has places like Niagra Falls, Toronto, Ottawa, the Canadian Shield and the North woods and hundreds of other 'child friendly' possibilities.

If you want to go further afield, the Province of Quebec is overwhelmingly French in culture and has cities like Montreal, Quebec and the Laurentians and Saguenay. Then there's Atlantic Canada, the Canadian Rockies, Vancouver, Victoria and the West Coast, and the list goes on.

so perhaps you should be more specific about how far you want to go, how much time you have to spend and what in particular you want to see and do. then we can be more specific.

I thought I would visit the USA this summer. Where can I go that is old people friendly?

I think a trip to Kluane National Park with a raft trip on the Alsek would be a wonderful way to see the really big mountains of Canada. It has miles and miles of wide open spaces and very few people there to be unfriendly.

It is a real adventure full of rarely seen scenery.

<u>Colleen</u>-a large percentage-close to 100%-of Canadians started life as children.
Some of us continue in that state to this day-at least occasionally.
In order to truly appreciate our unique reality, engaging trusting personalities and warm hearted natures Please treat us with respect and civility.
Ignorant questions and sharp answers go hand in hand on the net-as ye post so shall ye reap!

Hi Colleen,

I'm not Canadian. Also, I wasn't trying to be rude, although I was perhaps a bit snide. I was only trying to point out that it is hard to help you without feedback. Its hard to tell what's generically &quot;child friendly&quot; without having some idea of what your children like to do.

I didn't go looking for your post. I remembered someone asking about Nova Scotia with kids, and thought I would top that for you. Then I noticed it was your message.

anyways, I think it is simply polite to thank people for their efforts in helping you out.

I hope you figure out where to go, and have a nice vacation in Canada.

Colleen isn't it obvious that the question you asked was worded in such a way as to strike a nerve? Most questions on this board are specific and show some basic knowledge of our country. Your question wasn't as bad as the &quot;I'm going to Vancouver but I don't speak French - will I be able to communicate?' type but falls in the category of people who have absolutely no appreciation for the size and geography of Canada even though it's your next door neighbour. Living in Vancouver i can't tell you how many times Americans have said to me, &quot;oh you're from canada, I have relatives in Montreal, (or Halifax or wherever), maybe you know them&quot;. If you turned your question around and replaced US with Canada you'ld maybe understand where we're coming from.

A website that I really like for travel with children is www.travelforkids.com They have a number of suggestions for Canada and include background reading materials for children...ideas for places to eat. It's a great resource.

Well, this thread certainly has been amusing!

Colleen, please accept my apologies on behalf of my fellow northerners.

Sometimes Canadians don't realize that you folks don't spend nearly as much time watching things like the Red-Green Show or Rick Mercer's &quot;I'm a smarmy jerk&quot; as we spend watching ER, 24 or all six CSI+L&amp;O. How could you be expected to know about our little abode to the north?

Plus, there's no hockey so they have to take out their aggressions in some other way.

Listen, Canadians feel really insecure about our relations with the U.S. and our place in the pecking order.

But we're really quite friendly and yes, polite, if you show us a little good will.

So here is my advice: practice your French before you come so you're ready to parlez-vous with us; pick up an English-Iroquois phrasebook--a must if you really want to be treated with respect (I think Berlitz publishes a good one) and don't point and laugh at the Mounties when you get here.

Enjoy Canada! We can't wait for you to come!