The Canada Strong Pass initiative, aimed at making cultural experiences more accessible, has expanded to include 86 provincial and territorial museums and galleries.
Credit: Royal Ontario Museum
The announcement was made by Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages.
Under the program, participating provincial and territorial museums will offer free admission to children aged 17 and under and a 50% discount for youth aged 18 to 24. These benefits apply until September 2, 2025. The initiative does not require registration or a physical pass; visitors can access the discounts by arriving at participating venues.
The Canada Strong Pass also includes national museums, the National Battlefields Commission, Parks Canada sites, and VIA Rail. At Parks Canada locations, all visitors receive free entry, with a 25% discount on camping for youth. VIA Rail offers free travel for children accompanied by an adult and a 25% fare reduction for youth.
Participating provincial and territorial museums
What: Free admission for children aged 17 and under, 50% off admission fees for youth aged 18 to 24 until September 2, 2025.
Royal Alberta Museum
Alberta
- Royal Alberta Museum — Edmonton
- Royal Tyrrell Museum — Drumheller
- Reynolds Museum — Wetaskiwin
- Remington Carriage Museum — Cardston
- Oil Sands Discovery Centre — Fort McMurray
- Rutherford House — Edmonton
- Stephansson House — Red Deer County
- Frank Slide Interpretive Centre — Crowsnest Pass
- Fort George and Buckingham House — County of St. Paul
- Historic Dunvegan — near Fairview
- Head-Smashed-in Buffalo Jump — Fort MacLeod
- Lougheed House — Calgary
- Victoria Settlement — County of Smoky Lake
- Turner Valley Gas Plant — Diamond Valley
British Columbia
- Royal BC Museum — Victoria
Manitoba
- The Manitoba Museum — Winnipeg
- Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq — Winnipeg
New Brunswick
Credit: Kings Landing, New Brunswick
- Beaverbrook Art Gallery — Fredericton
- Cape Enrage — Waterside
- New Brunswick Botanical Garden — Edmundston
- Kings Landing Historical Settlement — Prince William
- Ministers Island — Saint Andrews
- Miscou Lighthouse and Former Vibert Memorial School Site — Île Miscou
- Place Fort La Tour — Saint John
- Village Historique Acadien — Bertrand
Newfoundland and Labrador
- The Rooms — St. John’s
- Provincial Seamen’s Museum — Grand Bank
- Demasduit Regional Museum — Grand Falls-Windsor
- Labrador Interpretation Centre — North West River
- Colonial Building — St. John’s
- The Commissariat — St. John’s
- Newman Wine Vaults — St. John’s
- Cupids Cove Plantation — Cupids
- Heart’s Content Cable Station — Heart’s Content
- Trinity Sites — Trinity Interpretation Centre, Hiscock House, Mercantile Premises — Trinity
- Beothuk Interpretation Centre — Boyd’s Cove
- Cape Bonavista Lighthouse — Bonavista
- Mockbeggar Plantation — Bonavista
Nova Scotia
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia — Halifax
- Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village — Iona
- Balmoral Grist Mill — Balmoral Mills
- Barrington Woolen Mill — Barrington Passage
- Black Loyalist Heritage Centre — Birchtown
- Clifton Museum Park — Windsor
- Cossit House Museum — Sydney
- Firefighters Museum of Nova Scotia — Yarmouth
- Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic — Lunenburg
- Fisherman’s Life Museum — Jeddore Oyster Pond
- Fundy Geological Museum — Parrsboro
- Historic Acadian Village of Nova Scotia — Lower West Pubnico
- Lawrence House Museum — Maitland
- Maritime Museum of the Atlantic — Halifax
- McCulloch House Museum — Pictou
- Museum of Industry — Stellarton
- Museum of Natural History — Halifax
- North Hills Museum — Granville Ferry
- Old Meeting House — Barrington Passage
- Perkins House Museum — Liverpool
- Prescott House Museum — Starrs Point
- Ross Farm Museum — New Ross
- Ross Thomson House — Shelburne
- Shand House Museum — Windsor
- Sherbrooke Village — Sherbrooke
- Sutherland Steam Mill — Denmark
- The Dory Shop — Shelburne
- Uniacke Museum Estate Park — Mount Uniacke
- Wile Carding Mill — Bridgewater
Ontario
- Upper Canada Village – Morrisburg
- Fort Henry – Kingston
- Fulford Place — Ontario Heritage Trust — Brockville
- Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History — Ontario Heritage Trust — Dresden
- Art Gallery of Ontario — Toronto
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection — Kleinburg
- St Lawrence Parks Commission — various locations
- Royal Botanical Gardens — Burlington and Hamilton
- Old Fort Erie — Fort Erie
- Laura Secord Homestead — Niagara on the Lake
- Mackenzie Printery — Niagara on the Lake
- McFarland House — Niagara on the Lake
- Sainte-Marie among the Huron — Midland
- Discovery Harbour — Penetanguishene
- Fort William Historical Park — Thunder Bay
- Royal Ontario Museum — Toronto
Saskatchewan
- Western Development Museum Moose Jaw — Moose Jaw
- Western Development Museum North Battleford — North Battleford
- Western Development Museum Saskatoon — Saskatoon
- Western Development Museum Yorkton — Yorkton
Yukon
- Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre — YBIC — Whitehorse