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February 7 to 16, 2025. Come experience one of the world's largest winter carnivals in beautiful Québec City. Every year, thousands of visitors flock to the Québec Winter Carnival to enjoy a host of activities for all ages, including night parades, snow sculptures, and musical performances.
Carnival is an outdoor festival that celebrates winter between late January and mid-February. For a period of 10 days, the city is transformed into a snow festival with many decorations, ice sculptures and lights. On the agenda: several activity sites for young and old, a parade of allegorical floats and musical evenings.
- Watch Snow and Ice Sculptures Being Carved. The Québec Winter Carnival showcases amazing snow sculptures and visitors have several opportunities to see the sculptures being carved.
- Ice Skate at Place D'Youville. At the Place D'Youville in the center of Old Québec, the outdoor skating rink is a popular activity not just for the Winter Carnival, but throughout the entire season.
- Explore Historic Québec City. Families visiting Québec City during Carnival have a wonderful opportunity to explore the charming streets. Visiting Québec City is like a mini-trip to Europe, with architecture dating back centuries and having one of the few walled cities in North America.
- See Bonhomme and the Opening Night Ceremonies. Bonhomme (full name, Bonhomme Carnaval) is the Carnival's official ambassador. Bonhomme's image is everywhere and, most notably, every year a new small figurine of Bonhomme is created, and this "effigy" is worn by all Carnival visitors for admission to the fairgrounds and other venues.
Oct 30, 2023 · Quebec City’s Carnaval de Québec (winter carnival), which spans two weekends in early February (February 2-11 in 2024). It is the largest winter carnival in North America . During this festive week, the already beautiful City is quite visibly transformed into a winter sports festival.
Sep 7, 2017 · Emily Paskevics 07 September 2017. Represented by the distinctive Bonhomme figure, the Québec Winter Carnival is the oldest and most famous of the winter festivals that take place each year across Canada. The popular tradition of holding a mid-winter celebration in Quebec City can even be traced back to the colonial history of New France.
Jun 6, 2014 · The Québec Winter Carnival is the oldest of the winter festivals that are held each year in Canada. The popular tradition of a celebration in the dead of winter can be traced back to New France . To relieve the tedium of winter, the habitants would gather and celebrate before Lent ( see Religious Festivals ), from the end of January to mid ...
