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Our Offices
Ottawa (Head Office)
275 Slater Street, 14th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1P 5H9
T: 613-567-0762
F: 613-563-7671
Fun Facts About Ottawa (Head Office)
Ottawa has the world's longest skating rink. Each winter, the historic Rideau Canal is transformed into the world's longest skating rink and winds through the heart of downtown Ottawa over a total length of 7.8 kilometers (4.9 miles)!- Ottawa is the home of the delicious BeaverTail, a fried-dough pastry made with whole wheat flour and pulled by hand to resemble a beaver's long, flat tail. It's then topped with a myriad of delicious garnishes - anything from the classic cinnamon and sugar to whipped cream, and Nutella is a fair game.
- Ottawa hosts The Canadian Tulip Festival every spring in May, which was established to celebrate the historic Royal gift of tulips from the Dutch to Canadians following the Second World War. The Festival preserves the memorable role of the Canadian troops in the liberation of the Netherlands and Europe, as well as commemorates the birth of Dutch Princess Margriet in Ottawa during World War II.
- Since 1979, Ottawa has been hosting The Winterlude, a three-week festival held in February designed to celebrate Canada's unique northern culture and climate. Visitors brave the cold to enjoy activities like ice carving competitions with participants from all over the world, the Bed Race (yes, teams drag modified and decorated beds, the kind you sleep on - onto Dow's Lake to win prizes for the fastest bed and best-decorated bed – all to support charities!), and parties that turn Ottawa into a winter wonderland.
- The inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, was born in Almonte, a small town just a short drive from Ottawa.
Fun Facts About Vancouver
- Dubbed "Hollywood of the North", Vancouver is North America's second busiest city after Los Angeles in TV production and third in feature film production (after Los Angeles and New York). Some major movie productions made in Vancouver are Deadpool and Star Trek.
- In 1987, two Vancouver ophthalmologists accidentally discovered a cosmetic use for BOTOX. In 1991, they presented their results to the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery and by 1993, BOTOX was being used in cosmetic procedures worldwide.
- Stanley Park is Vancouver's first, largest, and most beloved urban park! It is an incredible 4 square kilometers (405 hectares), one-fifth larger than Central Park in New York. Natural West Coast rainforest with scenic views of water, mountains, and majestic trees spans along Stanley Park's famous Seawall.
- Greenpeace, one of the world’s oldest and most successful environmental groups, was established in Vancouver.
- Vancouver is known for its breathtaking hiking trails and bike paths through beautiful nature parks. The world-famous Capilano Suspension Bridge is a "must" experience. The bridge is 140 meters (459 feet) long and sways 70.1 meters (230 feet) above the Capilano River. And if you want to keep your feet on the ground, check out Vancouver's Seawall. The Seawall is the world's longest uninterrupted waterfront path. It is 28.1 kilometers (17.5 miles) long and wraps around the city's waterfront, making it the perfect way to walk, run or bike.
Vancouver
555 West Hastings Street, Suite 2610
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
V6B 4N6
T: 604-669-4350
F: 604-669-4351
Calgary
10201 Southport Road SW, Suite 1150
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2W 4X9
T: 403-800-9018
F: 403-244-0003
Fun Facts About Calgary
- The Calgary Stampede Rodeo is the world's largest outdoor rodeo, an exciting 10-day festival that includes ladies' barrel racing, bareback, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc and bull riding and more than 60 musical acts.
- Calgary's "Plus 15 Skyway" network is one of the world's most extensive pedestrian skywalk systems, with a total length of 18 kilometres (11 miles) and 62 bridges. The system is so named because the skywalks are approximately 15 feet (approximately 4.5 metres) above street level.
- Calgary is known for its warm winds, which are called Chinooks. These winds can raise the temperature over 20 degrees Celsius in just a few hours! Chinook is a First Nation word that means "snow eater", so named because of how rapidly it can melt thick snow (and Calgary has a lot of snow!).
- Western Canada gets to claim another win by creating the B-52 cocktail. Peter Fich, head bartender at the Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, created the cocktail and named it after his favourite band. The cocktail is composed of a coffee liqueur (Kahlúa), an Irish cream (Baileys Irish Cream), and a Grand Marnier (in later versions replaced with triple sec or Cointreau). It takes some skill, but when prepared properly, the ingredients separate into three distinct visible layers (due to their relative densities), so it looks as good as it tastes!
