‘Canada Strong Pass’ returning in June to spur domestic tourism again - BERITAJA

The national authorities is bringing backmost the Canada Strong Pass adjacent month, which offers discounts connected Via Rail recreation and admittance to museums and nationalist parks.

A news merchandise from Canadian Heritage said the walk will beryllium disposable from June 19 to Sept. 7.

It offers free introduction to each Parks Canada sites and a 25-per-cent rebate connected camping fees.

The walk besides offers free Via Rail trips for group nether 18 travelling pinch their parents, and 25 per cent disconnected fares for travellers betwixt 18 and 24 years old.

National museums are besides offering free introduction for children nether 18 and 50 per cent disconnected for group aged 18 to 24.

Participating provincial and territorial museums and creation galleries will connection the aforesaid discounts.

Launched past summer, Canadian Heritage said the programme led to a 6.5-percent summation successful Via Rail Canada ridership, a 13 per cent summation successful visits to Parks Canada sites, an mean 15 per cent summation successful attendance astatine nationalist museums and an mean 6.3 per cent summation successful attendance astatine provincial and territorial museums and creation galleries.

Megan Hope, a spokesperson for Parks Canada, said precocious past twelvemonth that the agency reported about 14.5 cardinal visitors from June 20 to Sept. 2.

National historical sites managed by Parks Canada reported an summation successful visitors of about 20 per cent, while nationalist parks saw an approximate summation of 9 per cent.

A archive shared by Parks Canada past twelvemonth said the Northwest Territories and Nunavut saw a mixed 67 per cent summation successful visitors. They received 2,960 visitors successful 2025, up from 1,771 successful 2023.

Newfoundland and Labrador saw a 58 per cent jump to 157,538 visitors successful 2025, up from 99,985 successful 2023.

All provinces and territories saw increases successful the number of visitors — isolated from Saskatchewan. That state reported 153,920 Parks Canada visitors successful 2025, down 25 per cent from 205,265 successful 2023.

The renewal of the Canada Strong Pass for this summertime was announced past fall, astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic the wintertime pass, which was successful effect from Dec. 12 to Jan.  15.

The walk is disposable to each visitors, whether they are Canadian aliases world visitors.