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Canada's History Tours

Canada’s history is the story of challenges and achievements of great people. On a Canada’s History Tour, students will relive those challenges, celebrate those achievements and learn firsthand about the great people and crucial events that have shaped our nation. These awe-inspiring tours give students a better understanding of Canada’s past and prepare them to contribute more to Canada’s future.

Canada’s History Tours have been developed in association with teachers and leading Canadian historians. They are designed to teach students lessons that can only be learned by experiencing the sites where our nation’s history happened.

WWI and the Battle of the Somme

Students will see traces of the many World War I battles that took place around Ypres. They will see locals express gratitude for those who gave their lives for Belgium’s freedom during the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate. They’ll also experience the Wellington Quarries in Arras, where thousands of soldiers lived underground prior to the Battle of Arras in April 1917.
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Canada’s Battlefields

Follow in the footsteps of the brave Canadian soldiers who fought on the beaches of Normandy and through the trenches at Vimy. Begin the tour by strolling along the streets and canals of Amsterdam, a city once occupied by German forces and liberated by Canada. Visit the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery to honour those lost during the 1942 Dieppe Raid.
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Canada and the World Wars

Set foot on the European battlefields where Canadian soldiers built their heroic reputation fighting against tyranny. Explore the German capital, visit the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, and then travel by train to Amsterdam and see Anne Frank House. Study the monuments across these regions, like the Vimy Memorial and the Juno Beach Centre which remind us of the massive costs of the two World Wars.
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Holocaust in Europe

One of history’s darkest moments takes on a poignant immediacy when you walk through the cities, towns and buildings where the events occurred. Visiting sites like the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau – where over a million men, women and children lost their lives – as well as the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Warsaw Ghetto, will allow you to recall the suffering, honour the victims, and celebrate the liberation.
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In Their Footsteps

Travel from England to France and see where the 20th century’s hardest-fought conflicts took place. Travel around London and relive the tension of The Blitz by seeing inside the Cabinet War Rooms, the secret headquarters where Churchill and his staff directed Allied moves. Visit Juno Beach in Normandy, where Canadian troops landed on June 6, 1944 and began to force the German retreat during World War II.
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Italian Campaign & Vimy

A turning point in WWII, the Italian Campaign was where Canada helped break through the Gothic Line. After Italy, the Allies began to see the light at the end of the long dark tunnel of the war. You’ll also show students the battlefield of Ortona and Juno Beach, as well as First World War sites like Vimy Ridge and Beaumont-Hamel, where the memorial stands to Newfoundland’s soldiers lost on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
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WWII and the Liberation of Holland

Get a taste of Paris and set off to explore battle sites in France before seeing Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Relive the triumphs and anguish that Canadian soldiers experienced at Dieppe and the D-Day beaches. Pause at the Bergen-Op-Zoom Commonwealth War Cemetery to reflect on their sacrifices and then gain a sense of the euphoria felt by the locals when they were ultimately liberated by Canadian forces in May 1945.
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The Liberation of Italy

Delve into the history of Rome before moving on to the harbour setting of Anzio, where Allied forces landed in January 1944 to outflank the Germans. Experience Rimini and San Marino, where Canadian forces battled as part of the main offensive on the Gothic Line. Honour the 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen who are buried or commemorated in the Cassino Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery.
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Operation Husky

Experience the sweeping vistas that would have greeted young Canadian soldiers when they landed in the south of Sicily on July 10, 1943 for the invasion codenamed Operation Husky. Visit Agira Canadian War Cemetery, the final resting place for all Canadians killed during the Sicily Campaign, so students may learn more about their stories and commemorate their sacrifices.
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