Both the vision and execution of Vancouver Island’s newest bucket list attraction take your breath away. Combining pristine nature and family-fun thrills, the Malahat Skywalk and its forest boardwalk is a must-stop roadside attraction on the highway between Victoria and Nanaimo. The skywalk spirals 10 storeys high and 250 metres over the gorgeous Saanich Inlet, and looks like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Inside the unique wooden structure is a 20-metre-long twisting metal slide, with the top platform offering 360-views, a nerve-rattling Adventure Net, and information about the region’s fauna, flora and Indigenous history. 

Golden Skybridge

Perfectly situated for road-trippers between B.C and Alberta, the Golden Skybridge has Canada’s two highest suspension bridges, giving us jaw-dropping views of the Rocky and Purcell Mountain ranges and a thundering waterfall in the Columbia Valley below. The attraction also has a Treetop Village Play Park for kids, a Canyon-Edge Challenge Ropes Course for all ages, and a 300-metre-long, 150-metre-high zipline. Easy walking trails and an on-site restaurant ensure there’s something here for everyone, with views that don’t quit. 

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Alberta

Open Top Touring

Get a chauffeured experience of the Rockies with old-world charm thanks to Open Top Touring, a 1930s-inspired open-roof coach complete with a guide dressed in period costume. Don’t be fooled by its antique appearance: the coach also boasts modern comforts such as USB ports to keep your phone charged for all those wonderful photos. Excursions include a one-hour Castle, Gardens and Waterfall tour, a 90-minute Family Tour, and a 3.5-hour Moonshine and Microbrews Tour (no doubt popular with weddings and events taking place in Banff and Jasper). 

Manitoba

Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast

Churchill Wild has long been one of the premier operators of polar bear safaris on Hudson Bay.  This November, the company launches an eight-night wilderness safari focused on a more elusive Canadian predator. The resident packs of cloud wolves that live on the Kaska Coast of southern Hudson Bay – an area ten times the size of Yellowstone National Park – have never been hunted. This makes a bucket list wolf encounter far more likely, amidst the polar bears, moose, and other boreal wildlife you’ll encounter along the way. Based out of the Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, the itinerary includes daily excursions, educational presentations, field research, howl surveys, sky gazing for Northern Lights, and tips from National Geographic photographer-on-assignment, Jad Davenport.

Ontario

Zip between the provinces

As with real estate, the world’s best ziplines are all about location, location, location. The world’s first interprovincial zipline opened for business in June 2021, bridging the provinces of Ontario and Québec with a bucket list aerial adventure. Interzip Rogers swoops you over the Ottawa River at 40 km/hr, travelling from Gatineau, Québec into the capital city on twinned ziplines that are more than 400 metres long. It’s a 40-second one-way trip, but the views of Parliament, downtown Ottawa and Gatineau give you bragging rights to last a lifetime. 

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Little Canada

Bucket lists often dream big, but this quirky new attraction is heavy on the small stuff.  Launched in July 2021, Little Canada takes visitors on a journey across the country in highly detailed, mesmerizing miniature. Inspired by similar attractions in Europe and over a decade in the making, Little Canada combines model-making, electronics and visual arts to present Canada like you’ve never seen it before. It’s a world that operates on a 15-minute day; then, darkness falls and the 30,000 LED lights of Little Toronto, Petit Quebec, Little Ottawa and others switch on. Some 180,000 work hours have already been invested in this miniature dream, and the exhibit is constantly expanding to include more tiny glimpses of our very large nation.

New Brunswick

Savour the Sea Caves

Walking the ocean floor of the Bay of Fundy has always been unique, but it’s never been delicious. A new Ocean Floor Culinary Adventure lets us dine on fresh locally-sourced New Brunswick fare, served alongside stories of the region’s natural and cultural history. Paired with drinks from local breweries and distilleries, the five-course dinner takes place on a secluded beach in the St. Martin’s Sea Caves, and the chef is Atlantic Canada’s Culinary Ambassador, the Kilted Chef Alaine Bosse. Adding to this unique dining location is the fact that the sea caves are part of the UNESCO Fundy Biosphere Reserve, as well as the Stonehammer UNESCO Global Geopark.

Saskatchewan

Bison on the Plain