- Calgary-born and raised James Gosling is known as 'Dr. Java', as he is the founder and lead designer behind the JAVA, one of the world's most widely used programming languages.
Fun Facts About Montréal
- Montreal has the highest number of restaurants per capita in Canada and the second highest in North America after New York City.
- Montreal is known for some signature foods, including 'Montreal style bagels' and 'Montreal Smoked Meat' as well as 'Poutine', which is one of the most Canadian foods you can find, invented in Quebec province and beloved and famous in Montreal consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy.
- In 1984, Guy Laliberté founded the world-famous Cirque du Soleil, a travelling show that offered a unique take on the circus arts combining elements of theatre and circus: animal-free, featuring outrageous costumes, with elaborate staging and lighting, and original music with jugglers, dancers, and gymnasts.
- Montreal has a unique sense of style and is often considered the fashion capital of Canada, as it is home to 70% of businesses in the fashion sector. The fashion scene in Montreal has risen to become similar to big fashion cities like Paris, Milan, and New York with design, production, manufacturing and distribution centres. As a fashion hub, Montreal ranks 3rd in North America, behind New York and Los Angeles.
- In 1969 John Lennon wrote the famous anti-war anthem "Give Peace a Chance" during his "bed-in for peace" honeymoon with Yoko Ono at Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Montréal
5653 rue Paré, bureau 100
Montréal, Québec, Canada
H4P 1S1
T: 514-284-0626
F: 514-284-0626
Halifax
T: 902-701-6645
Fun Facts About Halifax
- A cannon goes off at noon every day (except for Christmas day)! The "Noon Gun" fires from the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site and has been a local tradition since 1857, a tribute to Halifax's history as a significant stronghold of the British Military. The gunners still dress in the 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery uniform of 1869 to fire the cannon.
- Halifax has more pubs per capita than any other Canadian city.
- Halifax is a smart place to live! There are 81 post-secondary students per 1000 people in Halifax, three times the national average, likely because of the 6 universities in the area.
- Peggy's Cove, home to one of the world's most photographed lighthouses, is just a 45-minute drive from Halifax.
- Next time you visit Halifax, make sure you have a Halifax Donair, the city's official snack! Ask any Bluenoser (that's what they call people from Nova Scotia), the only real Donair is the legendary Halifax Donair created by Peter Gamoulakos in the 1970s. It consists of thin slices of spiced beef laid on a warm pita, topped with diced onion and tomato, and drizzled with the sweet, garlicky sauce. They say it is the "quintessential Haligonian gastronomic experience", best eaten late at night, on the street, and after a night out – enjoy but make sure you have extra napkins!
Fun Facts About Toronto
- Toronto has an underground walkway called PATH, which, according to Guinness World Records, is the largest underground shopping complex in the world, with 371,600 square metres (4,000,000 sq ft) of retail space, which includes over 1200 stores and restaurants, 50 office towers, five subway stations and a railway terminal over its' 28-kilometer length. Each letter in PATH is a different colour representing a different direction: P (red - south), A (orange - west), T (blue - north), H (yellow - east).
- Toronto is the only Canadian city with 8 major sports teams, including the Maple Leafs, Raptors, Blue Jays, Argonauts, Rock, Marlies, Nationals and Toronto F.C. (yay sports!).
- Toronto's Caribbean festival, "Caribana," is the largest Caribbean Carnival in North America. Caribana is held on the first Saturday in August and attracts over 2 million visitors each year from all over Canada and the US, looking for a good time and celebrating the explosion of Caribbean culture, music, dancing, costumes, food, and much more. Caribana is a cultural experience that is not to be missed!
- In June 2021, Toronto held the 40th anniversary of Pride Month, celebrating the diversity of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Over the years, the Toronto Pride Parade has consistently been the largest celebration of Pride in North America.
- The CN Tower, 553.3 m-high (1,815.3 ft) located in the downtown core of Toronto, was at one time considered the world's tallest free-standing structure. It still remains the tallest free-standing structure on land in the Western Hemisphere and is recognized as one of the seven Modern Civil Engineering World Wonders by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The CN Tower has the famous EdgeWalk, in which thrill-seekers can walk on and around the roof of the tower's main pod at 356 m (1,168.0 ft), hands-free!
Toronto
36 Toronto Street, Suite 1070
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5C 2C5
T: 647-499-6769
