Catch Canada’s largest tulip festival in Ontario before it wraps up on Victoria Day weekend with Canada’s first hybrid drone-fireworks show

Catch Canada’s largest tulip festival in Ontario before it wraps up on Victoria Day weekend with Canada’s first hybrid drone-fireworks show

Ontario festival features more than 300,000 blooming tulips in 26 gardens, honours Canada’s role in freeing the Netherlands during the Second World War. The last days of the festival are on the Victoria Day weekend. The festival wraps up with Canada’s first hybrid drone-fireworks display.

A tradition that came out of WW II – that is now the the largest of its kind in the world.

By Eric Stern May 15th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Ottawa’s tulip festival can trace its roots back to World War II.  After the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, Princess Juliana took refuge in Ott…

Full bloom at Vankleek Hill Tulip Fields

The Vankleek Hill Tulip Fields were in full bloom on Thursday, May 15. The annual pick-your-own tulip garden relocated for its 2025 season to Ouimet Farms Adventure on County Road 10 at the west end of Vankleek Hill. The fields were a busy place on May 15 with two groups of homeschooled children, and groups…