Quebec City is the only walled city north of Mexico and the historic heart of French North America. Founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608, its UNESCO-listed Old Quebec district still feels like a European capital dropped onto a cliff

Banff is where the Canadian Rockies do their best work. Glacier-fed lakes turn an impossible turquoise, jagged peaks rise straight up from valley floors, and the small mountain town at the center of it all still feels more outpost than

Vancouver is the rare city where you can kayak in the morning, walk through old-growth rainforest by early afternoon, and be back downtown for dinner with a mountain view. Wedged between the Pacific coastline and the Coast Mountains, this is

Perched on the shores of Lake Ontario, Toronto is Canada's largest city and a place where over 200 languages hum through the streets, glass towers rise beside Victorian row houses, and a walk of a few blocks can take you