Little Canada

You’ll feel like Gulliver waking up in Lilliput at this fun downtown Toronto attraction. Opened in 2021, Little Canada features a Little Toronto and six other destinations: Niagara, Golden Horseshoe, Ottawa, Quebec, East Coast and West Coast. The details in Little Canada are extraordinary. Dedicated craftspeople built the miniature wonderlands to the 1:87 ratio followed by train hobbyists. The sweeping display of miniatures covers 45,000 square feet, but what amazes even more are the designs’ intricacy and accuracy. 

In Toronto, the Rogers Centre’s retractable roof opens, revealing a baseball game in progress with 8,000 cheering, hand-painted fans. The miniature version of the CN Tower lights up, and there’s even a tiny Little Canada.

The Little Ottawa portion of the display features the Canadian Parliament Buildings on Canada Day, complete with fireworks. Like all the destinations, it cycles through day to night every 10 minutes, so don’t miss the light show. 

Even in miniature, Horseshoe Falls in Little Niagara looks majestic with a projection of flowing water and audio of the actual falls. Little surfers ride the waves of the Pacific Ocean, while ice canoeists paddle through ice floes in the St. Lawrence River. Animation adds even more life to the scenes with details like rolling fog, orcas jumping and puffins hopping on rocks.

The little worlds are all so delightful, you might want to be part of them yourself. Well, you can. Of course, you must shrink yourself first, which you can do at the Littlization Station. Here, 128 cameras capture your likeness to create a 3D mini you, which can be delivered as a souvenir or placed within Little Canada’s exhibit. 10 Dundas St. E., Toronto, Ontario M5B 2G9, 647/578-4663, little-canada.ca